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11/13/06

ST. LAWRENCE AWARDED NCAA CHOICES GRANT

CANTON - St. Lawrence University has been awarded a three-year, $30,000 Choices Program grant by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for the academic years 2006-07 through 2008-09.

With assistance from the grant, the University has launched a comprehensive program called "Saints Making Educated Choices." A collaborative effort of the intercollegiate athletics and recreation department, the student life division, St. Lawrence's Wellness Initiative and several student organizations, it is a campus-wide initiative to educate and influence students to avoid high-risk alcohol use and abuse.

The program kicked off with a campus-wide "tailgate picnic" October 7, held in conjunction with a number of home athletics contests that weekend. Also planned for the fall semester are speakers, a "midnight madness" program and recreational sports tournaments.

St. Lawrence Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation Margie Strait said, "The NCAA Saints Making Educated Choices Program will help students take ownership of their actions and engage in healthy choices regarding alcohol use during their college experience and beyond. We're proud to have been selected and thank the NCAA for its support of this important initiative."

Established in 1991, the Choices program encourages NCAA institutions and conferences to implement and evaluate effective campus-wide programs that integrate student-athletes and athletics into alcohol-education efforts. Funding programs are designed to work toward the elimination of high-risk consumption of alcohol on college campuses by promoting low-risk choices.

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More information: Diana B. Torrey '82 Health and Counseling Center

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