Events & Activities

ALCOHOL AND DRUG AWARENESS COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS

2006-2007

• Support of alcohol-free Las Vegas Night alternative event called “Rolling for Sisters”sponsored by student organization SAAFE(Substance Abuse Awareness for Everyone)
• Red Ribbon Campaign (drinking and driving awareness) (12/06)
• Support of “Last Call: A Sobering Look at Alcohol Abuse” performance by Bill Ross for student athletes (3/6/07)
• Creation of masks based on the poem “Please Hear What I am Not Saying” focused on adult children of alcoholics
• The MAZE – the experiential journey for Adult Children of Alcoholics (4/23/07 – 4/27/07)

2005-2006

• Co-sponsored The Alcohol and Drug Awareness Project Alumnae adult children of alcoholics panel (10/7/05)
• Red Ribbon Campaign (drinking and driving awareness) (12/05)
• Participation in Campus Las Vegas Night Planning Committee
• The MAZE (an experiential path on Skinner Green) that highlighted the stories and experiences of adult children of alcoholics (4/17/06 - 4/20/06)

2004-2005

• Collaborated with the Office of the Dean of the College to have Sally Linowski, Ph.D., Director of Health Services at UMass/Amherst back to present “In Their Own Words: Meaning of Drinking in the Lives of College Women” for the entire staff (10/13/04)
• Red Ribbon Campaign (drinking and driving awareness) (12/8/04)
• Exploration of how alcohol and other drug issues affects various departments and programs at MHC.
• Recommendations for Alcohol and Other Drug Policy/Sanction Revisions were finalized to be implemented in Fall ’05.

2003-2004

• Red Ribbon Campaign (drinking and driving awareness) (12/03)
• Las Vegas Night “Discussion Strategies and Points of Conversation” (10/03)
• Suggestions for Alcohol and Other Drug Sanctions and Policy Revisions (5/04)
• “In Their Own Words: Meaning of Drinking in the Lives of College Women” (03/04) by Sally Linowski, Ph.D., Director of Health Services, UMass/Amherst

2002-2003

• Las Vegas Night (helped fund food platters) (10/02)
• Red Ribbon Campaign (drinking and driving awareness) (12/02)
• “Every 15 Minutes” program cosponsored with EMT’s, which included mock crash, panel presentation and candlelight vigil (5/2/02)

2001-2002

• Theatre troupe – Improbable Players (family alcohol issues) (9/28/01)
• Adult Children of Alcoholics Information Table in Blanchard (9/27/01)
• Las Vegas Night (helped fund food platters) (10/01)
• Red Ribbon Campaign (drinking and driving awareness) (12/01)
• Assisted with development of materials for social norms campaign “I Am the Majority” (3/01)

2000-2001

• Las Vegas Night (helped fund food platters) (10/00)
• Red Ribbon Campaign (drinking and driving awareness) (12/00)
• Speaker – Devon Jersil “Happy Hour: Alcohol in a Woman’s Life” (2/17/01)

1999-2000

• Speaker – Jean Kilbourne (advertising and addictions) (11/11/99)
• Fatal Visions Goggles Campus-Wide Program (4/14/00)
  

1998-1999 (no specific activities recorded)

1997-1998

• Speaker – Senator George McGovern (9/26/97)
• Red Ribbon Campaign (drinking and driving awareness) (12/97)

1996-1997 (no specific activities recorded)