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Millersville recently received a $12,334 grant from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to support prevention of underage and dangerous drinking. Millersville will use this grant to publish new brochures and update the information given to students and families.
The grant will also support the Social Norms campaign, which educates students about the realities of college student drinking and the CHOICES orientation program, which informs first-year students about choices they have and the policies regarding alcohol and drugs at Millersville.
“Many students have an inaccurate picture of college drinking,” said Dr. Dan O’Neill, associate professor and clinical psychologist, Department of Counseling & Human Development. “They think ‘everybody does it.’ In reality, many students—almost a quarter of MU students—don’t use alcohol at all, and those that do, use it in moderate ways.”
The University’s subscription to an online confidential alcohol self assessment, www.echug.com, is also covered by the grant. This site allows students to get feedback on how their drinking compares to other students nationally and at the University. It provides information for students who worry about or question their own alcohol use.
“Preventing alcohol abuse and high-risk dangerous drinking on a college campus requires a multi-tiered approach,” O’Neill stated. “We try to think about individual students, the student body as a whole and the University and Millersville community at large.”
