Welcome
For information regarding the Student Wellness Ambassadors, AlcoholEdu, or other programs, please go to www.Q-Authority.org.
our mission
Our Mission
The mission of our office is to provide knowledge and information that empowers UK students and community youth to make safer and healthier lifestyle choices, particularly regarding issues surrounding alcohol use.
The Office of Substance Education & Responsibility does not gear its messages toward anti-drinking. Although we do not promote underage drinking, we are keenly aware of the fact that many of our students choose to drink while underage. Therefore, we provide our students with knowledge that will help them make educated decisions on their own alcohol use.
We offer a variety of resources that encourage responsible decision making (including abstinence) that help keep our students and the surrounding safe and healthy.
The Office of Substance Education & Responsibility is located in room 518 of the Patterson Office Tower. Please feel free to stop by any time to talk, pick up brochures, or schedule presentations!
what we offer
What We Offer
Some of the programs and strategies of our office include:
- Implementing community-wide campaigns aimed at student empowerment, individual identity formation, and the discussion of family histories of alcoholism.
- Coordinating the Campus-Community Coalition
- Collaborating with community members through the Mayor's Alliance and the Fayette County Agency for Substance Abuse Policy to address high-risk alcohol and other drug use.
- Leading the state effort by providing other institutions of higher education with information and tools to help lower the instances of dangerous drinking on their respective campuses.
- Informing UK parents about the risks and consequences of dangerous drinking behaviors.
- Coordinate and administer the AlcoholEdu program.
- Training and sponsoring of the Student Wellness Ambassadors, who provide their peers and youth in the community with information and safety tools regarding mental wellness, alcohol, and other drug abuse.
- Facilitating alcohol programs for residence halls, Greek organizations, and athletes.
- Sponsoring campus-wide alcohol awareness programs throughout the year.
- Offering resources and referrals for UK students.
- Coordination and administration of the educational responses for mandated students.
Some Web sites to which these materials provide links for the convenience of users are not managed by the University of Kentucky. The university does not review, control or take responsibility for the contents of those sites.
Office of Substance Education & Responsibility . University of Kentucky . 518 Patterson Office Tower . Lexington, KY . 40506-0220 . (859) 257-9687 . fax (859) 323-9901