The HWS Alcohol Education Project Receives Two U. S. Department of Education Model Program Awards

1999 award plaque
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1999 Award

Alcohol Education Project
A Comprehensive Campus-Wide
Social Norms Program

2005 Award

Alcohol Education Project
Most Valuable Players Program
for Intercollegiate Athletes

Professors Wesley Perkins and David Craig traveled to Washington, D.C. on Monday, March 27, accompanied by President Mark Gearan, to receive recognition for their work in alcohol education on college campuses.
(l-r, Senator Robert Byrd, President Gearan, Perkins, Craig, Frank Holleman III, Deputy Secretary U.S. Dept. of Education)

Wesley Perkins, professor of sociology, and David Craig, professor of chemistry, recently received a grant of $74,454 from the U.S. Department of Education to continue and enhance the Alcohol Education Project, a project they direct that has been previously supported by the Department of Education. The Project provides education and prevention initiatives addressing alcohol use and abuse for the HWS community, regional coalitions of high schools, and institutions of higher education nationwide. This most recent grant is part of the "Model Programs in Higher Education" competition designed to identify the most effective programs in the country. Competition winners will have their programs promoted at colleges and universities and also at high schools throughout the country.

HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES' 1999 PRESS RELEASE

THE U. S. DEPT. OF EDUCATION 1999 ANNOUNCEMENT

David Craig, professor of chemistry and H. Wesley Perkins, professor of sociology, recently received a grant of $95,500 from the U.S. Department of Education to continue and enhance their Most Valuable Players program that promotes positive norms, reduces harmful misperceptions, and reduces high-risk drinking and its consequences among student-athletes (see http://alcohol.hws.edu/mvp/index.html). The program achieved success by significantly reducing misperceptions of norms, high risk drinking, and related negative consequences while increasing academic engagement (see http://alcohol.hws.edu/mvp/Results.html).

HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES' 2005 PRESS RELEASE

THE U. S. DEPT. OF EDUCATION 2005 ANNOUNCEMENT

2006 Catalyst REPORT ON MODEL PROGRAMS

2010 - Field Experiences in Effective Prevention by Barbara Ryan highlights lessons learned from 12 model programs recognized 2005, 2006 and 2007Alcohol Education Project (HWS press release, full publication)

OTHER US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL MODEL PROGRAMS AWARDED, 1999 - 2007

Auburn University, Boston College, Bowling Green State University, George Mason University, Gonzaga University, Grand Valley State University, Lehigh University, Loyola Marymount University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, Montclair State University, Pennsylvania State University, Rutgers University, San Diego State University, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Syracuse University, The Ohio State University, The State University of New York at New Paltz, University at Albany, SUNY, University of Arizona, University of Chicago, University of Missouri at Columbia, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, University of Northern Colorado, Univeristy of Pennsylvania, Utah State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Washington State University, Western Washington University