Graduate Assistants
Student Affairs Graduate Assistantships
For those students in the graduate program in Student Affairs, two assistantships are available through Wellness Education Services:
- Graduate Assistant for Health Promotion and Harm Reduction
- Graduate Assistant for Multicultural Health Promotion
Position Description: Be a part of the Student Wellness Team and help make UB a Healthy Campus for all students. The Graduate Assistant will be an active participant in pro-active health promotion efforts on campus, and will learn to apply social marketing and risk-reduction strategies. This individual will assist in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs, messages and campaigns, for key campus health concerns, including: alcohol and drug misuse; sexual behaviors that may result in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, and unintended pregnancies; nutritional habits and physical activity; tobacco use, and violence, sexual assault and injury prevention. Programs and activities are targeted to specific groups on campus including freshman living in on-campus residences, mandated high-risk students, multicultural student clubs, athletes, GLBT organizations, and fraternities and sororities. Therefore, the GA will develop skills in culturally competent health promotions. In addition, the GA will be involved in training undergraduate peer-educators, data analysis and manuscript production, and university committees.
For more information, contact us.
Other Graduate Assistantships
For students in the department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology or from the School of Public Health and Health Professions, who are interested in campus health promotion, there are various opportunities for working with Wellness Education Services. If you are interested, please contact us.
