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By Alicia Grifaldo
July 11, 2008
Amanda Elderge, a health educator for Texas Tech's Student Health Services, says the program "Alcohol Edu." is not intended to stop students from drinking but rather better manage drinking behaviors.
"They do go over a lot of the myths and tell you this is how it really is," Elderge said. "It talks about alcohol affects your brain and how it's going to, because a lot of the times people don't realize that their brain is still developing till they're 24."
Tech implemented the "Alcohol Edu." program online four years ago, and after a year, the course became mandatory for new incoming freshman.
"Alcohol education is definitely the best out there," Elerge said. "There's over 500 universities who utilize the program, one point four million students have taken "Alcohol Edu., a highly effective course"
Elderge says in 2007, 55 percent of first year incoming freshman pledged to not drink alcohol during their college career.
Pre-Med student Hayden Roan was among Techs first group required to take the course.
"And i think once students take this," Road said, "they will really see that they need to take all of this into account in order to make their lives a healthy one"
She says although three years have passed, the course information is still fresh on her mind.
"Kids, they know that alcohol gets them intoxicated, and they really don't understand the long term and short term effect that it has on them," Road said. "Short term is in mpaired judgment, bad decisions they can make"
At the end of the course an exam and survey must be completed. All responses are confidential.
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