wellness 2009 annual report by Gail Farmer

Wildcat Wellness Center INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Executive Summaries

Ping My Health

SAVA Training

Safety Survey

Rock Against Rape

Green Dot

Be That Friend

Safe Spring Break/ Sexual Responsibility Week

Team Work & Collaboration

Wellness Factoids 8-9 CampusCommunity Coalition

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Responsible Consumption Club

Alcohol-Wise

Prevention Puzzle

Wellness Strengths

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The mission of the WILDCAT WELLNESS CENTER (WWC) is to provide services within a framework of cultural competence to reduce high-risk behavior related to alcohol and drug misuse; to provide sexual assault prevention, response and advocacy; and to promote other positive health behaviors among all CWU students. A core value of the WWC is that educational programs and services are developed through the application of scientific evidence and relevant research. The strategic plan of the Wellness Center begins with the following four goal statements: Decrease the misuse of alcohol and marijuana by CWU students. Decrease the incidence of sexual assault and improve the sexual assault response to the CWU community. Promote positive health behaviors of CWU through collaboration with other departments.

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Deliver all programs and services with respect and with special attention to the racial, ethnic and other diverse backgrounds and needs of our students.

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What a great year. Fourteen hundred fifty first year students completed Alcohol-Wise, a web-based curriculum that provides relevant behavioral health information with a special focus on alcohol. We achieved a 98% completion rate! Follow-up research demonstrated that the program met its goal of reducing negative consequences associated with alcohol use. We collaborated with a colleague from Boise State and submitted a research proposal for funding to the Department of Education that unfortunately wasn‟t selected. However, we decided to proceed with the research despite the lack of funding, as it has the potential for tremendous cost savings and can guide us in our future prevention efforts. You can read more about this research in the pages to come. The realignment of Wellness to the Office of Housing and New Student Programs has proven to be a stroke of genius! We have been able to work much more closely with the residence halls and gain support for our prevention programs. We were invited to present an educational session at the North West Association of College and University Housing Officers in Anchorage, which gave us an opportunity to learn more about our partners (and we won an award for our presentation!). All in all it has been a very gratifying year and we are filled with optimism about adventures for 2010. Sincerely, Gail Farmer, Director, Wellness Services farmer@cwu.edu 509-963-3214

Executive Summary The „year of the student‟ persists with the CampusCommunity Coalition (CCC), as we continue to focus on student involvement. From our fall CCC meeting on the negative impacts of alcohol on the developing adolescent brain, to supporting the new Responsible Consumption Club, we have been reaching students from all segments of the campus. Our Neighborhood Relations Committee continued its door-to-door educational campaigns in off-campus neighborhoods, reaching scores of students and community members with messages about being a good neighbor and how to comply with laws regarding noise and alcohol consumption. And in our 2008 assessment report, we looked at where we were in 2006, where we‟ve made progress, and where we need to concentrate our efforts in the coming year. In the CCC annual report section, I will provide more detailed information on our many and varied student contacts, the assessment report, and the work of our committees. As we move forward in reducing high-risk and underage drinking, on campus and in the community, I encourage you to be a part of our collaborative efforts. Sincerely, Lynne Harrison, CCC Coordinator lynneh@cwu.edu 509-963-3240

This past year has been a fast one! It began in the fall with the Red Zone program in the residence halls, and continued with events such as Sexual Responsibility Week and Safe Spring Break, and the Be That Friend Campaign. Check out the details about these and others throughout the report. Students of SAFE (Sexual Assault Facts and Education) were very busy planning the first ever Rock Against Rape event to have some fun while educating the campus about sexual violence. We continued with Ping My Health to give students a quick snapshot of their health related choices, and have included more information about those statistics later on. Perhaps the most exciting news in sexual assault prevention is the discovery of Green Dot, an innovative bystander intervention program. Read on about how this program was developed, and what it will mean to introduce it to the CWU campus in fall 2009. I‟m looking forward to my third year with the Wellness Center, and to welcoming an almost entirely new staff of Public Health students to our team. Keep an eye out for us next year; exciting things are in our future! Sincerely, Andrea Easlick, Health Educator & Sexual Assault Response Coordinator easlicka@cwu.edu 509-963-3233

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Ping My Health (PMH), a free online assessment of one‟s h e a l t h - r e l at e d choices, was offered once again to CWU students during spring quarter. The BACCHUS Network, in collaboration with communications firm Klein Buendel, funds the assessment tool with the help of grant money and offers it to institutions at no cost. PMH includes questions about smoking, alcohol, drugs, nutrition, physical activity, mental health, and sexual activity. When the survey is completed, the participants are provided with a red (needs i mprovement), yell ow (doing ok), or green

(mostly healthy decisions) light rating to evaluate their behaviors. The results can be emailed to students for later reference, if students so choose. Leadership for this project was provided by Student Health Educator Kelsey Brazas and Public Health Intern Amanda Struiksma. They supervised volunteers who recruited participants to take the online survey in the SURC. T hei r Kelsey Brazas (L) & g o a l Amanda Struiksma (R) was to

collect 350 surveys; they easily exceeded that with a total of 379, an increase from 221 in 2008.

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76% of students never drove under the influence of alcohol in the past year

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58% of students used a condom or oral dam the last time they were sexually active. CWU plans to continue using the Ping My Health assessment as long as it remains available.

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intercourse in the last year” -Ping My Health, spring 2009

Sexual Assault Victim Advisor (SAVA) Training It was another successful year for SAVA, with 26 students and eight faculty/staff members participating in training throughout the year. To maximize group effectiveness in activities such as role playing, one session was offered each quarter. With the assistance of students from Dr. Becky Pearson‟s HED 473 (Program Evaluation) class, data from the SAVA evaluation/post-test was assessed for the first time. The following shows the percentage of participants who demonstrated meeting program objectives at the end of training: 79% of participants knew prevalence of sexual assault

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71% could identify 3 resources for responding to a sexual assault 92% knew four DOs and DON‟Ts for properly responding to a victim 79% understood the role of a SAVA In addition, 90% of participants felt they could effectively advise a victim of sexual assault (see graph to the right). While not one of the program objectives, we learned it is an important part of the training and should be assessed.

Based on the evaluation, other changes we will make include creat87% understand the importance of ing a PowerPoint to help structure the confidentiality sessions better, allowing more time

for role playing scenarios, and creating new activities to communicate the importance of trust and confidentiality. We plan to continue to offer SAVA trainings free of charge to CWU students, staff, and faculty as long as the demand exists.

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Campus Safety Attitudes and Behavior Survey In the spring of 2007, the Wellness Center, in concert with the Sexual Violence Commission, implemented a campus-wide survey created by Washington State University to gather information regarding students‟ overall feelings of safety on campus and specific instances of violence experienced by students at Central. Significant results indicated that 28.4% of female and 10.1% of male respondents had experienced some sort of unwanted/uninvited sexual touching at some point in their lives. The survey was administered again in spring 2009 to compare the data to that of 2007, as well as to include questions about bystander be-

havior. With technical support from Marion Andrin of University Housing, Wellness, and New Student Programs, more than 9,000 emails were sent to students at the Ellensburg campus. There was a 31% increase in completed surveys from 881 in 2007, to 1,153 in 2009. A report of the findings from the 2009 survey is expected in late June or early July. Results will be used to help assess the current programs offered to students, as well as to paint a broad picture of the instances of violence at CWU. Check out pages 8-9 for snapshots of more detailed statistics.

Rock Against Rape “This is probably one of the coolest things I’ve ever been to at Central.” -student attending Rock Against Rape

SAFE (Sexual Assault Facts and Education) students, supported by the Wellness Center, held its first ever Rock Against Rape on April 22. The event‟s goals were to educate individuals about sexual violence and encourage people to stand up against violence. Participants were given activity sheets listing all the interactive stations at the event. One was a walk-through simulation of what a victim may encounter after an assault. Participants were given “stamps” for each completed station,

and prizes were awarded for various levels of participation. Special thanks go to event sponsors 88.1 the „Burg, CWU Dining Services, CWU Empowerment Center, University Housing, Wellness, and New Student Programs, CWU Feminist Club, and Central VOX. A special thanks goes to the Equity and Services Council for their support of the event, both for funding and for having members show up to participate. Live bands performed and approximately 250 people attended. As a result of the overwhelming success in the first year of this

program, a proposal for the Pacific Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (PACURH) Program of the Year will be submitted on behalf of CWU. Only one program from each institution is selected for nomination each year, and CWU is proud to have Rock Against Rape in the running for this honor.

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What’s with the Green Dots? As part of a statewide initiative of the Washington Sexual Violence Prevention College Coalition (WSVPCC), three representatives from CWU participated in a Green Dot train-theinstructor program at the University of Washington in May. Green Dot is an innovative bystander intervention program aimed at teaching individuals how to recognize potentially violent situations, and come up with easy solutions to prevent them from happening.

tions for our ultimate success,” and discusses the importance of “letting go” of the so-called prevention efforts that have failed to reduce incidences of violence over the years. She says that the strategies that we once believed to be working aren‟t doing the job, and it‟s time to lay them to rest.

Green Dot‟s creator, Dr. Dorothy Edwards, is the director of the Violence Intervention a nd Pr ev en t ion (VIP) Center at the University of Kentucky. She uses both Diffusion of Innovation and Social Diffusion theories and bystander literature to explain how individual actions can lead to the critical mass needed to shift a culture. She states, “Our inevitable failures serve as the necessary founda-

With the support of the WSVPCC, CWU is planning to roll out Green Dot on the Ellensburg campus beginning in fall 2009. Other campuses that attended the training and hope to implement Green Dot on their campus include: University of W a s h i n g t o n (Seattle) Eastern Washington University Pacific Lutheran University University of Puget

Sound Whitman College Gonzaga University A Green Dot training program is typically five to six hours in length. It includes an introduction to definitions like powerbased personal violence (sexual violence, partner violence, stalking and child abuse), along with skills practice with proactive behaviors to prevent future situations. All incoming freshmen in September 2009 will hear about Green Dot and have the opportunity to participate in the first training in October.

“A GREEN DOT is any behavior, choice, word, or attitude that counters or displaces a red dot of violence – by promoting safety for everyone and communicating utter intolerance for sexual violence, interpersonal violence, stalking and child abuse.”

Dr. Dorothy Edwards Director of the VIP (Violence Intervention & Prevention) Center, University of Kentucky

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Be That Friend-A Mental Health Awareness Campaign Hannah Oglesby, summer 2008 Wellness Center intern, created a yearlong mental health awareness campaign called “Be That Friend.” With funding from the Service and Activities (S & A) Fee committee, she was able to create publicity for the campaign, purchase informational materials to be distributed on campus, and develop other materials to be used throughout the year to bring visibility to the issue of mental health. Hannah‟s hope was to have the campaign implemented by the Wellness and Counseling Centers after her graduation in summer of 2008. Psychology major Kristina Johnson joined the Wellness Center this aca-

demic year, and Kristina introduced Be That Friend to the Ellensburg campus during 20082009. She worked closely with the Publicity Office to disseminate new information each quarter. This included plasma screen ads, themed glass displays in the SURC, and newsletters displayed in the Wellness Center, Counseling Center, University Recreation, and SURC Information booth. During the spring quarter, Kristina was active doing presentations for UNIV 101, Psychology, Health Education, and Sociology classes. There were also two additional presentations given to residence hall students, and community members. These presentations included informa-

tion about what it means to be a friend, warning signs of suicide and depression, and small group discussions to address possible scenarios related to mental health issues. Overall, 184 people saw the presentations. Kristina will be spending her senior year as an intern with the CWU Counseling Center. While there she plans to continue the development of programs aimed at raising awareness about mental health issues, reducing the stigma associated with seeking counseling services, and sharing information about what resources are available for CWU students.

Safe Spring Break and Sexual Responsibility Week Safe Spring Break (SSB) and Sexual Responsibility Week (SRW) are two programs offered by student health educators in order to make students aware of the possible consequences of high-risk behavior associated with consuming alcohol and/or being sexual active.

“sensual products designed to promote intimacy and communication between couples.” Prior to the party, the students facilitated a short presentation they created in which participants learned about safer sex activities. Over 40 students attended, with just as many on a waiting list. This was definitely a success and something that will be considered for future programFor this year‟s SRW the students ming. Safe Spring Break also had a decided to host a Passion Party to face lift with the creation of a multiput a creative spin on our traditional programming. Passion Parties faceted experience. Students were have been around for quite a while invited to visit six different tables in and aim to enhance the sexual rela- succession that provided information about staying safe in the sun, tionships of their clients with personalized blood alcohol levels,

consequences of having unprotected sex, and more. Overall, the new concept worked well and there was a turnout of about 40 students at the event. Suggestions for the future of SSB include prepackaging goodie bags, setting up in a separate room (as opposed to being in the 1st floor SURC corridor), and using more volunteers to staff the stations. Congratulations to student health educators Tyler McLain and Kelsey Brazas for an extraordinary program!

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Team Work and Collaboration According to Stephen Covey, author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, “Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people.” Departmental reorganization, putting Wellness under University Housing and New Student Programs (UHNSP) last summer, helped us tap into the tremendous synergy of housing staff. We were readily welcomed as an integral part of the team. As a result, many ongoing collaborative efforts, such as residence hall programming, were strengthened, and many new seeds blossomed from the partnership. For instance, the Good Neighbor program and Wellness and CCC web development benefitted from expert support and assistance. Housing, and all our campus and community partners over the past year, contributed to the success of Wellness programs in preventing high-risk behaviors and promoting healthy ones. Some highlights of synergist efforts from the past year include: Programming leadership from CWU students continues to be exemplary. Thanks to CCC office assistant Megan Peters, intern Taylor Purdom, and scores of volunteers from Health Ed classes and around the campus, wellness mes-

sages became more prominent and visible to students on- and off-campus, and good neighbor education reached more students and community members. ASCWU BOD member Keith James continued to promote late night transportation for students. Intern Kristina Johnson worked with Student Health & Counseling Center psychologist Cindy Bruns on heightening awareness campus-wide on depression and mental illness as part of the Be That Friend Campaign. Collaborative efforts with Planned Parenthood of Central Washington have included CCC presentations and Wellness student trainings by Community Health Educator Jen Estroff. They are also partnering with us to develop a speaker‟s bureau for the coming academic year. On-going coordination regarding county-wide substance abuse prevention was facilitated by the Kittitas County Community Network/Drug Free Communities, as we worked together on community education and social marketing as well as countywide strategic planning on prevention, education, treatment and aftercare issues. Downtown bar and tavern owners, in concert with the Hospitality Resource Alliance (HRA), are helping us find

solutions to late night issues in the downtown related to overconsumption. The Kittitas County Public Health department provided invaluable “Never leadership and support in the doubt that development of the CCC‟s 2008 a small Assessment Report, as well as group of participating on both the HRA and thoughtful, Consequences Committee. committed Partners from oncitizens can and off-campus helped produce Rock Against Rape, one of change the the best-ever Wellworld; inness events; partners included CWU deed, it’s Dining Services, Center for Student the only Empowerment, 88.1 the Burg, CWU thing that Feminist Club, Equity and Services ever has.” Council, Central VOX (Voices for Planned -Margaret Parenthood), and Planned Parenthood Mead of Central Washington. Thanks to all our partners, the combined effect was far greater than the sum of any individual effort, and we are extremely grateful for this synergy that continues to grow.

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Wellness Factoids On the post test 40% of students indicated they planned on reducing their alcohol consumption (PFL)

76% of sexually active students did so within a monogamous relationship (PMH)

74% of respondents somewhat or strongly agree that acquaintance rape is a national problem (SS)

76% of students never drove under the influence of alcohol in the past year (PMH)

87% of students do not smoke cigarettes (PMH)

The Wellness Center was the most popular location for students to visit and discuss issues of sexual assault (SS)

Nearly 89% of students who party will keep the noise down to keep the party safe & legal (GNS)

79% of community members surveyed think students make good neighbors (GNS)

86.5% of CWU students currently do not smoke Marijuana (PMH)

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58% of students used a condom or oral dam the last time they were sexually active (PMH)

When asked if sexual assault was discussed in any classes this quarter (spring) 22% of students answered yes (SS)

76% of students never drove under the influence of alcohol in the past year (PMH)

On the post test 44% of students increased their agreement to the statement that their alcohol use has an adverse effect on their peers‟ quality of life (AW)

94% of students have a plan in place when they party to make sure people who drink don‟t drive (GNS)

Since becoming CWU students, 20% of survey respondents reported experiencing unwanted or uninvited sexual touching by force or threat of harm (SS)

72% of students somewhat or strongly agree that CWU takes sexual assault prevention seriously (SS)

70% of students felt overwhelmed by all they had to do (ACHA)

Survey Descriptions Alcohol Wise (AW) - online prevention tool given to all incoming freshmen, sample-1451, JulySeptember 2009. American College Health Assessment (ACHA) - national survey of college student health issues/concerns, sample-551, spring 2008. Good Neighbor Survey (GNS) – to assess how people deal with parties in their neighborhoods, actions they take to be a good neighbor, and their knowledge of issues related to alcohol, sample281, winter 2009. Ping My Health (PMH) - short, simple survey for students to assess their health decisions, sample-379, spring 2009. Prime for Life (PFL) - pre, post and follow-up surveys, sample-63, fall 2008-winter 2009. Safety Survey (SS) - to evaluate incidents of sexual violence and gather information about safety issues on campus, sample-1153, spring 2009.

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Campus-Community Coalition committed to reducing underage and high-risk drinking

“Basically, having programs to reduce binge drinking on college campuses in the absence of broadbased community interventions to do likewise may be a bit like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic." - Timothy S. Naimi, M.D. (CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Alcohol Team)

2008-2009 Highlights Significant increase in outreach to and participation from CWU students continued Teams of students went to neighborhoods around Ellensburg as part of our Good Neighbor outreach and education, concentrating in areas with frequent noise complaints and „party houses.‟ Students participated in Hospitality Resource Alliance meetings as we grappled with late night issues in the downtown and worked on solutions. Students also went back to businesses surveyed last spring as part of the Alcohol Business Survey, to assist businesses with remaining in compliance with liquor law. The CCC coordinator began teaching Prime for Life this year, exposing more students to the work of the CCC. A student member was added to the Ellensburg Downtown Association board of directors, to help bridge the gap between the downtown community and students. Students with noise complaint citations are now referred to the CCC coordinator to discuss the impact of their behaviors and ways to be good a neighbor and avoid future legal problems. About 150 students, faculty and staff attended the fall CCC meeting, to learn about The Impact of Alcohol on Adolescent Brain Development and Developmental Tasks. Presented by Planned Parenthood Community Health Educator Jennifer Estroff and Morgan Middle School Science Teacher Kevin Dwight, participants learned why alcohol has a different impact on the adolescent brain than on that of an adult. This was part of a new educational emphasis for the coalition requested by the membership last summer.

Hospitality Resource Alliance (HRA) The HRA has been working in four important areas to help address late night downtown concerns related to overconsumption, in collaboration with the Ellensburg City Council and Ellensburg Downtown Association: Increasing education, prevention and awareness campaigns, on- and off -campus, promoting low-risk choices and being a good neighbor in the downtown. These activities are taking place in coordination with the Neighborhood Relations Committee. Supporting the increase of downtown, late night enforcement activities by the Ellensburg Police Department and the Liquor Control Board. Increasing the number of training sessions on ID check and overservice presented for downtown businesses with alcohol licenses, from once a year to once each quarter. Supporting the ASCWU BOD in attempts to develop a pilot transportation project for students, providing safe, efficient late night transportation from the downtown back to students‟ residences.

Responsible Consumption Club Students are providing leadership and peer support through the Responsible Consumption Club, a new student organization on campus. With Laci Knudson at the helm, students will be conducting awareness campaigns for issues related to alcohol abuse on campus and in the local community. They will support the efforts of the Campus-Community Coalition with educational efforts to address problems relating to overconsumption, and help prevent high-risk choices, sexual assault, drunk driving, and underage drinking through education and peer modeling.

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Consequences Committee The Consequences Committee has been working to enhance effectiveness of policies, sanctions and consequences regarding alcohol laws. In collaboration with the Ellensburg School District, the high school athletic code of conduct was reviewed and strengthened. It is now being reviewed again, with the intent of making the code effective year-long, not just during an athletic season. Work continues in assisting downtown community festivals to keep events safe and legal. Training on ID check and overservice is now provided to volunteers for BrewFest, Jazz in the Valley, and the new Ellensburg Wine Festival. And through CCC coordination, local prosecuting attorneys‟ offices renewed their commitment to seek jail time for those convicted of furnishing alcohol to a minor.

Assessment Committee The Assessment Committee completed the 2008 Assessment Report and posted it online at http://www.cwu.edu/~ccc/cccassessment2008.pdf. An ad hoc assessment team reviewed the data and developed a brochure to highlight successes and areas of continuing concentration for the CCC. “Collaborative Efforts Reduce Alcohol Service to Intoxicated Individuals and Minors” was presented at the 2008 conference of the North West Association of Student Affairs Personnel (NWASAP), Sunriver, OR, October 16. The presentation detailed how the CCC, through its HRA, has partnered with the Washington State Liquor Control Board, local law enforcement, and downtown Ellensburg alcohol license holders in efforts to reduce alcohol service to minors and to intoxicated individuals.

Neighborhood Relations Committee The NRC has been working to reduce calls for police service due to noise complaints, to educate students on laws and ordinances and consequences for violating them, and to help landlords understand their rights and responsibilities under the law. As part of the

neighborhood campaigns, the Good Neighbor Survey was administered this year to 281 students and community members, and follow up education was conducted to address gaps in knowledge and improve behaviors – including tips for being a good neighbor, signs of alcohol poisoning, laws and penalties for vio-

lating them, and tips for not letting a person drive after drinking. In addition, an ad hoc team has been working on developing a good neighbor web site. This site will educate students about off-campus living and provide information to help reduce student/community tensions.

Alcohol-Wise Demonstrates Success! All first year students who came to campus in fall 2008 were required to complete a web-based alcohol prevention curriculum from 3rd Millennium Classrooms called AlcoholWise. Alcohol-Wise was created to change campus culture, educate college students about the harmful effects of alcohol, and act as prevention for future alcohol-related violations. Results were quite positive. A 28% increase in the average test score between pre & post tests concludes students are educating themselves on alcohol and the associated behavioral health issues. Results show a positive behavior

change and awareness of consequences of drinking and driving. Students experienced fewer negative consequences after taking the course, which educates them on making better decisions concerning alcohol use. Seventy-six percent of CWU students who completed the online course agreed that it would help them avoid future problems with alcohol. We‟re always looking for ways to improve our prevention efforts while also being sensitive to the financial realities of our current times. During fall 2009, we will be conducting research to compare Alcohol-Wise with another research-

based web application called Electronic-Check-Up-To-Go. There have been nine independent, controlled studies conducted at various campus communities that consistently demonstrate that Electronic-Check-Up-To -Go significantly reduces students‟ drinking and risk-taking behaviors. We want to see if we get the same results on the CWU campus. If Electronic-Check-Up-To-Go matches the results we received with Alcohol -Wise, we will be able to secure significant cost savings - something that is on everyone‟s agenda these days.

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Follow-up surveys report: A significant increase in the number of students who abstained from alcohol in the previous 30 days A significant decrease in drinking and driving & other negative consequences A significant decrease in negative academic impact

Alcohol Wise Prime for Life

Key Prime For Life Research findings 2008-2009

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Research based, comprehensive, wellcoordinated programs with a focus on student engagement form the guiding principals at the Wellness Center. Our Prevention Planning Model addresses the general student population (Universal Prevention); students who are known to be in a high-risk group (Targeted Prevention); and students who have demonstrated high-risk behaviors (Indicated Prevention).

native to the ALCOHOL & DRUG INFORMATION SCHOOL (ADIS) offered in the community. If a student has been court ordered to receive an alcohol and drug evaluation, they need to have this completed by a state certified agency in the community. Under The Influence and Marijuana 101 are both webbased classes that take approximately 1.5 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2 hours to complete. Typically a student will be asked to take Under The Influence for a minor alcoPrime For Life is hol offense that vioan 8-hour class that lates the student is offered four times a code of conduct or quarter to students the housing policy. who have been sanc- Marijuana 101 is typitioned by the courts, cally assigned to stuStudent Affairs, or dents who violate the Office of Housing state law or univeras a consequence of sity policy with reviolating state laws or spect to marijuana. the student code of The courts often acconduct. In addition cept it as an alternato the class, students tive to the ADIS, but complete an online students need to conalcohol and drug asfirm this with their sessment and a one- probation contacts. on-one interview with National data and the facilitator of the evidence collected at class. Except for DUI CWU support the effirelated offences, cacy of all of these Prime For Life is a interventions. These court-approved alter-

classes are effective because they follow best practices as noted by the NIAAA, NASPA* and others. Students like the classes because they are offered in a nonbiased, nonjudgmental format with protocols emphasizing personal choice, support for change, and challenging outcome expectancies. Gail Farmer, Director of Wellness, was invited to present at the prestigious Department of Education National Meeting on Alcohol, Drug and Violence Prevention in St Paul Minnesota in Fall 2008. Building The Case for Online Alcohol Education Tools: How to Navigate Through The Sea of Companies Offering Webbased Curriculum was well received and discussed the relative success CWU has had with Alcohol-Wise. *National Institute of Alcoholism & Alcohol Abuse; National Association of Student Personnel Administrators

Evidence-based alcohol & drug programs that are successfully challenging beliefs & attitudes that directly contribute to highrisk drinking

Wellness Strengths Strengths The Wellness Center has formed excellent relationships with a variety of stakeholders. Internally we have collaborated with faculty regarding research opportunities, classroom presentations, and providing volunteer opportunities for students. External collaborations include local agencies such as the Sexual Assault Interagency Coalition, Substance Abuse Advisory Board, Ellensburg Downtown Association, Hospitality Resource Alliance and many more. We also have developed good networking at the state and national level with the Washington State College Coalition For Substance Abuse Prevention, the Washington Sexual Violence Prevention College Coalition, The National Network for Addressing College Substance Abuse and Violence, and the Higher Education Center Addressing Alcohol, Other Drugs and Violence Prevention. Wellness

staff are well grounded in best and promising practices with respect to alcohol, other drug and violence prevention and have an excellent grasp on the best use of technology for prevention and professional development. Recently we have developed remarkable economies of scale through our formal alignment with The Office of Housing and New Student Programs (OHNSP) by effectively increasing our reach with minimal increase in costs. The depth of department experience is extraordinary. Our location is excellent and provides a premier opportunity to be both visible and accessible. Our new association with OHNSP provides extra fiscal and operating support. We also cover a modest amount of expenses with fees charged for some of the prevention classes for sanctioned students.

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Concerns Budget issues at the national, state, and local levels may put pressure on an already streamlined budget. This may curtail some programming, research and professional development. The statewide curtailment of travel will especially hinder professional development, which is the foundation for being able to be ahead of the pack with respect to best and promising practices. Recommendations Explore alternatives to traveling for professional development. These options would likely include webinars, podcasts and other technologically driven alternatives. Even statewide meetings could be accommodated through the electronic infrastructure currently available.

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