What Is A Panther PhD?
Panthers Promoting Healthy Decisions or The Panther PhDs is a peer lead organization of students who become Certified Peer Educators NASPA’s Bacchus Initiatives and PVAMU’s Health Services. Its members are comprised of students on campus who take on a role of peer educators to educate the student body, campus and community on making healthier decisions. We do this by conducting education through interaction which means most of the education that is done by the peer educators is hands on. We educate on topics such as Alcohol Awareness, STI/HIV Awareness, Nutrition, Stress, Hypertension and Tobacco Education. The Panther PhDs practice confidentiality, integrity and trustworthiness when dealing with the said topics. The Panther PhDs are apart of PVAMU’s Health Services, which fall under Health Education & Health Promotion. We attend yearly trainings and conferences to better service our community and we aim to make sure that we promote the safest practices when matriculating thru ones college career.
Our Purpose
The goal of the Panther PhDs is to increase healthier decisions being made in our community. The way we accomplish this goal is through workshops, seminars, training, in class presentations, panel discussions as well as setting up informational booths in local areas of campus. Prevention through education is the key to creating healthy behaviors and we look to help all who are in need.
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Join Us
Are you interested in helping others? Panther PhDs has a place for you. Join our team and become a Certified Peer Educator. Fill out the application on PVPawlink and submit it to the Owens-Franklin Health Center.
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Contact Us
We would love to hear from you. If you have questions, comments, concerns you can call us at 936-261-1425 or email us at thepvphds@gmail.com To schedule an event with us or have one of our CPEs do a presentation, Contact Denesha Henderson, Program Manager at dehenderson@pvamu.edu . Feel free to learn more about our Program by visiting us via social media. Just click below.