APPLY TO BECOME A PEER HEALTH EDUCATOR!
“What do Peer Health Educators (PHEs) do?”
PHEs facilitate educational workshops that give students a space to talk about health issues, learn the facts on health, and develop the skills needed to be healthy. PHEs also host events like Sextravaganza, partner with residence halls and student groups for health events, help craft health policy, create web content, and more!
“Wait, is that a backwards way of saying you preach abstinence?” Not at all. Our workshops focus on how health behaviors affect physiology, and, if someone makes the choice to engage in those behaviors, how to do so in a less risky way.
“What qualifications do I need to have to apply?”
NOT REQUIRED • Education/public speaking experience • Knowledge of drug/alcohol science, healthy relationships, safer sex, or mental health • Health and/or education related major • Social justice/activism experience
REQUIRED • Passionate about making campus safer for all students • Celebrate diversity • Team player • People person
“What kind of time commitment is involved in being a PHE?” Spring Quarter 2015 PHE Training Mondays, 4:30-6 PM (all except Week 1) PHE Retreat (on campus) Saturday, April 11, 10 AM-4 PM Green Dot Bystander Training (on campus) Saturday in May, ~10 AM-4 PM (exact date & time TBA) 2015-2016 Academic Year Minimum of 10 hours per quarter (spent facilitating presentations, sitting on a PHE committee, tabling, writing articles for PHE blog, etc.)
“How do I apply?” Visit tinyurl.com/JOINPHE and sign up for our email list. Like our Facebook page (facebook.com/uwphe) to stay up to date with information sessions, PHE events, and more.
“I still have more questions!” We still have more answers. Shoot us an email at uwphe@uw.edu any time.
