This presentation provides a detailed overview of the basics of alcohol and responsible drinking behaviors. The key topics covered are designed to ensure participants can make healthy life decisions when choosing to drink. Participants will be able to recognize a standard drink size, calculate BAC, understand alcohol tolerance, identify signs of alcohol poisoning, and be aware of alcohol related legal issues and how to avoid them.

This presentation explores the motivations behind risky drinking behaviors, the intersection between alcohol and mental health, and best practices for having difficult conversations and helping a friend who may be struggling with their substance use. This presentation is best for groups who have already received some basic alcohol education and would like more in-depth content.

• Available to request as a virtual or in-person presentation (45 or 60 minutes).

This workshop builds understanding of how alcohol use impacts memory, and how this affects consensual communication required for healthy sexual activity. This workshop uses a series of interactive tools and discussion to reduce commonly held misperceptions about the intersection of alcohol and consent, increase bystander intervention strategies for alcohol-related medical emergencies and drug-facilitated sexual assaults, and enhance knowledge of the resources that exist in our community that respond to sexual assault and addiction.

• Recommended for groups that have completed Consent 101 or Alcohol 101. Available to request as either an in-person or virtual presentation (60 or 90 minutes).

This workshop provides evidence-based, foundational knowledge of consent and how to practice and communicate this as a part of healthy relationships: A combination of discussion, activities, and videos to help students learn the full definition of consent, how to engage in verbal and non-verbal communication around intimacy, practice boundaries, and be an active bystander when noticing that consent is disrespected..

• Available to request as an in-person and virtual presentation (60 or 90 minutes). 

*Please note this presentation should not be requested for Hullabaloo U sections, as this content is already covered in the course material.*

This instruction is designed to be a student-led discussion, facilitated by Health Promotion, with tangible strategies to help participants establish and maintain a healthy relationship with themselves and others. Using discussion and reflection, participants will identify their personal needs, deal breakers, and compromises; explore personal barriers and boundaries; and reflect on what it means to prioritize self-care and personal health.

• Available to request as either an in-person or virtual presentation (60 or 90 minutes). 

In Their Shoes® is a community education tool designed for experiential learning about dating violence. Participants work in groups to progress through six different scenarios, all of which are based on real experiences of individuals who have been in relationships that involve emotional, psychological, verbal, sexual and/or physical abuse. Participants move, act, think, and make choices as the person experiencing the relationship. With their group and the facilitator, the instruction concludes with a discussion about warning signs, relationship health, bystander intervention, and resources.

This presentation can only be facilitated in 75-90 minutes, and is not adaptable.

This workshop is an introduction to understanding different types of violence and abuse experienced across the lifespan, and the health-related consequences that someone may experience as a result of being directly or indirectly affected by interpersonal violence. Students will identify warning signs of abuse, learn basic bystander intervention and harm-reduction strategies, and acquire information on local, state, and national resources that are designed to support those who are impacted in a trauma-informed way.

• Proposed Minimum Salary

  Commensurate 

   

  Job Location

  College Station, Texas 

   

  Job Type

  Staff 

   

  Job Description

  Our Commitment

  Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment for all visitors, students, faculty, and staff by promoting a culture that embraces inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability.  Diverse perspectives, talents, and identities are vital to accomplishing our mission and living our core values.

   

  Who we are

  The Division of Marketing & Communications tells the story of Texas A&M and promotes and protects the Texas A&M brand. We achieve our goals through:

  • Messaging - We work with peers across campus to develop, distribute and assess messaging about Texas A&M's global impact in preparing future generations of leaders and improving lives through discovery and outreach.

  • Branding - We maintain the University Brand Guidelines and provide tools and resources for our campus partners.

  • Brand Oversight - We oversee licensing, trademark management and corporate business development relationships to maximize their commercial benefit to the university.

  For more information, please visit us at https://marcomm.tamu.edu/

  What we want

  The Communications Coordinator, under direction supervision of the Communication Manager, plans, coordinates, implements, supports, monitors and evaluates all college social media efforts with the goal of engaging internal and external stakeholders while also promoting the brand. This position is responsible for developing a strategic plan for social media and will oversee all social media advertising campaigns for the college. The role has significant copywriting responsibilities involving research, interviews, and production stories for both social media and long-format stories that will appear in the college news site and other publications.  The selected candidate will subscribe to and support our commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability as stated above. If this job description sounds interesting to you, we invite you to apply to be considered for this opportunity.

  What you need to know

  Salary: Compensation will be commensurate to selected hire’s experience.

  Cover Letter/Resume’: A cover letter and resume’ are strongly recommended. You may upload these documents on the application under CV/Resume.

  Position Detail: Supervises Student Intern - 1. Occasional work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends required.

  COVID-19 information: Texas A&M University monitors local, state and federally mandated health guidelines to keep students, employees, prospective employees, and visitors as safe as possible. For the latest information regarding Texas A&M’s COVID-19 response, please visit the University’s COVID-19 website. For COVID-19 employment-related information, please visit the Division of Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness’ COVID-19 website.

  Required Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

  • Three years of communications and/or marketing experience.

  Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Knowledge of word processing and spreadsheets.

  • Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.

  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

  • Ability to present information clearly and concisely.

  • Demonstrated ability working with diverse populations.

  Preferred Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism or related field.

  • Four years of professional writing experience in higher education.

  • Experience writing and editing using the AP Stylebook.

  • Experience writing for digital and traditional print platforms.

  • Experience planning, launching, and evaluating advertising campaigns on various social media channels.

  Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Working knowledge of monitoring tools (e.g. Meltwater) and social media management tools (e.g. Sprout).

  Responsibilities

  • SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATION - Coordinates, monitors, and implements a comprehensive and dynamic social media plan to support college priorities. Oversees the development and production of social media channels across the college, including at the departmental level. Develops editorial calendar for college social media channels. Works closely with departmental communications representatives to ensure departments follow college branding and social media guidelines. Works with various stakeholders in the college to develop paid advertising campaigns. Assists faculty and staff with publicity needs. Organizes and creates social media content, posts and engagement opportunities under a unified brand.

  •  NEWS STORIES AND ARTICLES - Supports the Communications Manager in the development and management of an editorial calendar to be used for planning new coverage and stories for other publications. Supervises student intern(s) who will assist with and/or produce stories for publication. Researches, interviews, and writes news and feature articles, as well as press releases for publications including college new site, social media and print publications.

  •  GRAPHIC DESIGN - Works with a Graphic Designer to ensure that brand standards are met across all platforms. Creates and distributes graphic content across all social media channels and assists in developing content for other publications. Organizes and creates content, posts and engagement opportunities under a unified brand. Ensures brand representation and consistency in content through tone, voice, terminology and all imagery. Assures products and publications conform to journalistic standards. Performs other duties as assigned.

  Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the online application.

  All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

  Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer committed to diversity.

Sex in the Dark is an interactive program designed to help students anonymously voice questions and concerns about sexual health, sexuality, and relationships. Usually, attendees write questions on slips of paper, which are gathered and drawn and answered at random. This year, Health Promotion will host Sex in the Dark programs via Zoom webinar to maintain anonymity of attendees and their questions. Facilitators will still provide accurate answers and lead an external condom use demo at the end of the program.

• Available to request as a virtual presentation (60 minutes).

Spring Break is the time for rest, relaxation, stress relief, and preparation to finish the semester strong. Spring Break Jeopardy provides students the opportunity to test their knowledge and gain tips, tricks, and resources on how to prepare for the best spring break ever! Categories include General Wellness, Community/Personal Safety, Alcohol, Mental Health, etc.

• Available to request as an in-person presentation (30 or 45 minutes).

How do your personal preferences affect your habits? How can you use this knowledge to form strong stress-management habits? In this presentation, participants will learn where they fall on seven different habit-formation preferences and how to apply that self-knowledge to forming new habits. By learning more about themselves, participants will be equipped to form and maintain habits that work for them.

• Available to request as a virtual or in-person presentation (45 to 60 minutes).

This activity-based workshop helps students understand how gender norms and stereotypes may influence our expectations of those who cause harm or are harmed, and how we react to those individuals. The activity guides students towards acknowledging how stereotypes based on gender identity and gender expression can place perceptions of interpersonal violence victimization and offending into “boxes”; how these perceptions influence rape culture; and how we can build self-awareness to break down these boxes and look at the issue of interpersonal violence in a more holistic and informed way.

• Recommended for groups that have completed Interpersonal Violence Prevention 101. Available to request as either an in-person or virtual presentation (60 or 90 minutes).

This is an overview of our 2-hour Thriving with Resilience Workshop. This presentation provides an overview of the factors that affect personal resilience and how to identify the difference between healthy and unhealthy coping cycles.

Didn’t see what you needed? You can request a custom adaptation that meets the needs of your group! Please tell us more about what you’re looking for using the webform below. Custom adaptations may take more time to develop, and thus please provide Health Promotion with as much flexibility as possible. We will review your request and reach back out to you to determine feasibility and availability. All stipulations mentioned at the top of this page apply to custom requests as well.