WAVES MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

WAVES, which stands for Wellness Advocates Volunteering to Educate Students, is a student organization advised by the Wellness Center. WAVES works with the Wellness Center to provide UIC students with a healthy resource they feel they can trust through peer education. Peer education is based on the idea that students will respond well to health issues and events when their peers are promoting it.

WAVES Presentation Members are trained peer educators who can present on a number of topics that are pertinent to college students. The workshop topics they present range anywhere from sexual health to stress management and beyond, and can be developed or modified to meet the needs of the group requesting the workshop.

Some members of WAVES are simply volunteers helping out the organization and the Wellness Center. There is always the opportunity to become a peer educator, but for those who may not feel comfortable presenting on health topics may volunteer for the organization. Volunteering may include activities such as staffing wellness booths, promoting the organization, and planning organization activities and events, amongst other things.