There are a variety of ways you can get involved in the Hunter College Counseling and Wellness Services' Health Education program.

Health Education

College Work Study

College work study and/or community service students help with the health education events that take place on campus. Responsibilities include, providing clerical assistance, distributing information to the student body, helping with publicity and other tasks as needed. Please visit the Financial Aid Office for more information.

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Health Education Assistant - 68th Street Campus (two positions)

These are traditionally unpaid positions.
Work with the Counseling and Wellness Services Director to organize and maintain health education resources for students to pick up and review in our two locations (the Office of Health Services, Room 307 North and at Health Education Tabling sessions). Responsibilities would include, but are not limited to, staffing the table, ordering materials, categorizing brochures, maintaining supplies and monitoring usage. Assist in planning and organizing of college-wide health fairs. Assist in planning and organizing a week-long stress management program offered prior to finals. Assist in the development, marketing and organization of various health promotion workshops. Conduct workshops and small group activities, if needed. In addition, staff have the opportunity to design and implement programs or events that match their interests.

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Health Education Assistant - Brookdale Campus

These are traditionally unpaid positions.
Serve as a liaison between the Wellness Services program and the Brookdale campus. Work with the Health Education program at the Brookdale Campus to organize and maintain a Health and Wellness Resource Office for Brookdale students. This includes, but is not limited to, staffing, ordering, maintaining, and categorizing brochures; maintenance of supplies and monitoring office usage, and designing and implementing a program or event for students residing in the residence hall. Availability in the evening, 8-10 pm is extremely important.

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Volunteers

Wellness Services welcomes volunteers to help with major events such as the health fairs, World Aids Day, walks and other large-scale programs.

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If you are interested in the above positions, please contact:

Alicia K. Czachowski
Hunter College of C.U.N.Y
Coordinator, Health Services                                                                             695 Park Avenue, 307 North Building
New York, NY, 10065
phone - 212 772-4800
fax - 212 650-3254
healthandwellness@hunter.cuny.edu

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Health Services

Hunter Peer Educator

What does it mean to be a Hunter Peer Educator?
Hunter Peer Health Educators will be a group of dynamic student volunteers who are ready and willing to make a significant contribution to Hunter College. Students will volunteer 3 or more hours a week to help create and distribute positive health and wellness messages to the Hunter College community. Hunter Peer Health Educators will use what they have learned in the classroom as well as their own knowledge of being a student to encourage their peers to make healthier choices. This will help not only student’s health, but their academic careers. They will understand that their contribution to Wellness Services will positively affect themselves and the peers they reach.

Some Important things that you should know:
You are required to participate in at least 3 hours/week of volunteer activities.  This may seem like a lot but remember, we have a lot of great activities to create and make happen and you will get to be a part of it.  Here is how it works.

• Training
  You will be required to attend an hour long weekly meeting which will serve as a time to talk about upcoming activities and training sessions. In training you will learn core skills, do team building and many fun activities. 

• Attendance and Participation
  You will be required to volunteer for 3 hours per week. This may include sitting at a table, doing outreach, working with others to help plan an upcoming program, or creating/posting health related posters and flyers around campus.

• Experiential Learning
  Through participation in certain activities (Hunter Health Connection, creating media, etc.), volunteering for certain projects (sitting booths, coordinating events, helping with the Health Fair etc.) and continuing education (presenting, going to presentations, etc.) you will be fulfilling your required hours with activities to meet your needs and interests.
  
  

Expectations
Peer educators are expected to act as a positive role model for the program and Hunter College at all times. While understanding that all peer educators are students, there is an expectation that peer educators are an administrative extension of the office and are encouraged to maintain a positive and healthy pattern of behavior while enrolled in the program. In all cases, the instructors reserve the right to dismiss a student from the program based upon a peer educator’s performance inside and outside of the classroom experience. There is a GPA requirement that all peer educators must meet which is approximately a 2.4. 

What’s in it for you?

• Gain leadership experience that will make you more marketable
• National certification as a Peer Educator
• Great community service opportunities
• Have fun…
• Meet new people…
• Make a difference…
• Broaden your horizons.
  
  

Click here to fill out an application to be a Hunter Peer Educator (PDF). Please return the completed application to the Office of Health Services, Room 307 North Building.

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New York State Certified Emergency Medical Technicians

The Office of Health Services is always looking to maintain a pool of EMT Candidates in the case of vacancies. Please see the Health Office for more information.

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College Work Study

There are several work study positions available in the Health Services Office. Duties include clerical and administrative support. Please see the Financial Aid Office for more information about work study positions.

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If you are interested in these positions, please contact:
Alicia K. Czachowski
Coordinator of Health Services
695 Park Avenue, 307 North
New York, NY, 10065
(212) 772-4800
aczachow@hunter.cuny.edu

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