{"id":40,"date":"2024-06-17T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/truebluehealth\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2026-08-02T01:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:25:16","slug":"get-involved","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/truebluehealth\/get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Involved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Top 10 Ways Students Can Get Involved<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Do you see yourself in the \u201cTrue Blue Health\u201d messages?  Consider one or more of these suggestions for how you can help spread the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Post a \u201cTrue Blue Health\u201d poster, calendar, or other promotional item in your residence hall room or apartment. Contact MTSU Health Promotion at healthpr@mtsu.edu for a free promotional item.\u00a0 Let us know if you have other ideas or suggestions for how to spread the message.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Verbally challenge any misperceptions you hear about MTSU students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Promote and attend alcohol-free events on and off campus. Visit\u00a0mtsu.edu\/whatsup<\/a>\u00a0for a current calendar of events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. People watch. Find a place to sit on campus during a class break and count the number of people you see NOT smoking.\u00a0 Share your observations with a friend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Consider volunteering with the Raider Health Corps. Information about this volunteer group is available at\u00a0mtsu.edu\/healthpro<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Post facebook pictures and youtube videos of you and your friends having fun without abusing substances.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Join a health-related student organization or sports club.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Attend a meeting of the Prevention Coalition for Success (PC4S). This group welcomes the input and participation of youth and college students as it works to create a healthier community.\u00a0 Meeting information is available at\u00a0pc4s.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Mentor middle school and high school students. Make sure they know that alcohol and drugs don\u2019t have to be part of their future college experience.\u00a0 Don\u2019t assume they already know.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Educate yourself on substance abuse and its effects on a community.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Top 10 Ways Faculty Can Get Involved<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Research indicates that faculty and staff can be positive or negative influences on a student\u2019s decisions regarding substance use.  To be a positive influence, consider adopting one or more of these strategies in relation to the \u201cTrue Blue Health\u201d campaign:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Incorporate one of the \u201cTrue Blue Health\u201d messages into your campus email signature.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Request a \u201cTrue Blue Health\u201d poster or calendar from the MTSU Health Promotion office (healthpr@mtsu.edu), and display it where students will see it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Be conscious of any behavior changes in your students.\u00a0 Make referrals to Health Services or to Counseling Services if you are concerned.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Be aware of your language.\u00a0 What you say and don\u2019t say can impact student opinions of campus culture (e.g., \u201cI know you\u2019re all going out to party this weekend, so I know better than to schedule a quiz for Monday.\u201d).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Apply student experiences to the concepts and theories of your lectures (e.g., effects of alcohol or tobacco on respiration in a biology course).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Contribute to the research by encouraging students to study health and social issues, attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Integrate course projects that challenge students to evaluate and improve their own health.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. Make a commitment to understand the MTSU drug and alcohol culture and learn what is \u201cnormal\u201d for MTSU students.\u00a0 \u201cNormal\u201d might not be what you think.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Integrate discussions about the MTSU drug and alcohol culture in your classes and organizations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. Promote alcohol-free events on and off campus.\u00a0 Be familiar with them through the\u00a0events calendar<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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