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Recipients Announced! Helen P. Cleary Scholarship Opportunity for Full-time Health Education and Promotion Students Seeking the Certified Health Education Specialist Credential

The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc., (NCHEC) has announced the names of three recipients for the Helen P. Cleary Scholarship.  The newly instituted award was designed to assist full-time undergraduate or graduate students with the fees associated with the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES®) examination. Applicants for this award were to demonstrate both financial need and a passion for their chosen field of Health Education and Promotion during ... Read More
Posted by Jessica Wessner at 30 May 2019

Using Your Health Education Skills to Develop a Successful Consulting Business

Written by Leah A. Roman, MPH, MCHES® Since I started my consulting business in 2013, I have received lots of inquiries from health education professionals looking to do the same. It is not surprising. We are living in an era of entrepreneurship and the “gig economy:” a phenomenon of more and more workers taking on part-time flexible work. According to Forbes (2018), more than one third of U.S. workers (approximately 57 million people) make up the gig economy.1 With video and... Read More
at 10 May 2019

EMPLOYER SPOTLIGHT: GatorWell Health Promotion Services

Since its inception in 1972 GatorWell has applied health promotion strategies to educate University of Florida students on health and wellness topics relevant to the college experience. The driving mission is to empower students to be both healthy and well through prevention with the assistance of a talented team of Health Promotion Specialists. GatorWell is a strong supporter of hiring staff with a CHES® or MCHES® certification behind their name, and currently has five CHES®-cert... Read More
Posted by Jessica Wessner at 03 May 2019

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