AWARD CRITERIA
Prizes will be awarded to the ten institutions that score highest based on the evaluation criteria listed below. Each award-winning institution will receive a $1,000 grant and a plaque commemorating its achievement. In addition, a scholarship of $1,000 will be presented to a community-based commuter institution.
JUDGING CRITERIA
Entries will be judged
for their impact on year-long alcohol education programming. Please keep
this emphasis in mind as you complete your NCAAW activities for the 1999-2000
academic year.
Institutions will be judged in four major areas:
- Foundations
for Year-long Programming - 5 points
Were NCAAW activities a springboard for a coordinated and systematic year-long program? For example, are there current plans to address abusive behavior concerns in relationship to sporting events, academic performance, winter break, drinking and driving, spring break, wellness activities, stress management, graduation, new student orientation, student organizations, etc.? - Variety and
Creativity of Activities - 5 points
Does your program involve prevention (education), intervention (peer counseling, mentor programs) or referral components? Describe each activity and the process used to motivate involvement in its planning and implementation. Were the activities innovative? - Breadth of Participation
- 5 points
Who was invited to participate in NCAAW, and who actually participated? Were students, faculty, staff administrators, parents, alumni, and members of the local community involved in some way? Does your program reach beyond the campus community (e.g., local high school?) - Evaluation -
5 points
What impact did your NCAAW have? Did members of the university community evaluate the role of alcohol misuse in their lives? Give specific examples of how students on your campus are making safer decisions about abusive behavior and how you evaluated your results. What additional programs or information would interest participants during the rest of the year? Is this information available in summary form?.
DEADLINES
Submit the information
outlined above, along with appropriate support material, by May 1, 2000
to:
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
c/o Dr. Herbert Songer
Vice President for Student Affairs
Fort Hays State University
600 Park St.
Hays, Kansas 67601-4099
PH: (785) 628-4277
FAX: (785) 628-4113
E-mail: hsonger@fhsu.edu
For contest entry include:
- Cover letter with philosophy of substance abuse prevention approach
- One-page executive summary of program
- Goals and objectives
- Planning time line List and description of events before, during and after NCAAW
- Publicity samples (e.g., posters, ads in papers, buttons, articles, etc.)
- Budget Funding Sources
- Who planned/committee
- Who attended
- Special publications
- Photo/Videos of events
- Results/program significance in short term, long term
- Two letters of reference from campus and/or community officials not directly involved in your program
- Miscellaneous support items
Submitted applications become property of the Inter-Association Task Force on Campus Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Issues and will not be returned unless specific arrangements are made ahead of time. Decisions will be made and winners notified by July 1, 2000.