STUDENT AFFAIRS IMMERSION LEARNING (SAIL)
Job Description for Four Week Placements
Department: Curry Health Center –
Health Enhancement and/or the Student Assault Resource Center
Terms of Employment
This is a four week rotation with the option of continuing the next semester. 15 – 20 hours per week, schedule is flexible.
Note: During the fall semester the Intern will have an opportunity to spend two weeks at both
Health Enhancement and the Student Assault Resource Center (SARC). If, during the spring semester, the student has interest in continuing their internship at Curry Health Center they would choose to work with either Health Enhancement or SARC.
Position Title
Student Wellness Intern
Position Description
During this brief introduction to the Health Enhancement department, the intern will have the opportunity to learn about promoting health and wellness, and reducing risky behavior on a university campus. They will have the opportunity to work alongside project leaders working on tobacco use prevention and cessation, alcohol awareness, sexual health, and impaired driving prevention. They will also work with the peer education team as they develop presentations and outreach projects.
Responsibilities
Attend staff meetings
Attend PRO peer educator meetings/work sessions
Participate in outreach programs, staff tables
Assist with design and test marketing of educational materials
Assist students coming into the office for health information
Qualifications
Excellent people skills
A positive attitude
Good sense of humor
Ability to work as part of a team
Excellent computer skills
Learning Outcomes
Student will be able to list at least 5 health issues affecting students.
Students will be able to describe how health related issues like substance use, stress and depression can affect student success and retention, and what strategies a campus can implement to address these issues.
Student will be able to describe risk reduction strategies for at least 3 health issues facing students.
Contact Information
Linda Green, Director of Health Enhancement, 243-2801, linda.green@mso.umt.edu
Position Title
SARC Outreach Intern
Position Description
During the introduction period the intern will have the opportunity to work alongside the
Outreach Assistants to assist in fall semester presentations and event planning. The intern will learn about SARC’s Outreach approach to raising awareness about sexual and intimate partner violence on campus and ways we encourage healthy community leadership and responsibility.
Responsibilities
Attend Outreach meetings
Participate in outreach programs, staff tables
Assist and attend Outreach Presentations
Qualifications
Excellent people skills
A positive attitude and good sense of humor
Ability to work as part of a team
Organizational and time management skills
Comfortable with public speaking
Learning Outcomes
Student will be able to speak about some main issues pertaining to healthy and unhealthy relationships.
Students will understand the basic response tools and actions advocates make when helping a survivor.
Students will be able to understand the basic concepts of bystander intervention, and both the barriers to intervention and the means to intervene.
Contact Information
Stoney Sasser, SARC Outreach Coordinator, 243-6429, stoney.sasser@mso.umt.edu