<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/peer-health-educators-support-student-wellness.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>05/27/2021</pubDate><title>Peer Health Educators Step Up to Support Student Wellness</title><description>A dedicated group of Franklin &amp; Marshall College students is taking public health beyond the classroom, helping peers navigate wellness in a particularly challenging year. Five F&amp;M students...Each F&amp;M peer health educator (PHE) completes a twelve-hour, eight-module training course through NASPA, a national association for student affairs.</description><author>Kim O'Brien</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/133555436717030499-peer-health-educators.0.1610.3024.1822.full.jpg" alt="Peer health educators Sarah Laterza 21, Caroline Tippett 21, and Hala Reeder 22 oversee a campus de-stress event on Hartman Green."/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>Community and Belonging</tag><tag>Health Wellness and Safety</tag><tag>Public Health</tag></tags></item>