Brief Position Description: The Thrive Peer Educators team is hiring! Do you enjoy engaging in conversation about important health and wellness topics? Are you looking for a resume-builder to help show off your leadership skills? Are you looking for a paid position on campus designed to work around your schedule as a student? If you answered yes to any of these questions, the Thrive Peer Educators team may be a great fit for you! The Peer Educators are a group of undergraduates who strive to promote the health and well-being of the DU campus community through health education and engagement, developing programs and implementing outreach efforts to address sexual health, mental health, alcohol & other drug education, and gender-based violence prevention. For more information on the Peer Educators, please visit https://studentaffairs.du.edu/health-counseling-center/promoting-health-wellbeing/thrive-peer-educators
Apply: To access the application for this position, please visit this link. The application is open until February 16th, 2025.
Event: If you’re interested in learning more, we are hosting a Meet & Greet Event on January 28th from 6 to 7 PM in Sturm Room 311. Please register on Crimson Connect if you are interested in attending and meeting current Thrive Peer Educators.
For more information and to keep up with important updates, follow the Thrive Instagram account at @thriveatdu.
If you have any questions, please email us at hcc.thrive@du.edu or email the Thrive Peer Educator Program Assistant at Clara.BrunnerAmpuero@du.edu. We look forward to connecting with you!
Triangle Fraternity Joins Our Community!
We want to take a quick moment to recognize a new addition to our community, Triangle Fraternity. Founded in 1907 at the University of Illinois, Triangle is a fraternity of engineers, architects, and scientists who carry out the organization's purpose by establishing chapters that develop balanced men who cultivate high moral character, foster lifelong friendships, and live their lives with integrity. You can follow them on Instagram by going to: https://www.instagram.com/triangle_du.
A Message From Christopher
As winter break draws to a close and the new year dawns, Madison and I are excited to welcome you back to campus! This time of year is always exciting with new leadership opportunities, reuniting with friends and siblings, resuming traditions, and setting the stage for more incredible experiences. Each of you has a unique story to tell, but more importantly, each of you adds to the brilliance that is our community; a community rooted in togetherness, leadership, shared values, and inclusion. Your energy inspires your fellow members and classmates to make DU and the world around us a better place.
We recognize that the current times are both exciting and challenging. However, if any community is going to rise to these challenges, it is our community. Whether is strengthening your chapter relationships, working closer with chapters different from yours, or simply living your values, you will ensure that our community will thrive long into the future. Remember that you are not alone. Your chapter, your council, your fellow members, and our office is ready to support all of you every step of the way to the best of our ability.
For the rest of this school year, the office will be focusing on several areas to improve your experience. These areas include improved community branding, greater access to resources as we build out the FSL Resources webpage, and improved information sharing about FORGE to name only a few of our priorities. However, these priorities do not exist in a vacuum. Your voices will be heard as much as possible to ensure a wide range of ideas.
Madison and I look forward to working as directly with each of you as possible. If you need anything at all, please do not hesitate to reach out to either of us. Thank you for all you do for our community and welcome back!
Campus Wide Food Drive!
The DU Food Pantry is hosting a campus wide food drive that will run during weeks 2 & 3 of this quarter.
Donation bins will be in a centralized location in the following buildings:
Anderson Academic Commons
Community Commons
Craig Hall
Daniels College of Business
Driscoll Commons
Newman Center
Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science
Ruffatto Hall
SIE International Studies Complex
Sturm College of Law
Sturm Hall
Here are the main items that we are looking to collect:
Alternative milks
Canned Vegetables/Fruit/Beans/Soup/meat
Cooking oil
Jams/ Nut Butters
Sauces
Snacks
**Please do not donate expired goods. We will not be able to use them.**
Please make donating a priority for your chapter to help our your fellow students. Please contact Christopher or Madison if you have any questions.
A Message From Madison
Welcome to the winter quarter! I am thrilled to be back on campus and welcome new leaders into their roles as chapters and councils begin to pass the torch. That being said, I want to extend a huge THANK YOU and CONGRATS to our leaders who are leaving their terms. Thank you for being my first group of student leaders, and welcoming me into the DU community.
With 1 quarter under my belt, I am excited to start dreaming big about what FSL and the University of Denver could be.
Come chat anytime about what you envision for our community.
Proud of you always!
Help Sustain the DU Food Pantry
You can link your King Soopers card to DU by clicking here. Each time you use your King Soopers card, a small portion of your purchase will be donated to the DU Food Pantry to ensure the long term sustainability of this critical service.
Community of Care and Addressing Concerns about Bullying
On Jan. 8, 2025, you should have received an email from the Dean of Students office about addressing bullying. The email addresses various concerns that have been raised about this topic so please make sure you read the entire email. To the end, it is CRITICAL that each of you take time to answer the anonymous survey about your experiences regarding bullying at DU and/or provide suggestions on how to reduce and, hopefully, eliminate bullying. You can access the survey from the email or by clicking here
The deadline for this survery is Tuesday, January 21, 2025. As the penultimate leaders on campus, this is a way to ensure that all of your fellow students are taken care of and made safe. It is Christopher's expectation that each of you fill out the survey.
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