The Leader

Issue date: 2/21/07 Section: News

The UW System will be administering a survey to randomly selected students via e-mail about their alcohol and drug uses during the last week of February.

The goal of the survey is so that students and administrators can better understand the drug and alcohol habits of undergraduate students in the University of Wisconsin System.

According to Paul Dupont, alcohol and other abuse coordinator of Norris Health Center, about ten percent of undergraduates will be sent the survey. The survey is voluntary and will remain anonymous.

The survey will help the university in figuring out the types of programs and services will be most beneficial to students.

"We encourage all students who are asked to participate in this survey to share their experiences, thoughts and observations about alcohol and drug use," Dupont said. "Students can help improve our campus policies and programs by taking a few minutes to share their points of view."

Only students who receive the survey will be allowed to participate. In other words, if a student does not receive the survey, they are not expected to participate.

Even if a student who is asked to take the survey does not drink or do drugs, they should still take it anyway so that the university can get an idea of their observations of drug and alcohol use on campus.

Students who receive the e-mail and elect to do the survey will get an instant analysis of their own alcohol use and an estimate of their peak blood-alcohol level when they drink.

Student participation in the survey is crucial as it will help assess the effectiveness of campus AODA programs and help to improve them in the future.

For more information about the survey, contact Paul Dupont at pdupont@uwm.edu.

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