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Examples of Current Substance Abuse Prevention Efforts

Examples of academic involvement:

• Interested faculty attend workshops on how to bring prevention into the classroom.
• All first year and transfer students are required to complete College Alc, an online alcohol education program.

Examples of student involvement:


• First year students participate in health promotion and risk reduction programs during orientation.
• SPARKS! Peer Educators teach Alcohol 101 to more than 1,200 students annually. The goal of Alcohol 101 is to correct misconceptions about alcohol use and share risk reduction information.

Examples of institutional support:


• The position of Substance Education Coordinator is funded by and housed in the Division of Student Life.
• Elon President Leo Lambert appoints faculty, staff, and students to the Presidential Task Force on Alcohol; recently, this task force revised Elon's Alcohol Position Statement to recognize and commend students' choice not to drink.
•The Office of Student Conduct uses a three tier judicial process that includes fines, parental notification, and different levels of alcohol education corresponding with the severity of the offense.
• The Office of Substance Education provides small grants to student organizations who want to host substance-free events. These grants are funded by fines collected as penalties for alcohol-related offenses.

Examples of risk management:


• Student organizations hosting parties where alcohol is present must complete risk management training.
• Student functions that include alcohol require insurance and paid security.