St. Cloud State University

Asst. Director Health Promotion

Troy Shafer, MS CHES

Health Promotions Programs

What is Health Promotion Programs?

The Health Promotions Program consists of two coordinators and a number of certified peer educators who educate the student population on a variety of health concerns and also increase the awareness of particular health issues of interest to college age students.

Services

Services provided by Health Promotions Programs include prevention and awareness activities. These programs consist of activities designed for education and skill development. If you are interested in having a Health Promotions Program for your class, dorm, fraternity/sorority or other campus organization please call 308-4850 to schedule a program. We also have a HUGE assortment of informational brochures available for NO charge.

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Certified Peer Educators (CPEs)

CPE's teach about:

stress management
alcohol
reproductive health
contraceptive choices
HIV and STD prevention

They also distribute health literature to the dorms, provide various educational programs and are involved in planning for Main Street, Sidestreet, World AIDS Day , Sexual Responsibility Week and more. If you are interested in becoming a peer educator and obtaining excellent skills in Public Speaking, Marketing, Program Planning/Development and Health Promotion/Education please give us a call at 320-308-4849 and ask for Troy.

Peer Educators

We will be having a lot of different programs in Residence Halls. We hope to see you there.

Health Promotions Peer Educators

What are Peer Educators?
A dynamic group of SCSU students who are involved in Health Education and Health Promotion activities around campus. They are responsible for programming, planning events, marketing and education around a variety of health issues concerning SCSU students. They are involved in planning for Alcohol Awareness Week, Sexual Responsibility Week, Great American Smokeout, World AIDS Day, etc.

Who is Eligible to Apply?
Any SCSU students (graduate/undergraduate) are eligible to apply.

How do you apply to be a Peer Educator?
Complete an application form, which can be obtained in the SCSU Student Health Services Health Promotions area.
Application materials should include:

Completed Application
Updated resume

Requirements:

Peer educators must attend weekly meetings (75% of the total)
Peer educators must not be on academic probation
Peer educators must participate on one planning committee per semester
Peer educators must complete 3 hour of volunteer work per week
Peer educators must complete the Bacchus Gamma Peer Education Program by the end of one school year
Peer educators must abide by the SCSU Student Code of Conduct and if violation occurs they will be put on probation for one semester

Benefits:
There is no mandatory benefit of becoming a peer educator. Peer educators will gain hands on experience in program planning, education, marketing and many different aspects of health promotion. We are a recognized Student Organization at SCSU and are also affiliated with the National and Regional Bacchus Gamma Peer Educator Network. Our Peer Educators will also have the opportunity to become Certified Bacchus Gamma Peer Educators through a training, which is administrated during spring semester each year.