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Study: Inverse relationship between alcohol abuse and college GPA

11/16/09

College students who engage in binge drinking tend to earn lower grades than students who don't abuse alcohol, according to a newly released report. The Center for the Study of Collegiate Mental Health at Penn State conducted a study that shows a clear link between alcohol abuse, mental health symptoms, and academic performance. The study's data illustrate a strong inverse correlation between grade-point average and consumption of alcoholic beverages.

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Zero tolerance alcohol policy good choice for parents

6/10/09

Restaurants in Germany legally sell alcohol to teenagers after their 16th birthdays and French children drink wine with dinner at an early age, but U.S. parents who follow this relaxed European example, believing it fosters a healthier attitude toward alcohol, should be careful -- it may increase the likelihood that their children binge drink in college. Research conducted by Caitlin Abar, graduate student in human development and family studies and member of Penn State's Prevention Research and Methodology Centers suggested that parents practice a zero-tolerance policy in the home and said that there is no scientific basis to the common belief that prohibiting alcohol turns it into a "forbidden fruit" and encourages abuse. She presented her results at the 2009 meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C., and they appear in the current issue of Addictive Behaviors.

AlcoholEdu teaches students facts about dangerous drinking behaviors

9/25/08

This summer's first-year Penn State students were the University's first incoming class to complete an online education program called AlcoholEdu for College. The preventative program was created by Boston-based company Outside the Classroom, whose mission is to address "epidemic-level health issues." AlcoholEdu is one example of the ways in which Penn State continuously looks to diminish the misuse of alcohol among its students. The University received a $245,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to support its implementation.

Blasko recaps 2007-08 Faculty Senate activity

5/16/08

Dawn Blasko, immediate past chair of the University Faculty Senate, told Penn State's Board of Trustees Friday (May 16) about initiatives undertaken by the Senate in the past year, including action to change the First Year Seminar general education requirement, addressing student binge drinking and establishing a Faculty Senate Trustee Scholarship.

New program to combat high-risk drinking provides hope for success

5/16/08

Penn State continuously looks for ways to diminish the misuse of alcohol among its students by pioneering new programs such as AlcoholEdu for College, an online learning module for first-year students throughout the Penn State system, a panel of experts explained Friday (May 16) in a report to the University's Board of Trustees. Those presenting included Gail Hurley, interim vice president for Student Affairs; Margaret Spear, senior director of University Health Services, Linda LaSalle, coordinator of Health Education Services and Linda Higginson, assistant dean for advising in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.

Study: Inverse relationship between alcohol abuse and college GPA

11/16/09

College students who engage in binge drinking tend to earn lower grades than students who don't abuse alcohol, according to a newly released report. The Center for the Study of Collegiate Mental Health at Penn State conducted a study that shows a clear link between alcohol abuse, mental health symptoms, and academic performance. The study's data illustrate a strong inverse correlation between grade-point average and consumption of alcoholic beverages.

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Zero tolerance alcohol policy good choice for parents

6/10/09

Restaurants in Germany legally sell alcohol to teenagers after their 16th birthdays and French children drink wine with dinner at an early age, but U.S. parents who follow this relaxed European example, believing it fosters a healthier attitude toward alcohol, should be careful -- it may increase the likelihood that their children binge drink in college. Research conducted by Caitlin Abar, graduate student in human development and family studies and member of Penn State's Prevention Research and Methodology Centers suggested that parents practice a zero-tolerance policy in the home and said that there is no scientific basis to the common belief that prohibiting alcohol turns it into a "forbidden fruit" and encourages abuse. She presented her results at the 2009 meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C., and they appear in the current issue of Addictive Behaviors.

AlcoholEdu teaches students facts about dangerous drinking behaviors

9/25/08

This summer's first-year Penn State students were the University's first incoming class to complete an online education program called AlcoholEdu for College. The preventative program was created by Boston-based company Outside the Classroom, whose mission is to address "epidemic-level health issues." AlcoholEdu is one example of the ways in which Penn State continuously looks to diminish the misuse of alcohol among its students. The University received a $245,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to support its implementation.

Blasko recaps 2007-08 Faculty Senate activity

5/16/08

Dawn Blasko, immediate past chair of the University Faculty Senate, told Penn State's Board of Trustees Friday (May 16) about initiatives undertaken by the Senate in the past year, including action to change the First Year Seminar general education requirement, addressing student binge drinking and establishing a Faculty Senate Trustee Scholarship.

New program to combat high-risk drinking provides hope for success

5/16/08

Penn State continuously looks for ways to diminish the misuse of alcohol among its students by pioneering new programs such as AlcoholEdu for College, an online learning module for first-year students throughout the Penn State system, a panel of experts explained Friday (May 16) in a report to the University's Board of Trustees. Those presenting included Gail Hurley, interim vice president for Student Affairs; Margaret Spear, senior director of University Health Services, Linda LaSalle, coordinator of Health Education Services and Linda Higginson, assistant dean for advising in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.