Wellness Spot Peer Educators

Peer educators are specially trained Barnard students who volunteer to provide information, conduct outreach, engage in advocacy, and develop creative and effective strategies to promote and support health and wellness. The peer education program began at Barnard in 1986. Well-Woman was established in 1993 to bring together per-existing small, topical peer educator groups to form one comprehensive group. In May of 2022, Well-Woman changed its name to The Wellness Spot.

They staff evening office hours in our center (times when students can drop-in to ask questions, check out the office, watch movies, and just relax in our comfy space), write for our blog, liaise with RAs and student groups, develop events, facilitate workshops, attend weekly meetings with Wellness Spot staff, help with events like our annual cupcake decorating and milk tasting (yes, milk tasting!), host our weekly craft club, act as "IUDoulas" for students getting an IUD, table in the Diana, serve as wellness resources for the student body, and much more!

The peer educators talk about any and all health and wellness issues that impact our community, including self-care, body image, nutrition, sexual health, stress management, sleep, sexuality, identity, community, mindfulness, relationships, and more.

The Wellness Spot Peer Educators are part of the Health Promotion Program at Barnard. They are advised by our director, Cristen Kennedy. New and returning peer educators receive a week of training before the fall semester begins, and meet weekly for additional training, group work and planning during the academic year.

Applications generally open in early March for the following academic year. To be informed when our application opens, follow The Wellness Spot on Instagram (@BarnardWellnessSpot) or email us at TheWellnessSpot@Barnard.edu to subscribe to our newsletter.

Applications for the 2023 / 2024 academic year are now open. You can access the application at this link. Applications will close on Sunday, March 12 at 11:59 pm. We are unable to accept any applications submitted after this time.
 

Peer Eds hold drop-in office hours in 119 Reid from 7-9pm multiple nights per week. You can also look for the our peer educators in your residence halls during their campus-wide events. Please note that on Thursdays, peer ed office hours are our POC office hours, held specially for students of color. You can keep up to date with peer ed events through our Facebook, Instaghttps://www.instagram.com/barnardwellnessspot/ram and blog, or by joining our listserv: email wellwoman@barnard.edu with "listserv" in the subject line and we'll add you to the list.

22 - 23 Peer Educators

Jenab Diallo
Sofia Dominguez
Chrissy Gabor
Amelia Harris
Gabriela Hochster
Erin Ikeuchi
Meaghan Jungels
Talia Levin
Izzie Martinez
Mikayla Moaney
Lyna Sennoun
Shravanti Shankar
Wardah Sheikh
Jean Slaughter
Ayomide Tikare (not pictured)
Ainsley Walker