Purpose
| What is the Bacchus Network |
How to Get Involved
Purpose:
Bacchus Gamma provides a network
providing support for students taking the initiative to
offer leadership to their peers on student health issues
and creating more positive healthy campus environments.
WHAT IS The BACCHUS Network??
The BACCHUS Network™ is a university and community
based network focusing on comprehensive health and
safety initiatives. It is the mission of this
organization to actively promote student and young adult
based, campus and community-wide leadership on healthy
and safe lifestyle decisions concerning high-risk
behaviors. The organization will devote the substantial
portion of its resources and activities to:
- create and foster a thriving network of
institutions and young adult led peer education
groups supporting health and safety initiatives,
- empower students and administrators to voice
their opinions and needs to create healthier and
safer campus communities,
- develop and promote cutting edge resources and
health promotion campaigns that support peer
education, campus leadership, and activism on health
and safety issues,
- provide exceptional conferencing and training
opportunities for students, young adults and
professionals to support health and safety
strategies,
- encourage national forums on young adult health
and safety concerns,
- promote and disseminate research and effective
strategies that better help campuses and communities
address health and safety issues, and avocate for
effective and sensible policies and practices for
campus and community health and safety issues.
Affiliates with our Network are concerned with the
health of their students, their institution and their
community. Students of all ages are faced with making
personal decisions about health and safety. Developing
positive decision-making skills impacts student life and
prepares students to enter the real world and the
greater community to promote healthy and safe
lifestyles. BACCHUS promotes respect for state laws and
support for campus policies that address high-risk
behaviors that compromise health and safety.
The BACCHUS philosophy is that students can play a
uniquely effective role - unmatched by professional
educators - in encouraging their peers to consider, talk
honestly about and develop responsible habits and
attitudes toward high-risk health and safety issues.
Leadership Training For All Peer Educators
No matter what type of peer educators you have on
campus, no matter what issue your student leaders are
working with, one thing remains true. There are some
core skills, such as listening and confrontation,
presentations skills and stress management that are
integral to the success and personal growth of all peer
educators. The BACCHUS Network™ has created
the Certified Peer Educator (CPE) Training Program to
help campuses train their student leaders.
After The Complete Training, Students Are "Certified"
After completing the CPE Training, and passing a
Post-Test, students can submit their test to The BACCHUS
Network™ to be nationally "certified" as a peer educator
by our organization. Students who are certified receive
a membership card, and resume attachment stating that
they have been trained in the core skills that will make
them a better leader, role model, activist and friend.
Visit
www.bacchusnetwork.org for more information.
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