President’s Commission on Reducing Student Substance Abuse

Mission Statement

To identify and recommend initiatives and strategies to reduce substance abuse among IUP students.

Goals

• To develop recommendations to reduce excessive high risk consumption of alcohol and intoxication by IUP students.
• To develop recommendations to reduce the illegal use of substances by IUP students.
• To develop recommendations to reduce under-age drinking by IUP students.
• To develop recommendations to reduce driving under the influence by IUP students.
• To identify and examine existing programs established at IUP over the last ten to fifteen years to reduce substance abuse by students.
• To identify and recommend national “best practices” for reducing student substance abuse at IUP

Commission Structure and Phases of Development

Phase One

1. Select a commission steering committee
2. Prepare a mission statement
3. Develop commission goals

Phase Two

1. Decide on commission membership
2. Establish commission subcommittees
3. Select subcommittee chairs
4. Assign commission members to subcommittees

Phase Three

Establish subcommittee tasks and assignments

Phase Four

1. Discuss feasibility for the applications of best practices programs at IUP
2. Develop commission’s recommendations
3. Produce final report