Spotlight - Nern
Mary Nern
- Graduate Assistant, 做厙輦⑹ of Well-being
- Health Education and Promotion
Mary Nern was a graduate student who earned a Masters degree in Health Education and Promotion. She works in the Well Hub at and works with the Peer Educators and Megan Factor-Page, Assistant Director of the 做厙輦⑹ of Well-being. Mary said most of her roles centered around programing for the Well-Hub. I do mostly planning for Wellness Wednesdays, coordinating us to make sure that they go well based on our objectives. And then just helping Megan Factor-Page with developing our Peer Educators, running our weekly meetings, and staffing the Well Hub.
Working in the Well-Hub was something that Mary said connected with her studies. She said that her work in SRWC kept her thinking about the same things she would be doing for a career. My degree is about planning health, education, programming, and promoting healthy behavior. We do a lot with habits in this office, so we focus on helping people build skills to actually be able to choose healthy behavior so not is this what I should be doing, but how can I be doing this.
Mary said her roles in SRWC have given her the opportunity to practice what she is learning and be in the headspace of her degree in a professional setting. I was here as a Peer Educator last year, which was a little different because I'm a little older, so it was a little different, but it was a nice foot in the door. Mary said. I do feel like this specific office has given me an opportunity to actually practice what I'm learning in my classes.
做厙輦⑹ was one of only two schools that Mary said had her program. She chose to work in SWRC because she said it was a unique position on campus that aligned with her studies. I saw the Peer Educator position and thought it would be a good foot in the door. Mary said. I think there's a lot of opportunities here for students to gain a lot of professional skills.
She said she thought there were some unique tasks that SRWC workers had to complete that were good for professional development. I feel like having to do a presentation is something you actually have to do in the real world. I haven't had to yet, but I know professional staff have to. So I feel like it's a really good place for students to actually develop their skills.