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Emily Tuschhoff, MS, CHES

Physical Address:
1000 Paradise Creek St.
Moscow, ID 83844

Mailing Address:
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1230
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1230

Phone: 208-885-4146

Email: emilyt@uidaho.edu

Rec Center

Amanda Ferstead, MPH, MA, MS, CHES

Physical Address:
1000 Paradise Creek St.
Moscow, ID 83844

Mailing Address:
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1230
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1230

Phone: 208-885-1539

Email: amandaf@uidaho.edu

Jeneba Hoene

Physical Address:
1000 Paradise Creek St.
Moscow, ID 83844

Mailing Address:
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1230
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1230

Phone: 208-885-2039

Email: jenebah@uidaho.edu

Rec Center

Student Recreation Center Room 102

Physical Address:
1000 Paradise Creek Street
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1230

Mailing Address:
875 Perimeter Drive
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1230

Phone: 208-885-4104

Email: vandalhealthed@uidaho.edu

Well Space

Wellbeing Ambassadors

Wellbeing Ambassadors are U of I students who are helping to build a community of hope, help, and strength on campus.

Interested in becoming an Ambassador? Any student who would like to connect to others and help to build resilience on campus is welcome and encouraged to register to join the team! We accept students of all majors and years. No experience necessary, all Wellbeing Ambassadors will be trained in Sources of Strength.

With the guidance and support of staff, students shape all of our initiatives and projects! Engage in one of our working groups to help us spread the word and engage your peers! Learn more about Wellbeing Ambassadors, nominate students, and register below.

About the Wellbeing Ambassador Program

A wellbeing ambassador promotes hope, help, and strength by:

  1. Being a healthy role models and good stewards of information
  2. Collaborating with mentors and peers
  3. Developing and distributing awareness or norming campaigns and
  4. Co-facilitating programs for peer groups

Ambassadors shape the direction of the work we do. All projects that have been done have been created and developed by wellbeing ambassadors. From displays, to the What Helps Us Map, to our social media, students have made these efforts possible! Want to see another activity, campaign component, or way to connect? Join us and share your ideas!

Wellbeing Ambassadors meet for an hour and a half every two weeks. We stay in touch using Teams in between meeting times. Upon registration, you will be added to the team and connected to a working group. 

Spring 2024 Meeting Times: Wednesdays 5-6:30 p.m.
1/24, 2/7, 2/21, 3/6, 3/20, 4/3, 4/17, 5/1

Working groups are groups of students focusing on a specific method of connection to students. We currently have three working groups: Art & Display, Social Media and Podcasting. Students also facilitate Connecting U & I Workshops that provide an overview of the sources of strength concepts.

Art & Display works to use creativity to create displays across campus that students can engage with to talk about our strengths. This group developed the What Helps Us Map as well as updates our display case in the Student Recreation Center.

Social Media works to create an interactive virtual space for students to connect and share their strengths. Posts talk about the various strengths, tips for how to check-in on our mental health, introduce our Wellbeing Ambassadors and more.

Podcasting works on developing, creating and promoting the podcast: What Helps U & I. The podcast can be found on Spotify, Apple and Amazon services. 

All ambassadors are welcome to be trained to provide the Connecting U & I workshop and can sign up to facilitate requested workshops as they are scheduled.

Contact Us

Emily Tuschhoff, MS, CHES

Physical Address:
1000 Paradise Creek St.
Moscow, ID 83844

Mailing Address:
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1230
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1230

Phone: 208-885-4146

Email: emilyt@uidaho.edu

Rec Center

Amanda Ferstead, MPH, MA, MS, CHES

Physical Address:
1000 Paradise Creek St.
Moscow, ID 83844

Mailing Address:
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1230
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1230

Phone: 208-885-1539

Email: amandaf@uidaho.edu

Jeneba Hoene

Physical Address:
1000 Paradise Creek St.
Moscow, ID 83844

Mailing Address:
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1230
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1230

Phone: 208-885-2039

Email: jenebah@uidaho.edu

Rec Center

Student Recreation Center Room 102

Physical Address:
1000 Paradise Creek Street
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1230

Mailing Address:
875 Perimeter Drive
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1230

Phone: 208-885-4104

Email: vandalhealthed@uidaho.edu

Well Space