Mission

SPARKS is a student led health education team, who promotes holistic well-being throughout the Elon student body. We strive to foster a welcoming, accessible, and equitable learning environment surrounding health education, specific to mental health, substance education, and sexual health. All Peer Educators are NASPA certified.

About

SPARKS Peer Educators are a team of student leaders who provide health-related programming and serve the Elon University community as health resources, in order to enhance the well-being of their peers.

SPARKS coordinate among three focus groups:

  • Mental Fitness
  • Sexual Health
  • Substance Education

SPARKS Peer Educators invite students to think critically about these and other health issues by raising questions, facilitating discussion, and disseminating health information.  SPARKS Peer Educators develop a multitude of skills, such as: leadership, public speaking, goal-setting, time management, team work, program planning and evaluation. All of these skills prove useful in life and future careers.

For more details on our presentations and to submit a request for your group/class, visit the Presentation Page.

Peer Health Education Activities

Education through Workshops, Presentations & Conversation

Invite SPARKS Peer Educators into your class, residence hall, team or organization to facilitate conversations about many different health and wellness topics including alcohol use, mental health, self-care and safer sex practices.

Awareness through Engaging Events

SPARKS Peer Education puts on wellness related events, educational programming and campaigns throughout the year on various health and well-being topics and collaborates with dozens of campus and community partners.

Student Development and Support

SPARKS have been trained in active listening and motivational interviewing in order to provide one-on-one mentoring and support for students around health and wellness issues. They are extremely knowledgeable about campus resources can connect students to other programs or staff who can best help their peers.

Infusion of Health into Campus Life

SPARKS Peer Educators work with various student organizations and student leaders to promote health and wellness in students’ communities, including partnering with Fraternity & Sorority Life for the social event manager training.

Promote Services for Healthy Living

SPARKS collaborates with Health Education and Promotion Programs to provide Safer Sex Supply Delivery and free STI Testing with Alamance Cares.