Educational Safety Programs

ALCOHOL AND DRUG CONSULTATION, ASSESSMENT, AND SKILLS PROGRAM (ADCAS): Staffed by a professional counselor and risk reduction specialist, provides alcohol/drug assessments of use, risks, and consequences, with personalized feedback designed to help students change their drinking/drug use patterns and outcomes. ADCAS also provides information on alcohol/drug related topics; support for friends, family, and roommates impacted by the alcohol/drug use of others, current or past; and referral to campus and community support groups, and counseling and treatment resources. Old Main 560C. Call 650-3643.

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: Provides free, confidential, professional assistance, assessments, and referrals to help employees and their families resolve problems that affect their personal lives or job performance. Health Promotion Network, 800 E. Chestnut St., Suite 1A, Bellingham, WA. Call 715-6565 or (800) 244-6142.

NEW STUDENT SERVICES/FAMILY OUTREACH: Provides students with the Viking Tips handbook and the BluePages containing important information regarding alcohol and other drug prevention; safe sexual behaviors; personal safety tips; how to contact University Police; and a directory of offices and resources. Old Main 330F. Call 650-3846.

PREVENTION AND WELLNESS SERVICES: Staffed by professional health educators and Peer Health Lifestyle Advisors, it offers education and prevention services on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmittable diseases, sexual misconduct, alcohol and drug prevention, relaxation, stress management, and CPR. Prevention and Wellness Services also publishes the Playing It Safe brochure, a guide to safer living at Western. Old Main 560. Call 650-2993. Other programs include:

• Western Men Against Violence. This group of men recognizes violence in all of its forms. They are Western students who work to reduce the frequency and severity of violent acts among students, faculty, and staff. They offer programs on men's roles in stopping sexual assault, violent crimes, and hate crimes. They promote activities that stop the cycle of violence in their lives and in the culture; and they support each other in finding new, non-violent forms of masculinity.
• WEAVE (Women's Empowerment and Violence Education). These Lifestyle Advisors offer women information, resources, and opportunities to get involved in breaking the silence that masks sexual violence. They work to promote women's strength by sponsoring empowering events and activities.
• Will Act For Change. Performance Educators use the experiences and stories of Western students to create interactive scenes about the health and wellness of college students. Discussion and audience interaction are vital to the performances. Audience members are literally brought on stage to practice "what they would do" in real-life situations, dealing with issues such as sexual health, sexual assault, alcohol and drugs, racism, homophobia, classism, sexism, and how to be an ally.

STUDENT SELF CARE CENTER: Staffed by a registered nurse and trained peer health lifestyle advisors, it provides information, resources and referral for sexual health, HIV/AIDS, and common illnesses and injuries. Campus Services, 2001 Bill McDonald Parkway. Call 650-2961.

WELLNESS OUTREACH CENTER: Staffed by a health educator and trained peer health lifestyle advisors, it provides information, resources and referral for alcohol and other drug concerns, stress and sexual misconduct issues. Viking Union 432. Call 650-4321.

UNIVERSITY POLICE: See the University Police Crime Prevention Tips and Whistle Defense Program pages.