Dear Student,
Vanderbilt University is committed to helping all students learn how to live well in our community. Living well means sharing your life and passions with our faculty, students and staff and engaging in the many educational opportunities we have to offer. Among other things, living well involves taking responsibility for your mental and physical health as well as being prepared to help others in need.
The University offers many resources in support of students’ well-being. CollegeAlc is one such resource. Alcohol use is common on many college campuses. As a student, you will have to make decisions about the role alcohol will play in your life. CollegeAlc is a tool that will help you make self-conscious and informed decisions about the use of alcohol.
An online, comprehensive alcohol educational program, CollegeAlc utilizes current research on college student drinking. CollegeAlc will help you explore the role of alcohol in your collegiate experience. You will learn about low risk decision-making, handling alcohol-related emergencies, and helping those who struggle with alcohol issues. The course consists of four lessons that take 20 to 30 minutes each to complete. You may log out and return to complete the program at a convenient time. All survey responses are strictly confidential; we will not see individual students’ answers. We will only receive information about the aggregated responses of students and whether or not individuals have completed the program.
Thank you for your participation in this program. We wish you a healthy and successful Vanderbilt experience.
Best regards,
Mark Bandas, Ph.D.
Associate Provost and Dean of Students
Parents
If you would like more information about the program please contact the Office of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Prevention at alcohol@vanderbilt.edu.
For more information, please visit:
• http://www.vanderbilt.edu/student_handbook/chapter6.html
• http://www.vanderbilt.edu/alcohol
• http://www.vanderbilt.edu/student_health/mentalhealth.html
• http://www.vanderbilt.edu/pcc/
• http://www.vanderbilt.edu/deanofstudents/
For technical support, please visit:
preventionstrategies.com/support
Getting Started
Step 1: For PC Users, use Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 2 or higher. For Mac users, use Safari 1.2 or higher.
Step 2: Install (or reinstall) Macromedia Flash 8 on the Internet Explorer browser or Macromedia Flash 8 on the Safari browser.
Step 3: Turn off ALL popup blockers in your browser as well as any search engine pop-up blockers (e.g., Yahoo) and any virus scan software (e.g., McAfee).
Step 4: Enter your VUnetID for your Username and the College Alc password provided in the email.
Step 5: Once you log on to the system, click on the College Alc program under the Course Catalog. For more details on the College Alc course, click on the Details icon.
Step 6: To access the course, click on the Go icon.
Step 7: Follow the instructions to take the confidential precourse survey and complete the course.
The College Alc program was developed by Prevention Strategies, LLC and LeanForward, LLC. Prevention Strategies (www.preventionstrategies.com) is committed to making evidenced-based prevention programs and resources available to young people with the goal of maximizing health outcomes. LeanForward (www.leanforward.com) provides e-learning content development services and learning management platforms to promote effective knowledge transfer from those who have it to those who need it.
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