FORT COLLINS, Colo.—Colorado State University will receive a $260,000 U.S. Department of Education grant to study ways to cut down on underage drinking among it freshmen.
CSU officials said the money will go to pair TEAM Fort Collins, a community substance abuse program, with the school’s counseling center.
Students and their parents undergoing summer orientation hear about the dangers of drinking. While the first 12 weeks of the semester are intensive, efforts will continue throughout the year.
“This project is designed to meet a recommendation of the university’s Alcohol Task Force to implement a comprehensive social norms campaign to increase awareness of consequences associated with high-risk and illegal drinking as well as violations related to those actions,” according to a statement.
The task force, which in 2005 made 43 recommendations aimed at curbing student drinking, was launched shortly after the Sept. 9, 2004, death of Samantha Spady, a sophomore business major from Beatrice, Neb. She was found dead in a fraternity house after a night of heavy drinking.
