Student Involvement Opportunities
CARE provides opportunities for students to get involved with our work at different levels depending on their interests. We facilitate training throughout the academic year for volunteers, and student staff to collaborate on prevention programs, outreach, a quarterly newsletter, and other activities.
Attend CARE Events
Are you interested in interpersonal violence prevention, alternative healing, self and community care, and more? Come to our events to access resources, connect with CARE, engage with your community, and become more informed and involved in anti-violence work. Visit the Upcoming Events page to learn more about our offerings.
Become a CARE Ambassador
Are you a student leader who wants to raise awareness of consent, healthy relationships, and more within your organization? Do you want to develop tailored prevention education for your student group in collaboration with CARE? Do you want to be a part of a movement to end violence? Become a CARE Ambassador and meet with us for a consultation to build a connection between CARE Prevention and your club, student staff team working on campus, Greek Letter Organization, sports team, or student group.
Then, after meeting for a consultation, you as CARE Ambassadors and CARE Staff will co-create and tailor prevention education for your community, such as workshops, events, zines/handouts, and facilitated conversations — together!
Email care_pec@ucsc.edu to learn more about becoming a CARE Ambassador and building a culture of consent, empathy, supporting survivors within your organization!
Join the CARE Student Staff Team
Each academic year, CARE has opportunities for undergraduate students to apply for a variety of paid student staff positions. These include Peer Educators, Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP) interns, and Creative Engagement Specialists. CARE Peer Educators develop content for social media posts, newsletters, and workshops, and work together to plan CARE events. CUIP interns lead outreach efforts through flyering, tabling, and collaborating with other offices and organizations on campus. Creative Engagement Specialists work closely with Peer Educators to design flyers, Instagram posts, and other graphics for CARE’s outreach and marketing materials. To learn more about CARE’s peer education approach, please visit the What is Prevention? page of our website.
CARE posts open positions for CUIP interns each Winter, with applicants being matched to host offices in the spring for internships that start the following academic year. Applications for Peer Educators and Creative Engagement Specialists are posted in Spring for roles that start the following academic year. CARE hires both work-study and non-work-study students. All hiring for student staff is done through Handshake, and hiring announcements are shared here on CARE’s website and via our Instagram (@ucsantacruz_care).
Certified Peer Educator Training
CARE student staff orientation includes a curriculum that satisfies the NASPA Certified Peer Educator Program requirements. CARE also provides Certified Peer Educator training to students working in other offices on campus. The Certified Peer Educator training consists of 8 modules designed to strengthen skills around peer education in a college setting.
If you or your office is interested in setting up a time for CARE to facilitate this training, please reach out to care_pec@ucsc.edu. To learn more about other training opportunities from CARE, please visit our Trainings page.