North Dakota State University's President's Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs has announced training dates for the LIVE Real Mentor Program. NDSU students, staff and faculty are invited to attend any of the one-hour training sessions. Individual training sessions also are available for departments and student organizations.
The LIVE Real Mentor Program's goal is to increase the knowledge of the NDSU community about the effects of high-risk alcohol and drug use and how to take further steps to promote an environment of safe and responsible attitudes toward alcohol. The program fulfills an objective of the "President's Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs, Strategic Plan to Address High Risk Alcohol and Other Drug Use."
Training is available on the following Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.:
• Jan. 27, Memorial Union Meadow Lark room
• Feb. 24, Memorial Union Mandan room
• March 31, Memorial Union, Meadow Lark room
• April 28, Memorial Union, Mandan room
Individuals who complete the training will have the opportunity to identify themselves as a resource for those individuals seeking information and guidance on issues related to alcohol and other drug use. "The LIVE Real mentor program provides individuals with baseline information that they can use to impact people's lives," said Gene Taylor, chair of the President's Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs. "We believe this program will help us begin to change the campus culture to one that supports low-risk decisions related to alcohol and other drugs."
The President's Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs is a council that was appointed in 2007 and is made up of faculty, staff and students who are working to reduce high-risk alcohol and other drug use on the NDSU campus.
To schedule an individual training session for your department or student organization, contact Laura Oster-Aaland at (701) 231-7750 or laura.oster-aaland@ndsu.edu. For more information, go to www.ndsu.edu/alcoholinfo.
