Community Health Ambassadors Program

College of Health Professions and Sciences

Be a Community Health Ambassador and Make an Impact in Your Community

The Community Health Ambassadors Program connects students with local community partners to support health and wellbeing initiatives in the community. Through this hands-on, interdisciplinary experience, students design and deliver health education activities that help community members build healthier lifestyles and improve health knowledge.

Community Health Ambassadors create and facilitate engaging workshops and activities focused on topics such as nutrition, chronic disease prevention, mental health and wellbeing, heart health, stroke awareness, cancer prevention, and health literacy.

This program serves as a high-impact learning experience, giving students the opportunity to apply what they learn in the classroom while building leadership, communication, and community engagement skills.

Students may apply to be a Community Health Ambassador and participate in community health outreach throughout the semester.

Why Join the Community Health Ambassadors Program?

Students who participate in this program gain valuable hands-on experience relevant to careers in the health professions. As a Community Health Ambassador, you will:

Gain experience developing and delivering health education programming
Work directly with community members to promote healthier lifestyles
Build teamwork and leadership skills through interdisciplinary collaboration
Strengthen your graduate or professional school application
Develop confidence in communication and public speaking

Program Information

The Community Health Ambassadors Program is an interdisciplinary, high-impact community health engagement experience for undergraduate students in the College of Health Professions and Sciences.

Students participate in the program through IHS4950: Interdisciplinary Projects in Health Professions, a 3-credit course in which interdisciplinary teams of students develop and implement community-based health education programming in collaboration with local community partners.

During the semester, students apply community health education and health promotion strategies to design and deliver health education workshops and activities for community members through team-based collaboration.

Students engage directly with community members through outreach events and programming. Community engagement activities typically occur outside of scheduled class time and may require travel to local partner sites.

IHS 4950: Interdisciplinary Projects in Health Professions (3 credits) counts as a restricted elective for the following CHPS undergraduate majors:

Health Sciences (BS)
Communication Sciences and Disorders (BS)
Kinesiology (BS)
Social Work (BSW)

Eligibility

Junior or Senior
Be enrolled in one of these CHPS majors: Health Sciences BS, Communication Sciences and Disorders BS, Kinesiology BS, or Social Work BSW.
Availability and commitment to work with community members outside scheduled class time.
Ability to travel to the community engagement site.

Highlights

Gain volunteer and community service hours
3 credits restricted electives for your major
Have a positive impact on the health of your community
Improve your leadership and collaboration skills
Collaborate with local community organizations
Participate in a high-impact learning experience with a focus on service-learning

Application and Selection Process

Students must complete the application form below by June 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM

Complete this Form

Once you complete the application, you will be notified of the status of your application and the next steps in program selection, and course enrollment.

For more information, contact Ellen Williams ellen.williams@ucf.edu.