The Educational Gerontology Unit (AGHE) is a unit of the Gerontological Society of America that aims to advance gerontology and geriatrics education. It provides leadership and support to faculty and students at member institutions. AGHE member institutions prepare personnel to work with older adults, train aging educators, educate the general public about aging, and instruct older adults. Institutions, not individuals, can become AGHE members, and students are welcome to participate in the AGHE Student Committee regardless of their institution's membership status.

1. WHAT or WHO is AGHE?

2. The Educational Unit of
The Gerontological Society of America
(GSA)

3. Mission
• To advance gerontology and geriatrics
education in academic institutions
• To provide leadership and support of
gerontology and geriatrics education faculty
and students at education institutions.

4. & Member Institutions
• prepare service delivery personnel who will work
directly with older adults
• train educators who specialize in the physical, psycho-
social, and policy domains of aging
• educate the society at large about the processes of
aging and the implications of an aging society
• instruct older adults seeking to maximize their options
in a complex and challenging age.

5. Membership
• Institutions, not individuals, are members of
AGHE.
• Individuals (including students) can be members
of the Gerontological Society of America.
• As a student you are welcome to participate in
the AGHE Student Committee (whether your
institution is a member or not!).
• Winston-Salem State IS an AGHE Institutional
Member!

6. For more information,
go to :
www.aghe.org