McKinley's Peer Education Program

Are you passionate about and dedicated to building a stronger, healthier campus community? Want to inspire and empower your peers to be well? Committed to being a leader in health and wellness? Apply today to become a Certified Peer Educator with us!

McKinley's Wellness Peers:

• Make an impact on how other Illinois students care for their holistic health and well-being.
• Use creativity and experiences to influence wellness priorities.
• Consider and advocate for other student’s wellness needs.
• Engage other students while facilitating health education workshops related to sexual health, nutrition, stress management, and multicultural health.
• Plan and implement wellness events and outreach including social media campaigns.
• Build community and connect with other leaders on campus.
• Grow personally and professionally- strengthen public speaking skills, grow as a leader, enhance your self-awareness, gain knowledge of health and wellness topics, learn life skills and much more!

Become an integral part of McKinley’s Health Education Unit and McKinley Health Center.

Commitments & Requirements

• Must be a current University of Illinois student on the Urbana-Champaign campus.
• Complete the Certified Peer Education Training in full.
• Attend mandatory training(s) and weekly meetings.
• Volunteer an average of 8-15 hours per month. This includes weekly meetings, trainings, facilitating workshops and other various activities. There may be evening and weekend hours.
• Make a year-long commitment (Aug-May).

How to Apply

• Ensure you can fulfill the commitments & requirements identified above.
• Submit Application of Interest during recruitment period at the beginning of the school year.
• There is limited space so understand that completion of the application does not guarantee your involvement. You will be contacted for further consideration.