Various academic opportunities for coursework, internships and CASE service placements are available. Students discover new ways of understanding their own health and become involved with community health issues through direct community service. Students examine basic principles, processes and methods of personal and group health interventions. SHAs facilitate programs and discussions on sexual health and other topics by learning about issues on racism, sexism, homophobia, safer sex, etc. Students develop and present body image discussions on campus, organize Body Acceptance Week and other outreach and educational projects.
Students examine racism, sexism and heterosexism and how it effects individual and community health.
Explore the socio-political barriers to health and develop approaches to reach students with health messages. We offer a 6-week group training to prepare students to do programs on campus. Founded in 1998, the H.A.O. welcomes all students who are interested in and concerned with student health, the physical, mental and sexual health issues of the campus and community. The New Jersey Collegiate Consortium for Health in Education continues its work through the state supporting faculty and staff initiatives to manage HIV and other serious health problems on our campuses and our highest risk communities. We host several important HIV prevention grant projects for New Jersey.