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You are AAHE and you can make a difference
And you have expectations for AAHE. In order to achieve your objectives, your leadership, direction and effort are needed. You have joined AAHE, now join in the fun; develop life-long professional contacts; join in the planning, direction, and decision-making. Please accept this invitation to touch and influence our collective futures in a significant, effective way.
Please help AAHE give you more of what you want and need … please step forward to give value added — and most important — join in the effort to exceed expectations.
As an AAHE volunteer, reap the benefits of volunteerism
- Strengthen your ties with the association/not-for-profit community. Committee work brings you together with executives and suppliers you may never have had an opportunity to meet.
- Share your expertise with other professionals.
- Gain additional expertise – learn more about a new area of association/not-for-profit management or gather new ideas for your current area.
- Become more valuable to your current employer and more marketable to potential employers by gaining new skills.
- Enhance your leadership abilities through consensus building and persuasion.
Timetable for appointments
Complete and return the application to AAHE by August 30th. The appointment process generally begins in September. Appointments become official at the next annual convention (March or April)
AAHE Standing Committees
Advocacy Committee: to advocate on behalf of the AAHE membership in predetermined areas of interest; to promote & enhance health education related legislation; to organize grass roots responses to health education related legislation; to raise public awareness of health related topics & issues
Awards and Scholarship Committee: review & final selection for AAHE Scholar, Professional Service, Horizon & Distinguished Service Awards, AAHE Health Education Professional of the Year Awards, & Will Rogers Institute Fellowship
Board of Associate Editors: policy-making body for the Journal of Health Education [JOHE] & the International Electronic Journal of Health Education [IEJHE]
Ethics Committee: develop procedures to educate AAHE membership regarding ethical practices, apply the code of ethics, recommend changes in the code as deemed necessary & represent AAHE on ethics issues, write A Question of Ethics column for HExtra
History & Philosophy Committee: develop & promote the historical foundation; serve as a resource regarding collection & dissemination of historical information & documents; facilitate basis of health education; promote historical & philosophical research; promote the inclusion of health education history & philosophy in professional preparation
Multicultural Involvement Committee: fulfill the AAHE goal of cultural pluralism in membership, leadership & throughout the profession, must be a minority to serve
NCATE Review Committee: surveillance of guidelines, review folios, must serve as a reviewer prior to serving on the Committee
Nominations Committee: candidate review & selection for AAHE officers & Board of Directors
Research Coordinating Board: oversee & plan research activities, including convention programs
Student Involvement Committee: work with students: in membership recruitment/retention, leadership roles in AAHE/AAHPERD, involvement in programming, recognition activities, & liaison with Eta Sigma Gamma – currently runnning the AAHE Outstanding Undergraduate Health Education Majors of the Year Awards, the AAHE Case Study Competition, selecting the AAHE representatives to the AAHPERD student leadership conferences (undergraduate and graduate levels), developing AAHE4Me, the AAHE Virtual Student Conference