Peer Education

LIVING AND LEARNING IN A HEALTHY, SAFE ENVIRONMENT. CAN YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE?

We believe you can! It is important to know that although professionals and other faculty or staff can provide students with a wealth of knowledge and ideas around living healthy, it is YOU, the Peer, who can really have an impact.

• WHO?
  We invite you to join your many peers who are learning more every semester about health and wellness issues, and are learning about healthier choices and safer environments.
• HOW?
  You can be a peer educator by first preparing yourself to be a resource for healthier information, and to be a strong voice. HLT 4397 (Social Wellness) is a course taught by Wellness Center staff, offered through Health and Human Performances, that is the pre-requisite for being a peer educator. If you want to see what the course entails, check out the Syllabus on our website.
• WHEN?
  You can take a lab course for one hour credit the semester following your successful completion of HLT 4397. A Wellness staff member will facilitate your opportunities to engage in peer education on campus, through outreach presentation or programming opportunities.
• WHERE?
  Come by The Wellness Center in the University Center, or visit the Director. You can also find out more about The Wellness Center by checking out our website.


• WHY?
  We believe there are many reasons for being a peer educator. In part, there is some evidence that learning about health and wellness and providing that information to others, is a healthy thing for YOU! It gives you the knowledge, the power, and perhaps even the motivation to make positive changes in your own life, and in your living community. Learn to enhance your life through all the dimensions of wellness.
  
  We also believe the benefits of being a peer educator will compliment the rest of your college education, and give you many skills which may help you in your future career and living.
  
  We also believe YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!! That's why.