1. Involving Faculty in AOD Prevention Charles G. Eberly Department of Counseling and Student Development and Becky Markwell Director, Illinois Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Other Drug, and Violence Prevention Eastern Illinois University Illinois Counseling Association Springfield, Illinois November 8, 2002

2. What you do matters! Remember history –WCTU, 1870s, Women’s Sufferage, and the 19th and 20th Amendments –Prohibition: A qualified social success, NOT a Failure!

3. University Governance Shared Governance in the modern university still has its 12th Century roots Use your POWER as a person of influence Attend Faculty Senate Meetings –They are open meetings in Illinois –There are provisions to speak

4. Identify Allies Among Faculty And Staff Members –They have had their own experiences –They may have children in college, too –Young professors versus older, established professors

5. Involving Faculty Work to identify faculty likely to do research in AOD issues on your campus –Faculty enjoy Academic Freedom, and can report results of AOD / CORE Surveys that administrators might like to overlook or do not want to know results –Research on “Perimeter Issues” surrounding AOD objectives, reduce the field of activity in the process –What is role of risk management as a pressure point (Texas A & M Bonfire Incident) –Search for Grant Money to support research

6. Involving Faculty Introduce Faculty to Modern Student Life –Consider the campus; Faculty or Administrative Staff need not ever enter the “student area” of a campus –Take them on tours of student living areas –Make an environmental scan of living areas and catalog alcohol enhancing artifacts

7. Involving Faculty Take advantage of Faculty Culture –Retention, Tenure and Promotion Process –Kern Alexander, President, Murray State University –Faculty Unions and Evaluation Portfolios –Write letters of commendation, do not send Thank You notes –Copy Department Chairs, Deans, Supervisors

8. Student Power Acknowledge the Power Inherent in being Students –Power of the Pen: write letters to the editor, letters of praise and support –Faculty Teaching evaluations - faculty behavior in the classroom can be managed –EIU: “Overall, this faculty member is effective” –Focus on positive behaviors if at all possible –Seek community coalitions on- and off-campus –Communicate with Stakeholder groups on- and off- campus

9. Student Power If Faculty have children, so do State Legislators –Tragedies can be opportunities –New Hampshire, New Jersey, etc. –Change is often “Crisis Driven” - a time when “habit” is brought into question

10. You Have The Power To change campus culture (student, faculty, staff) and environment To make a difference in small steps To change the culture of drinking and its perception among the people most important to you

11. Yesterday is past, it cannot be changed. Tomorrow is not yet here, it cannot be lived. Today is here. It is the only day that matters. What will you do today? An American Indian Chief, 1870s