Take a Health and Wellness (HTW) or Physical Education (PED) course
The Falk College offers courses like HTW 227- Healthy You Practicum and HTW 302- Influencing Healthy Behavior, as well as, PED 201- Beginning Yoga and PED 221- Scuba.
Join a Health and Wellness related RSO
Here are just a few of the Registered Student Organizations that you can join to learn more about and get more involved with Health and Wellness on campus! Be sure to check out the links for more information:
- NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
- NEPA (Nutrition Education and Promotion Association)
- CHAARG
Check out one of the many fitness facilities on campus like the Women’s Building or the Goldstein Fitness Center on South
Join SA’s Health and Wellness Subcommittee
By joining the Student Association’s Health and Wellness Subcommittee you can be part of helping increase awareness and implement change on campus regarding mental health, sexual health, sexual and relationship violence, and general health. Email mamertik@syr.edu or lcrimmin@syr.edu for more information!
Become a Peer Educator!
Join the Students Advocating for Mental Health Empowerment (SAMHE) or the Peer Educators Encouraging Healthy Relationships and Sexuality (PEEHRS) through the Office of Health Promotion when applications open in January 2019! Peer educators create safe spaces for their peers to talk about such topics as healthy, positive sexuality, how to respond to actual or potential abuse or harassment, how to intervene with peers who are perpetuating gender bias, and how to support peers who are targeted by sexual and/or relationship violence.
Applications are CURRENTLY open for Be Wise Peer Educators! These peer educators provide educational trainings and outreach on increasing awareness about alcohol use and alcohol poisoning.
Written by: Mackenzie Mertikas ’20 in the College of Arts and Sciences