Dec. 2012- Dec. 2014 Rivier University BIENNIAL REVIEW, SUBMITTED BY: GRAESSER, PAMELA L 1 Appendix 2 Part 86 Compliance Checklist Part 86, Drug-Free Schools and Campuses Regulations Compliance Checklist 1. Does the institution maintain a copy of its drug prevention program? Yes XNo If yes, where is it located? Rivier Counseling Website 2. Does the institution provide annually to each employee and each student, who is taking one or more classes for any type of academic credit except for continuing education units, written materials that adequately describe and contain the following? a. Standards of conduct that prohibit unlawful possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol on its property or as a part of its activities----Every October a link to the Annual Security Report is emailed to all campus members. The following information is contained in this security report. This report is always available on the Rivier University Public Safety website. Students: Yes X No Staff and Faculty: Yes X No b. A description of the health risks associated with the use of illicit drugs and the abuse of alcohol Students: Yes X No Staff and Faculty: Yes X No c. A description of applicable legal sanctions under local, state, or federal law Students: Yes X No Staff and Faculty: Yes X No d. A description of applicable counseling, treatment, or rehabilitation or re-entry programs Students: Yes X No Staff and Faculty: Yes X No e. A clear statement of the disciplinary sanctions the institution will impose on students and employees, and a description of those sanctions Students: Yes X No Staff and Faculty: Yes X No 3. Are the above materials distributed to students in one of the following ways? a. Mailed to each student (separately or included in another mailing) Yes No X b. Through campus post offices boxes Yes No X c. Class schedules which are mailed to each student Yes No X d. During freshman orientation Yes No X 2 e. During new student orientation Yes No X f. In another manner (describe) 4. Does the means of distribution provide reasonable assurance that each student receives the materials annually? Yes X No 5. Does the institution's distribution plan make provisions for providing these materials to students who enroll at some date after the initial distribution? Yes X No 6. Are the above materials distributed to staff and faculty in one of the following ways? a. Mailed Staff: Yes No X Faculty: Yes No X b. Through campus post office boxes Staff: Yes No X Faculty: Yes No X c. During new employee orientation Staff: Yes X No Faculty: Yes X No d. In another manner (describe) Every October a link to the Annual Security Report is emailed to all campus members. The following information is contained in this security report. This report is always available on the Rivier University Public Safety website. 7. Does the means of distribution provide reasonable assurance that each staff and faculty member receives the materials annually? Staff: Yes X No Faculty: Yes X No 8. Does the institution's distribution plan make provisions for providing these materials to staff and faculty who are hired after the initial distribution? Staff: Yes X No Faculty: Yes X No 9. In what ways does the institution conduct biennial reviews of its drug prevention program to determine effectiveness, implement necessary changes, and ensure that disciplinary sanctions are enforced? a. Conduct student alcohol and drug use survey Yes X No b. Conduct opinion survey of its students, staff, and faculty Students: Yes No X Staff and Faculty: Yes No X 3 c. Evaluate comments obtained from a suggestion box Students: Yes No X Staff and Faculty: Yes No X d. Conduct focus groups Students: Yes No X Staff and Faculty: Yes No X e. Conduct intercept interviews Students: Yes No X Staff and Faculty: Yes No X f. Assess effectiveness of documented mandatory drug treatment referrals for students and employees Students: Yes X No Staff and Faculty: Yes X No g. Assess effectiveness of documented cases of disciplinary sanctions imposed on students and employees Students: YesX No Staff and Faculty: Yes No X h. Other (please list) 10. Who is responsible for conducting these biennial reviews? Rivier’s Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Task Force 11. If requested, has the institution made available, to the Secretary and the public, a copy of each requested item in the drug prevention program and the results of the biennial review? Yes X No 12. Where is the biennial review documentation located? Name: Kurt Stimeling Title: Vice President for Student Development Department: Student Development Phone: 603-897-8249 E-mail: [email protected] 13. Comments 4 Biennial Review Summary December 2012-December 2014 This binder review is set up in the following sections: 1. RiviersRivier’s ATOD Task Force Mission Statement and ATOD Members 2. Meeting minutes 3. Educational Programming including Social Norming 4. Policies 5. Campus Assessment 6. Community and State Partners Rivier University has an active Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Task Force. This campus wide task force is made up of staff, students, faculty and community members. The task force reports to the Vice President of Student Affairs. The task force meets 2 -3 times in both the spring and fall semesters. The Task Force, as a team met to review and gather supporting evidence for the biennial review. The current membership list and meeting minutes are contained within this report. During the past two years the Task Force has continued to reach out to the Nashua Community and increased community membership. Representative Carolyn Gargasz, a community Task Force member for numerous years, serves as a member of the House of Representatives for the State of NH. She serves on the Children and Family Law Committee and the Legislative Youth Advisory Council. Rep. Gargasz updates the committee on new legislation regarding alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Drug Prevention Program: Rivier University subscribes to My StudentBody.com. For the past eight years this on-line format has been the required alcohol/drug course for freshmen. There has been a very positive response from students to both the new format and the content. This course is administered by the Counseling Center. For alcohol and marijuana policy violators we have both the E-Toke Program and the E-Chug Program. Both are in an on-line format and require the student to pay a fee in order to log-in. My Student Body has introduced a Sanctions course for policy violators and we will use that moving forward. It will replace the E-Chug program. Throughout the academic year various programming is available to the entire Rivier Community. Please see a sampling of programs offered under the programming section of this review. Information regarding this drug prevention program can be found on the Rivier Counseling website. Enclosed with this report is a copy of the My Student Body Annual report. As part of a prevention effort Rivier takes part in a social norming campaign. The ATOD’s website contains information about social norming. Social norming messages using Rivier University data are embedded in My StudentBody.com required of freshmen students. Approximately five years ago students in Professor Sheli Petersen design class developed a new look for the Rivier Social Norming Campaign. The new campaign was launched in January 2011. 5 ATOD Policies: Rivier Drug and Alcohol Policies are brought to ATOD Task Force for review and recommendation. These policies are emailed to students/employees using the college wide distribution list. This is done after the add/drop period and includes the University’s Annual Crime Report. These policies can be accessed at any time on the Rivier website. In addition they can also be found in the Rivier Student Handbook and Residence Life Handbook which can also be accessed online. Students: Rivier Drug and Alcohol Policies are not distributed or emailed out until after the add drop period. ATOD policies are also discussed with students during freshman orientation and new student orientation. A copy of the drug and alcohol policies is also found in the Residence Life Handbook. All resident students receive a postcard with the online link to the Residence Life Handbook at the beginning of the semester. Transfer residence students receive a postcard with the link on transfer into the University. Employees: The Human Resources Department keeps a current copy of the Rivier Drug and Alcohol Policies and Laws on file in the office. This document is distributed to all new employees on hire. These policies are also located in the faculty, staff and adjunct faculty handbooks. As mentioned above employees receive a copy of the Rivier Drug and Alcohol Policies annually via the University’s wide email distribution. Assessment Institution’s Review of Drug Prevention Program: Located in this review is Rivier ‘sRivier’s “2013 New Hampshire Higher Education Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Survey”. Rivier takes part in a biennial survey of colleges and universities across the state of NH. The purpose of the survey is to compare student perception of student alcohol, tobacco and other drug use with actual student alcohol, tobacco and other drug use. The information we receive from the survey helps us track the increase or decrease of high risk alcohol or other drug use on our campuses as well as the increase or decrease of non- using students. We can then determine how best to serve our students. Aggregate data from participating colleges in NH can be used to track and learn more about the perception of student alcohol, tobacco and other drug use with actual student alcohol, tobacco and other drug use.