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Faculty can have significant influence over students in their use and abuse
of alcohol. Students look up to faculty and respect our position and influence.
There are a number of ways faculty can participate in helping to change the
“drinking culture” on our campus.
Faculty can publicly and officially support campus alcohol education and prevention
activities. The faculty senate can be a bold voice for mature and responsible
alcohol use by students.
Faculty can volunteer to serve on the
Community Alcohol Coalition (http://www.jmu.edu/assaultprev/alcohol/index.shtml).
Also, faculty can volunteer to work with student affairs, campus judicial affairs,
the student life office, or freshman orientation to influence student alcohol policy.
JMU administration and staff invite our participation in such activities.
Faculty can integrate alcohol issues into various courses. Curriculum infusion allows
alcohol-related prevention and education to be brought to the students in any JMU
classroom from English to modern dance. Examples of curriculum infusion include
calculating the costs of alcoholism to society in an economics class; writing
short plays incorporating alcohol as a theme in theater classes and drug testing
in the work place for a management course. Our health sciences, kinesiology,
social work and nursing classes are obviously ideal settings for alcohol discussion.
Click here for more information.
Faculty can speak boldly - both publicly and privately- about the responsible and
mature use of alcohol by students. When asked, we can express our opinions on the
various on-going alcohol-related issues. Examples of such issues can range from
parental notification of JMU students who violate campus alcohol policy to the
elimination of alcohol use in fraternity and sorority houses on campus. Students
usually listen to and respect us. We can let them know what we think on the topic
of alcohol use and abuse.
Serve as role models to our students. If certain JMU teachers do not drink, they
should say so. Discussing personal use of alcohol should be done in terms of
moderation and responsible use, or say nothing. It is best for teachers to
refrain from discussing our "old college drinking days" as such discussions- while
often humorous- influence student drinking behaviors.
Also, be cautious in assuming that all JMU students engage in heavy or binge drinking.
Do no promote misperceptions of ‘everyone drinks all the time.’
(see Core Survey
results).
This is simply not true. Comments such as "before your raging kegger tonight,
I hope you do the assigned reading" or "study for the exam before you get fall-down drunk"
send inappropriate messages to students. Such comments hold students to lower standards
of behavior.
Require our students to be in class for Friday classes. Weekend partying begins on
Thursday evening and ends late Sunday afternoon. Give exams on Fridays. Take attendance
on Fridays. Hold students accountable for a full week of education every week.
Respond to a student in need by using the guide on this webpage. As a faculty member,
you have observed ongoing negative behavior as a result of a student’s drinking.
You decide that something needs to be done and use these guidelines to intervent.
Faculty should be familiar with the various clinical resources on campus and in the
community to direct those students who seek assistance. These resources are listed
on this website. Also, Adult Children of Alcoholics (AcoA) and Alcoholics Anonymous
(AA) groups meet on campus and in the local community.
- Faculty Workshops with CSDC - TBA
In partnership with the
Counseling and Student Development Center,
faculty can recognize signs and symptoms of student substance
abuse in their classes and learn how to make a comfortable
referral. On 2006 trainings, see Human Resources;
http://www.jmu.edu/training/development/0608schedule.shtml
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Core
Alcohol and Drug Survey 2006
The purpose of the Core Alcohol and Drug Survey is to examine alcohol and other drug use, attitudes, behaviors and consequences among JMU students. Key findings are compared to a campus-wide sample from
2002 and 2004, a statewide reference group from 2000, and a national reference group from 2006. JMU data is also available from studies conducted in 1995,1997,
1999, and 2004. Faculty are encouraged to include this data in courses and assignments.
- Indicators of an alcohol or other drug problem
A practical checklist for faculty members to use when a
student may be exhibiting potential substance abuse
problems.
- Responding to an alcohol or other drug problem
A guide for faculty members to follow when they feel
comfortable making an intervention with a student who may be
exhibiting a substance abuse problem.
- Campus and Community Resources
For substance abuse referrals.
- Instructional Videos
Titles available for faculty use include:
- "The Power of Addiction"
- "Getting Straight - New Hopes for Drug
Treatment"
and many other videos are available at the OSAR
office, HHS building room 3129.
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