Podcast with Elaine Lewis

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Personality Test

One of the surveys that incoming freshman take is a Personality test to help them understand the way their brain works and what best works for them. We also took the test and the results were extremely accurate.
There are four types that are opposite of one another.
-People who prefer Extroversion vs. Introversion.
-People who prefer Sensing vs. Intuition.
-People who prefer Thinking vs. Feeling.
-People who prefer Judging vs. Perceiving.

I took the test and the results I received were E.S.T.P. There are sixteen different possibilities among these four categories. My configuration means: Action orientated, energetic, and realistic. ESTP's work well when they can participate fully, enjoying challenges and attempting to eliminate obstacles through a logical way pragmatic, no-sense approach. They like to solve problems, work to achieve immediate results, and be where the action is.

I really liked this survey! Even though I already knew these things about myself it was nice to take a test and get the same results, I think freshman taken this will fine that its a great thing to do.

Counseling Services: Sexual Assault

The topic of sexual assault is a touchy subject but it still needs to be talked about, too many women and sometimes men are taken advantage of. Being a peer educator sometimes we are faced with issues that we can not help with and that we need to direct to the counseling services on campus, two ladies came and talked to our class about ways to help and provided us with staggering statistics and facts about sexual assault. 

-The most vulnerable class of women on a college campus are freshman. 

-In the state Kansas, if someone is intoxicated it is deemed he/she cannot legally give consent for sexual relations. 

-Women whose partners abuse alcohol are over 3.6 times more likely than other women to be assaulted by their partners.

-In 2002, more than 70,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 were victims of sexual.

-Between 62% and 84% of survivors knew their attacker. 

-In a study by U.S Centers for Disease Control of 5,000 college students at over 100 college, 20% of women and 4% of men answered "yes" to the question: "In your lifetime, have you been forced to submit to sexual intercourse against your will"? 

-Washburn's Counseling Services' office may see 1 to 3 women each academic year that report she believe she was given a date rape drug.

 

MAP-Works

MAP-Works is a retention computer program that helps with student success. It helps us better reach our at risk students, it also includes tools so that the faculty and peer educators can better communicate in a efficient way. There are many benefits to working with this program, students sometimes are hesitant to admit they are struggling whether it be in school or in their personal lives. When a student signs up for WU 101 they are automatically put into the system, students take an array of surveys to gauge their study habits, academic confidence and social issues and concerns. MAP-Works also has a risk indicator it goes from green, yellow, red and double red. Green means the students is a low risk and double red means the student is at very high risk of being unsuccessful. MAP- Works is an extremely beneficial program to peer educators and faculty at Washburn.

Activity Building

A part of peer education training is activity building, creating activities with each other to play with our students in the fall. We are split into groups and have the choice from a list of topics to create activities with. So far my favorites have been bad decision making and ice breakers.
A group in my class gathered together and had the topic bad decision making, one girl found a video about a young man who was underage drinking with a couple of his buddies and jumped from a moving vehicle. He is now paralyzed from the waist down, one stupid choice changed his life forever. This goes to show students how one lapse of judgement can effect your life, I felt like this video would really hit students hard and make them think twice about decisions that they make.
Another activity that I really enjoyed was under the topic of icebreakers and the game is called the Snowball game. The game goes like this, everyone in the class takes out a piece of paper and writes down where their from, a family tradition and something most people don't know about you. Then the classroom is split into two groups and each group stands on either side of the room then..throw! When all papers have been thrown everyone picks up a piece of paper and tries to guess who's paper is who's. This game allows the students to get to know one another and not to judge a book by its cover, I thought this activity would be very effective and the students would really enjoy it and it also allows the peer educators and the teacher to get to know the students as well!    

Thus Far

My experience thus far has been fantastic! I love the program,and I really wish we had training more than once a week. I'm building relationships with other p.e. and I'm learning so much about myself and ways to reach out to others that seem to be struggling. We've had the luxury of having quite a few guest speakers like veterans in the program and staff on campus that also help students in other ways that we as peer educators can't. I was not aware of how much went into becoming a p.e., you are entrusted with personal information to better reach the students. I'm very happy that I decided to become a part of this program. I'm looking forward to what the future holds!

 

Peer Education Video

Peer education is not something unique Washburn other schools use this technique as a tool to reach their students as well. I found a video that documents students that are involved in different groups that focus on one topic.