Get Involved
Get Involved
Student Wellbeing offers several paid opportunities, unpaid internships and volunteer opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students interested in health and wellbeing. Many of these positions include opportunities to hone public speaking skills, presentation development and facilitation, event planning, marketing, peer support and more! If you’re interested in being a change agent for campus wellbeing, please apply to get involved!
Spring Support Fair
Wednesday, April 24, 12–2 p.m.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the Blue Hens CARE Peer Educators are hosting the Spring Support Fair on the Central Green.
The theme is “consent” and students can engage with activities at tables being run by student organizations. The fair will have a fun festival atmosphere with cornhole, prizes, food, consent activities and giveaways.
Peer Education Opportunities
Blue Hens CARE Peer Educators
Blue Hens CARE peer educators advocate for a community that cares and looks out for one another. They believe it is everyone's business to prevent sexual misconduct and are dedicated to promoting healthy relationship behaviors.
Blue Hens CARE Goals
- Provide sexual misconduct prevention education and outreach
- Support students in building a caring community through bystander intervention using the CARE strategies:
- Create distraction
- Act directly
- Rally others
- Extend support
- Promote healthier relationships by thinking critically about unhealthy behaviors
- Transform the culture by preventing violence using a comprehensive sex education model
Training Requirements
Blue Hens CARE peer educators are expected to complete 30 hours of training during March and August before facilitating programs in pairs.
Compensation
$15 per hour
How to Apply
Fill out our application. For more information, read the full Blue Hens CARE peer educator job description.
Recruitment takes place each spring semester, with training the following August and March.
Applications open in March, 2024.
For more information, email jsampson@udel.edu.
Mental Health Peer Educators
Mental Health Peer Educators (MHPEs) promote the mental health and wellbeing of students and the campus community by:
- Providing education and practical skills on topics including mindfulness, stress management, reducing stigma and suicide prevention, delivered via presentations to student groups and classes, as well as campus-wide events
- Raising awareness of issues impacting mental health and wellbeing
- Assist with service connection and referrals to on-campus services and resources, such as the Center for Counseling and Student Development, Student Wellness and Health Promotion, Sexual Offense Support, TimelyCare and the UD Helpline
Training Requirements
Mental Health Peer Educators are expected to complete several hours of training before facilitating programs on their own.
Compensation
$15 per hour
How to Apply
Recruitment takes place during the fall semester, with training in early spring semester.
Contact MHPE@udel.edu for more information!
Healthy HENS Peer Educators
Healthy HENS provides preventative student health screenings, wellness promotion services and a variety of campus-wide activities and educational outreach efforts that encourage Healthy Exercise, Nutrition and Sleep, as well as stress and sexuality.
The goals of Healthy HENS are to:
- Identify, educate and assist all students in need of health and wellness services
- Promote lifestyle change with regard to improving student health, exercise, nutrition, sleep and stress
- Assist students in meeting their personal goals through the support of healthcare professionals and peer interactions
- Foster lifelong healthy behaviors that will aid in improving self esteem and body image, as well as chronic disease prevention or management
Training Requirements
Healthy HENS are expected to complete several hours of training before facilitating programs on their own.
Compensation
$15 per hour
How to Apply
Recruitment takes place each spring semester, with training the following August.
Contact healthyhens@udel.edu for more information!
Support of Survivors (SOS)
Support of Survivors Peer Educators (SOS) facilitate interactive sexual misconduct programs that focus on:
- Understanding sexual violence and dating/domestic violence and/or stalking.
- How to support survivors and build community support.
- Understanding how violence impacts a student and the campus community.
A peer educator from SOS can provide in-person support during events and programs that have themes of sexual misconduct and may have an emotional impact on participants.
Training Requirements
Support of Survivors Peer Educators are expected to complete an in-depth training program before facilitating programs or providing audience support.
Compensation
$15 per hour
How to Apply
Recruitment takes place each spring semester, with training the following August. Email Zainab Shah at zshah@udel.edu for more information.
Internships
Internships are available on a rolling basis throughout the fall and spring semesters. Applications will be posted as positions become available.
Sexual Violence Prevention Internship
The Sexual Violence Prevention Internship provides opportunities for students to engage in gender-based violence prevention and education, particularly within the college setting. The learning experience can be tailored to suit the specific interests of the student, who will work closely with Joanne Sampson, Program Coordinator for Violence Prevention.
This internship can be adapted to fulfill the number of hours required by a specific course or program (not suitable for 600 hours). Applicants should be self-starters, and have an interest in gender-based violence prevention.
Example Responsibilities
- Designing educational programs
- Researching best practices in gender-based violence prevention with a focus on engaging men; healthy masculinity; bystander intervention; consent education; and healthy sexuality
- Working on campaigns, and promotion of events
Interns have the opportunity to attend state-wide coalition and committee meetings, which offer the opportunity to network, learn more about professional career paths in their field of study and be involved beyond the campus environment.