Student Health Services
Dear New Member of the Red Raider Family,
You have already made many important decisions regarding your education. At Texas Tech you will be making many more. Your ability to learn and strive for honor is enhanced when you are a member of a safe and healthy community. As part of our comprehensive alcohol harm prevention program, Texas Tech requires each first-year freshman to complete AlcoholEdu®– an online, non-opinionated alcohol prevention program.
This course uses research-based approaches to educate students about alcohol and its effects. Whether you drink or not, AlcoholEdu® will help you make well-informed decisions about alcohol and the drinking behavior that may occur around you.
The course has two sections, both of which must be completed to fulfill this requirement:
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Part 1 of the course takes about 2.5 hours to complete and we recommend that you take it in multiple sittings. This section ends with an exam and survey. You must earn a grade of 70% or higher to pass the course. The course will be available starting July 22, 2009. The deadline for finishing this section of the course is August 19, 2009.
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After you have been on campus for a few weeks, you will receive an email asking you to complete Part 2 of the course. This section will take about 15 minutes. You must complete this section by October 26, 2009.
All responses are confidential; Texas Tech University staff will never see individual students’ answers. You can feel confident that providing truthful answers – no matter what they are – will not put you at any risk for repercussions.
To take AlcoholEdu®, you will need a computer with Internet access and audio capabilities. If you do not have ready access to a computer, you may try using a computer at a local library, copy center or community center. Please look for further information regarding log in instructions beginning July 2009. Again, welcome to Texas Tech. We look forward to seeing you on campus this fall. If you have any further questions please contact Amanda Eldredge, Health Educator for Student Health Services, at 806-743-2844 x 290 or alcoholedu@ttuhsc.edu.
Sincerely,
Mike Ragain, M.D., M.S.Ed. Michael Shonrock, Ph.D.
Braddock Chair Senior Vice President for Student
Department of Family & Community Medicine Affairs and Enrollment Management
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Texas Tech University