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Center for Alcohol and other Drug Abuse Prevention

Our mission

To promote an environment that supports responsible decision-making regarding alcohol and other drug use, on campus and in the community.

Environmental management

Education alone isn’t enough to change drinking behavior. Focusing on at-risk individuals won’t do it, either. To be effective, prevention efforts need to include environmental management, targeting the issue at five levels:

  • individual – knowledge, attitudes, and skills;
  • interpersonal – friends, social networks and family;
  • organizational – the college or university;
  • community – neighborhoods and areas around campus; and
  • societal – policies at the local, state and national levels.

University policies

The university's alcohol and other drug policies conform to state and federal laws, and enhance the health, safety, property and educational interests of our community. Students are responsible for obtaining and adhering to these policies. Download a copy here.

Partnerships

Environmental changes are difficult for a single group to make. That's why the Center works together with the Office of Student Affairs and Campus Life to plan programs and events that support change.

The Center is also a key part of the Campus and Community Coalition to Reduce High Risk Drinking (CCC).

Recovery resources

Campus and community options for those seeking recovery from alcohol, drugs, gambling or overeating.


Contact us

The Center is in the Health Education wing, on the third floor of University Health Services.
Call (413) 577-5181.

The staff

The Center’s staff of health educators and prevention specialists are experts in substance use issues.

Sally A. Linowski, Ph.D., C.H.E.S
Director

Diane Fedorchak, M.Ed, C.A.G.S.
BASICS Project Director

Betsy Fife Archer, L.C.S.W.
Prevention Specialist

Robin Harris, M.S., C.A.D.A.C.
Athletic Health Enhancement Program Coordinator

Marisa Hebble, M.P.H.
Prevention Specialist

Michelle Letendre, M.Ed.
Prevention Specialist

April McNally, M.P.H.
Health Educator

Susan Molano, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
Prevention Specialist

Elizabeth Zellmer
Administration

Scott Rasmussen
Administration