Center for Alcohol and Substance Education at the University of Virginia

Press Releases & Publications

Student Honored for Her Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts

 

Lydia Cuffman, a fourth-year student at U.Va., was the recipient of an Outstanding Student Award from BACCHUS Network, an international organization dedicated to promoting peer-based education on health and safety issues.

 
Faculty and TA Survey on Student Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs

 

In November 2004, staff in the UVA Center for Survey Research conducted the UVA Faculty and Teaching Assistant (TA) Survey on Student Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs on behalf of the UVA Alcohol Advisory Committee. The goal of the survey was to learn how to engage faculty and TAs in substance abuse prevention and intervention efforts.

 

The results indicate that most faculty and teaching assistants:

  • believe institutions of higher education should be involved in alcohol abuse prevention efforts;
  • engage in intervention when appropriate; and
  • agreed it would be helpful to learn more information regarding identification of problematic alcohol use among students.

 

In addition, many faculty and TAs want to learn more about prevention efforts, intervention with students, and ways to incorporate alcohol and other drug education into the classroom.

 

 


University of Virginia Receives $675,600 Grant from NIAAA to Support Alcohol Education For Fraternities and Sororoties
 

The University of Virginia’s Center for Alcohol and Substance Education has received a three-year, $675,600 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.  The grant is aimed toward education for members of fraternities and sororities, and will fund small group and individual programs that provide students with information on their peers’ behaviors and attitudes surrounding alcohol use.

 

 

 

President John T. Casteen III named first recipient of National Award for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention

 

In January of 2003, the U. S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention presented the Presidents Leadership Group Award to John T. Casteen III, president of the University of Virginia. President Casteen was the first recipient of this award, which recognizes college and university presidents who have taken an active role in addressing alcohol and other drug problems on their campus and in the larger community.