WIT Peer Education

Wellness Information Team (WIT)
The Wellness Information Team (WIT) is a group of GVSU students ready to connect with you about wellness! We can chat about nutrition, sexual health, and general wellness (like stress!)
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Request a Presentation
Use the RecWell Service Request Form to request a presentation. Be sure to check "Wellness Presentation" on the form. In the "Event description" let us know what type of presentation you are interested in. You can choose from the presentations below, or you can request a customized presentation.
General Wellness

Your Wellness at GVSU: Explore your wellness in each of the 8 dimensions while learning about resources here at GVSU that can help in your journey to well-being.
Workshop platform: In-Person or Virtual
Run time: 30-45 minutes
Audience: Students

Emotional Wellness: Take a deep dive into emotional wellness. Learn characteristics, expand your emotion vocabulary, get resources and more.
Workshop platform: In-Person or Virtual
Run time: 60 minutes
Audience: Students

Nutrition 101: We'll cover the basics of healthy eating: calories, how to read a food label, what's an actual serving size, and skills and tips for healthy eating.
Workshop platform: In-Person or Virtual
Run time: 60 minutes
Audience: Students

Sleep, Nutrition, and Exercise: See how these three areas of health can transform your well-being. And at the end, set some goals to make changes for a healthier you.
Workshop platform: In-Person or Virtual
Run time: 60-90 minutes
Audience: Students/Staff/Faculty

Body Neutrality: What is body neutrality, why is it important and how can you implement it in your everyday life.
Workshop platform: In-Person or Virtual
Run time: 30-45 minutes (flexible)
Audience: Students or Staff

Finding Rest in the Grind: Feeling like you're stuck in the revolving door of hustle and grind. School, work, life, repeat. Let us help you rest!
Workshop platform: In-Person or Virtual
Run time: 30-60 minutes (flexible)
Audience: Students or Staff

Setting Boundaries: Support your well-being by learning how to set boundaries for yourself in work, school, and social life.
Workshop platform: In-Person or Virtual
Run time: 30-45 minutes
Audience: Students

Wellness, Activism, and Identity: Take a look at how your identity and activism efforts intersect with your wellness. Originally created for the MLK Jr day of service.
Workshop platform: In-Person or Virtual
Run time: 30-60 minutes
Audience: Students
Sexual Health

LGBTQ+ Sexual Health: Learn about sexuality, affirming language, barrier methods, how to prepare for a sexual health clinic visit and more.
Workshop platform: In-Person or Virtual
Run time: 60-75 minutes
Audience: Students

Mile High Club: Learn about safer sexual health practices, but do it like you're talking about the airlines. From take-off to landing, you're sure to have fun and learn a lot!
Workshop platform: In-Person or Virtual
Run time: 45-60 minutes
Audience: Students

What We Wish: Did your high school sex ed class leave you wanting more? Join us to talk about some of the stuff that was left out: lube, pleasure, virginity, communication, and more!
Workshop platform: In-Person or Virtual
Run time: 60 minutes
Audience: Students
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Sex Ed Trivia: How much do you know about sexual health and sexuality? Join us for a fun filled presentation to test your knowledge, and maybe learn some weird tidbits, too!
Workshop platform: Virtual
Run time: 30-45 minutes
Audience: Students
Meet The Team

Abdul Ciise
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Major: Psychology
Minor: Business
Year: Senior
Semesters on WIT: 1
Why did you want to become a Peer Educator? I wanted to become a peer educator to connect anyone who wanted to become their best self to the place that could give them the resources to.
Campus Involvement: Member of Black Male Scholars, Black Excellence,, Mindset Coach for the Digital Trades Club, and avid rec center goer
Top Tip for Being Well: Breathe in for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, and breathe out to a count of 4 seconds
3 Bucket List Items:
- Make $1,000,000+ in income
- Raise a healthy trauma free family
- Travel the world teaching people how to break generational trauma

Annie Seeber
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Major: Radiation Therapy
Year: Senior
Semesters on WIT: 6
Why did you want to become a Peer Educator? To not only learn more about wellness, but to share positive information and resources to help fellow students learn how to be happy and well!
Campus Involvement: Writing consultant at the writing center
Top Tip for Being Well: Journaling! Sometimes writing down what you are feeling helps you see where you can make improvements in your wellness.
3 Bucket List Items:
- Visit Ireland
- See the Mona Lisa in person
- Own a wiener dog (extra points if I name it Jean Jacket)

Arav Gurusaran Korukonda
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Major: Health informatics
Year: Super Senior
Semesters on WIT: 2
Why did you want to become a Peer Educator? I wanted to become a peer educator to help students, share information regarding wellness, and clear up misconceptions about health and wellness. Also to see a positive and healthy lifestyle for students and a healthy community!
Campus Involvement: I work as a student lab assistant for visually impaired student and I am a WIT member.
Top Tip for Being Well: Do things that excite and make you happy, take your own time, relax, talk to people, be lively and play sports.
3 Bucket List Items:
- Visit Spain and Brazil
- Skydiving with my favorite person
- Write a song
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Claire Latourell
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Major: Allied Health Sciences
Year: Senior
Semesters on WIT: 4
Why did you want to become a Peer Educator? I’m so passionate about health and wellness and I want to learn as much as I can in order to share that knowledge to positively impact the campus community!.
Campus Involvement: Wellness Navigator
Top Tip for Being Well: Making time for yourself! Whether that be going out with friends or just staying in and relaxing.
3 Bucket List Items:
- Meet a cow
- Go to Europe
- Have a *successful* garden

Eva VanWyck
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Major: Exercise Science Health Fitness Instruction
Year: Senior
Semesters on WIT: 6
Why did you want to become a Peer Educator? I love to meet new people and share my love for nutrition and wellbeing!
Campus Involvement: Vertical Earth, Exercise Science Club
Top Tip for Being Well: Don't buy into diets and don't be afraid of carbs!
3 Bucket List Items:
- Hike the entirety of the Appalachian trail
- Restore a vintage Airstream camper
- Learn how to play electric guitar

Josie Kasmauskis
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Major: Applied Food and Nutrition
Year: Sophomore
Semesters on WIT: 4
Why did you want to become a Peer Educator? I love to learn and share wellness information and be a part of others' path in finding the lifestyle that makes them feel the best.
Campus Involvement: I am currently in the Frederik Meijer Honors College, Swim Club, Spanish Club and Pre-dietetics club.
Top Tip for Being Well: Don't feel guilty about doing something unhealthy, just feel proud of whatever healthy actions you are doing. You can always keep improving, but it should be a fun process!
3 Bucket List Items:
- Study abroad in a Spanish-speaking country
- Find a four leaf clover
- Raise chickens

Kameron Kempker
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Major: Pyschology
Year: Senior
Semesters on WIT: 2
Why did you want to become a Peer Educator? To encourage people to utilize our campus resources, and to contribute to a greater community health.
Campus Involvement: GVSU Wrestling Club
Top Tip for Being Well: Take a walk or go for a hike, getting active is my favorite way to wellness.
3 Bucket List Items:
- Visit Germany
- Learn an instrument
- Hike the National Parks

Rowan Armour
Pronouns: They/them/theirs
Major: English
Year: Junior
Semesters on WIT: 2
Why did you want to become a Peer Educator? I want to connect students to wellness resources that may benefit them
Campus Involvement: I work at the Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center as a desk worker & am a group facilitator for T-2 and Bi-furious
Top Tip for Being Well: Know when and how to say no to things. If you’re overwhelmed, it’s okay to reassess what you can and can’t handle.
3 Bucket List Items:
- Go ice skating
- Learn how to make pretzels
- Visit Finland

Ru Khanna
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Major: Global Studies & Social Impact
Year: Junior
Semesters on WIT: 3
Why did you want to become a Peer Educator? I wanted to become a peer educator to help debunk myths and share information with my peers. Becoming a peer educator is one stepping stone in my career to work in public health.
Campus Involvement: I work for the climbing center, I am a part of the climbing club, and I am a WIT member!
Top Tip for Being Well: Listen to what your body needs; it is usually right!
3 Bucket List Items:
- Travel to every continent
- Go rock climbing in Europe
- Go sky diving!

Saga McPherson
Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs
Major: History & Secondary Education
Year: Senior
Semesters on WIT: 2
Why did you want to become a Peer Educator? I believe that education and self-actualization begins with holistic wellness. I think that students have unique wellness needs and that universities are in a unique position to help them create healthy habits that will empower them to have a self-actualized life. To me, being a Peer Educator means being a part of making those wellness tools (and a happy life!) more accessible to my community.
Campus Involvement: I've been a part of Laker Familia in the past and currently attend small group at the LGBT Center!
Top Tip for Being Well: Developing a time-management and organizational system has been very helpful to me! I have ADHD and my brain can get very cluttered. Using an online planner site like Notion has been very helpful to me as I always have access to my calendar, to-do lists, important web links, and deadlines. Relieving some of that "Will I forget?" stress has been a huge step forward in my wellness journey!
3 Bucket List Items:
- Run a 5k
- Take an Amtrak tour of the US
- Study abroad
For more information about the WIT Peer Educator role, check out the job description!