 The award is bestowed by the president and CEO of Health
Communications, Adam Chafetz, and recipients are chosen by an
internal committee, based on both volume of students certified and
feedback from trainers and student participants. Nine other campuses
also received the award in 2012."Millikin University trains 100
percent of its student population in the TIPS for University
program," Chafetz noted. "For over a decade, they have demonstrated
their commitment to preventing the misuse of alcohol on their campus
and in their community and have experienced impressive results due
to this commitment."
Beginning in the fall semester of 2001, Millikin University
committed to training its entire incoming freshmen class in the TIPS
for University program. Initially implemented with approximately 300
first-year students during orientation, TIPS is now required for all
incoming freshmen.
Each August, Millikin hosts a closed "TIPS Train-the-Trainer"
workshop to certify new upper-class orientation leaders and
recertify existing leaders. In turn, these student leaders conduct
TIPS sessions during freshmen orientation.
The results include a decrease in student alcohol violations, and
due to the training in TIPS, an astounding 98 percent of Millikin
students feel comfortable intervening when a peer is misusing
alcohol.
"We are honored to receive this award," said Beth Evans, Millikin
University director of student programs. "At Millikin University we
are committed to the education and awareness of the effects of
alcohol. It is our hope that we will continue to create a positive
impact for our students and the community. We are thankful for all
of the first-year experience mentors who we have partnered with to
provide peer-to-peer outreach and to the Millikin and Decatur
community for supporting us in our alcohol awareness education."
TIPS for the University is a three-hour program that helps
students make sound choices when faced with difficult decisions
about alcohol use. Working together with other students and
administrators at their college or university, students address
drinking behaviors specific to their school and develop intervention
techniques appropriate to their campus. All sessions are taught by
certified TIPS trainers, using video and printed materials to
facilitate discussion of the course content. TIPS for the University
provides students with the knowledge and confidence necessary to
reduce high-risk drinking behavior among their peers.
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More than 1,200 campuses nationwide have implemented TIPS for the
University. In addition, the National Registry of Evidence-based
Programs and Practices, a project of the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, has recently recognized the TIPS for
the University training program by awarding high marks for both the
quality and effectiveness of the program.
For more information on TIPS for the University, visit
www.tipsuniversity.org.
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Health Communications Inc. was founded in 1982 by Dr. Morris
Chafetz, founding director of the National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism. Located in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan
area, HCI is a nationally recognized expert in the field of alcohol
training. Its flagship program, TIPS, was the first of its kind and
continues to set industry standards for this type of training.
Numerous public officials and government agencies have recognized
and endorsed TIPS training as life-saving and critical to the
progress made in reducing alcohol-related injuries and deaths.
Millikin University is a private, comprehensive university with a
diverse student population of approximately 2,300 students set in an
experiential learning environment that promotes hands-on
opportunities in over 50 majors from the College of Fine Arts,
College of Arts and Sciences, College of Professional Studies, and
Tabor School of Business. Millikin has a 75-acre residential campus,
which affords its students the opportunity to live out their
learning through performance, generating the confidence to succeed
before and after graduation. More information is available at
www.millikin.edu.
[Text from file received from
Millikin University]
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