| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.36 |
| Liaison | Marianella Franklin |
| Submission Date | Jan. 10, 2023 |
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
EN-1: Student Educators Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.23 / 4.00 |
Marianella
Franklin Director of Sustainability The Office For Sustainability |
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Name of the student educators program (1st program):
A brief description of the student educators program (1st program):
UTRGV student peer educators are trained and in turn teach fellow students about intervening to prevent harm as well as create a culture of caring for each other's well-being. This builds new institutional norms, promotes safe and secure working environments of all workers, which support diversity, equity & inclusion, for the well-being of the institution's community.
The Super Hero Project / UTRGV Active Bystander Intervention Initiative is a university-wide initiative to promote the idea that individual Vaqueros (students) have the power to prevent high-risk behavior and harm. The Super Hero Project builds on the existing expertise of campus centers and departments at UTRGV and unifies these with consistent quality of Life messaging and content.
through the UTRGV office of student rights and responsibilities, superhero project peer-educators provide the university of Texas Rio Grande valley with live training and discussions that revolve around issues such as academic dishonesty, alcohol, sexual assault/sexual misconduct, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, suicide, and other quality of life (sustainable living practices) topics that concern our student population.
The peer-educators bring an interesting, engaging, and practical approach to all subject matter that provides the audience with useful information that can be applied in real life scenarios.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (1st program):
The Super Hero Project aims to serve the entire campus community.
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A brief description of the student educators program (2nd program):
As part of ENACTUS RGV, students become part of the international project’s vision of creating a more sustainable world through entrepreneurial action that is value-driven and socially concerned. Understanding themselves as servant leaders, the mission of this organization in the Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship is to provide lasting impact to the RGV community as they aim to grow its economy by building strong partnerships. During the pandemic, the students faced difficulties to continue with their annual commitments. Nevertheless, their efforts and their community partners’ ensured a successful ‘cansgiving’ campaign.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (2nd program):
ENACTUS at UTRGV is committed to educating its membership as a peer to peer education and outreach program that is also involved in many projects where they take sustainability education to implement projects on our campus, and throughout our community, business, non-profits and school districts.
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A brief description of the student educators program (3rd program):
The HHMI Inclusive Excellence award allows the UTRGV Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences to provide mentoring to incoming BMED students, during the first year in the program, targeting inequalities in health and wellness for underserved areas. All BMED Peer Mentors complete the Eduology Peer Mentoring Certificate Course. In their roles as experienced navigators of college life, mentors facilitate a sense of community between students, the program, and the campus, contributing to an enhanced and successful educational experience and enhanced good health and well being for all involved.
A brief description of the student educators program’s target audience (3rd program):
The UTRGV biomedical community.
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A brief description of all other student peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education programs:
The UTRGV Sustainability Ambassadors Programs, which include, but is not limited to MSA Ambassadors, Adopt A Start Up, and CEO Program, and Business Partnership with Engineering. These programs highlight the significance of peer-peer education for sustainable development, from mapping out the SDG's in our local resources and services, supporting local economic and sustainable growth for beginning entrepreneurs, and teaching interdisciplinary collaboration for academic excellence.
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