Alcohol

Programs

National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (NCAAW)
An annual event, National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week occurs on or around the third week of October. During NCAAW, Health Promotion sponsors a variety of programs surrounding high risk drinking prevention, highway safety, decision making, alcoholism, and more to help students make good choices surrounding alcohol use.

Mythbusters: Alcohol Edition
Health Promotion facilitates this presentation for classrooms and student groups to educate audience members on the reality or lack thereof of commonly held beliefs regarding alcohol. The presentation lasts approximately 45 minutes. For information on scheduling Mythbusters: Alcohol Edition, contact Lisa Schrader at 615-494-8704 or Lisa.Schrader@mtsu.edu .

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Self-Help

Health Promotion has partnered with the Coalition for Healthy and Safe Campus Communities (CHASCo) to provide Alcohol e-Check Up to Go. This brief assessment asks questions regarding alcohol usage and consumption patterns, then provides individualized feedback based on your responses. To access the assessment, visit interwork.sdsu.edu/echeckup/usa/alc/coll/MTSU .

Counseling Services provides an online link to an alcohol dependency assessment. To access the assessment, visit www.mtsu.edu/countest/assess_countest.php .

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Resources

Campus Resources

• Counseling Services
• Public Safety

External Resources

• The Bacchus Network
• College Drinking: Changing the Culture
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Rethinking Drinking
  

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Statistics

*Data presented are from the American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment conducted Spring 2010, which included 745 MTSU students. A full report of all participating post-secondary institutions is available at www.acha-ncha.org .

• 58.6% of MTSU students used alcohol in the 30 days prior to completing the survey
  
• 24.2% of MTSU students reporting never having used alcohol
  
• 19.9% of MTSU students reported driving after drinking alcohol
  
• 25.5% of MTSU students reported binge drinking (4 or more drinks for females, 5 or more drinks for males) in the two weeks prior to completing the survey

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