Racheal Muir from Barre, MA Named UMass Dartmouth Peer Health Educator

NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA (04/29/2011)(readMedia)-- UMass Dartmouth student Racheal Muir was among the Peer Health Educators group awarded "Outstanding Peer Education Group" for the New England area recently at the annual meeting of the BACCHUS Network (www.bacchusnetwork.org), a national non-profit organization that actively promotes student leadership on healthy and safe lifestyle decisions.

The UMass Dartmouth Peer Health Educators are student leaders who are recruited and trained to: provide the UMass Dartmouth student community with educational, interactive programs on health issues; raise awareness about health and wellness; refer students to appropriate resources; and, advocate for policy, procedural, and environmental changes that support the health and well-being of the campus community. Additional information regarding the UMass Dartmouth Peer Health Education Program is available at http://www.umassd.edu/livewell/whatwedo/peerhealtheducation/.