The Office of Prevention Education educates and promotes awareness of critical topics related to health and well-being such as mental health, healthy relationships, health promotion topics, and alcohol education. Through their services and programming, the Prevention Education program advocates for responsible decision-making, personal well-being, and community safety. Programming efforts are facilitated by the department's professional staff and a team of NASPA-certified Peer Educators. Past programs include mocktail tabling, Take Back the Night, Sobercurious Conversations, and Decode the Text: Healthy Relationships Table. In addition to programming efforts, the Prevention Education team collaborates with Residence Life to facilitate the Substance-Free Learning Community and related programs.
BASICS/CASICS: BASICS (Brief Alcohol Screening & Intervention for College Students) and CASICS (Brief Cannabis Screening & Intervention for College Students) are individual conversations with a trained staff member designed to receive personalized feedback regarding their patterns of use and receive strategies to reduce current and future risks.