Events are large, campus-wide activities and include health fairs, speakers, mock simulations and participation in National prevention campaigns.
- CHOICES Fair* is an interactive event that promotes DUI awareness. It includes thoughtful reflection about attitudes related to drinking and driving.
- Great American Smoke Out is a multi-hour event that encourages, promotes, and reinforces tobacco cessation efforts on campus. It usually includes an oral cancer screening.
- Late Night Programming* is a series of highly interactive events—usually on Friday or Saturday nights—that include food, movies and activities designed to encourage healthy and fun alternatives to bars and clubs.
- Mocktail Challenge* is a healthy competition between individuals and/or groups (e.g., company vs. company or battalion vs. battalion) to see who can make the best non-alcoholic drink. The team that develops the best non-alcoholic drink wins a pizza party and the “MOCKTAIL CUP TROPHY”!
- National Alcohol Screening Day (NASD) is an interactive health fair designed to screen for high-risk alcohol use while promoting low-risk drinking strategies.
- National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (NCAAW) is a weeklong series of events, programs and activities designed to raise awareness about DUI, alcohol misuse and low-risk drinking strategies.
- Prevention Cup Challenge* is a six-week competition that focuses on [protective factors within] the following dimensions of wellness: (1) physical, (2) social, (3) emotional, (4) intellectual, (5) spiritual, and (6) career. Points are awarded to teams each week and can be used to win prizes. The team with the most points at the end of the challenge wins a free pizza party and the “PREVENTION CUP TROPHY”!
- Prevention Hunt* is a six-week competitive scavenger-hunt that focuses on a different drug class each week: (1) Depressants, (2) Stimulants, (3) Cannabinoids, (4) Designer and Synthetic Drugs, (5) Hallucinogens, (6) Prescription and OTC Drugs. Individuals or teams collect points by solving puzzles each week; points can be used to win prizes. The person or team with the most points at the end of the challenge wins a free pizza party and the “HUNTER TROPHY”!
- Quit the Spit/Trash the Ash* the Ash Event is the spring version of the “Great American Smoke Out.” It encourages, promotes, and reinforces tobacco cessation efforts on campus. It usually includes an oral cancer screening.
- Safer Break Week (SBW) is a weeklong series of events, programs and activities designed to raise awareness about DUI, alcohol misuse and low-risk drinking strategies. It occurs the week before spring break.
- The Great Jeopardy Challenge* is a friendly competition between Ƶ faculty, staff, students and cadets. Contestants test their knowledge of alcohol, tobacco and other drug information. The “challenge” culminates in the “Final Jeopardy” where the top contestants compete for prizes.
- Weekend of Welcome* is an event that occurs each year during the first full weekend of classes. It includes fun, interactive, social activities that are alcohol-free.
* Events marked with an asterisk are in the development stage.