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Stacy Holguin
Manager of Judicial Affairs and Compliance |
This year, for the first time all incoming students - approximately 6,900 - at the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley) will be required to take AlcoholEdu for College prior to arriving on campus.
The university's decision to implement the Population-Level Prevention program came after seeing much success from students who had violated campus alcohol policies and were required to take AlcoholEdu for Sanctions. Data showed that students who took the course were half as likely to have repeat alcohol-related violations than those who didn't.
Through mid-September, the university has had great success implementing AlcoholEdu for College. By using a completely paperless process to notify and encourage students to complete the program, Berkeley has achieved a completion rate of 88% of students though the Exam, or Phase 1, of the course by mid-September.
"AlcoholEdu is one piece of what will be a comprehensive plan that will ensure students make better, safer decisions about alcohol," Dean of Students, Karen Kenney said.
AlcoholEdu for College is the cornerstone of several campus efforts to address alcohol usage by students. Other measures the university is taking include working with local police to support increased enforcement of alcohol-related infractions in campus neighborhoods, placing peer counselors trained in alcohol education in all residence halls, sororities, fraternities, and co-ops, and offering evening events during "Welcome Week," such as movie nights, a carnival, and charity poker tournaments to avoid a crush of students looking to drink.
"Overall our goal is that students have the information they need to make solid decisions about how they are going to respond when alcohol is offered to them," said Stacy Holguin, Manager of Judicial Affairs and Compliance in UC Berkeley's Office of Student Development. "By having the entire incoming class take this course, they'll have a common language and understanding to be able to talk about alcohol and make decisions for themselves and as a group."
The oldest of the UC campuses, Berkeley is truly a prototype of a contemporary university. One of the world's leading academic institutions, it attracts the best and brightest applicants, generates an ethnically and culturally diverse student population and provides one of the finest undergraduate learning experiences available.
More information on UC Berkeley is available at its Web site.
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