Wellness Peer Educators
Why Become a Peer Educator?
- Peer educators make healthy decisions.
Because of your personal beliefs and the "positive peer influence" of our program, you're likely to make healthier decisions. In fact, research has found that 67% of peer educators make better life choices. - Peer educators help others make healthier choices.
By providing information, challenging unhealthy behaviors, and referring students to professional help, peer educators are a perfect "first step" for health promotion on campus. - Peer educators help create a positive social environment.
Peer educators can help create a positive, and in essence, new social norm. Because they are involved in the "real life" of campus culture, other students see first-hand the results of positive decisions on their daily lives. - Peer education is student leadership, activism, and service at its best.
Putting the health and safety of others on the same level as your own is the key to a lifetime of success. Through community-service and living-learning models, Peer educators learn to "give back" to the community.
Skills You will Acquire
- In-depth understanding about UB students' health and wellness concerns
- Caring and helping within limits
- Community building
- Listening skills
- Responding and referral skills
- Presentation and programming skills
- Role modeling and ethics
- Taking care of yourself
- Pro-active outreach techniques
Peer Education Track
Special arrangements are available for interested graduate students.
- ES 102 - Fundamentals of Wellness (3 credits)
- UBE 110 - Introduction to Peer Education (2 credits) (permission of instructor)
- UBE 496 WES1 - Health and Wellness Peer Educator (permission of instructor)
- UBE 496 WES2 - Special Projects in Wellness (permission of instructor)
For more information about becoming a Wellness Peer Educator, contact us.