Hc3: Healthy Campus and Community Coalition
GENESEO, NY
Hc3 is a diverse and inclusive group of individuals united in the pursuit of a healthy campus and community.
Our Mission
The Healthy Campus and Community Coalition exists to nurture and sustain partnerships between the College’s and Village’s leaders, students, community members and other stakeholders to prevent illegal and high risk alcohol and other drug consumption.
Our Vision
Geneseo will be a mutually respectful, collaborative, inclusive community that effectively promotes shared responsibilities for individual well-being.
Hc3 brings together the experience and expertise of its members to examine and address issues of substance misuse and its consequences to our campus and community.
College: a high-risk stage of life.
According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), young adults aged 18-25 show the highest level of all age groups of alcohol and other drug use, substance use disorders, mental health issues, and suicidal thinking and attempts.
Nearly 50% of students binge drink.
Binge drinking is a major problem on college campuses with sometimes serious consequences for students and communities. In a recent survey of SUNY Geneseo students, nearly half of our students had engaged in binge drinking one or more times in the past 30 days.
45% of students do something they later regret while drinking.
We know that 25% of adults with an addiction to alcohol or other drugs began using these substances before the age of 19. While long-term consequences aren’t always meaningful to adolescents and young adults, the immediate consequences are just as important.
Our Current Initiatives
Social Norms Media Campaign
The goal of a Social Norms campaign is to provide more accurate information about drinking and drug use and attitudes toward it, to counter common beliefs about its popularity.
Data Analysis and Sharing
Our Assessment Work Group has analyzed and organized essential information from a recent comprehensive student survey and other data sources such as focus groups, key informant interviews and archival data.
Campus and Community Events
Our College & Community Connections Work Group is undertaking a number of college and community support initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Safe Party Training
Our AOD Student Interns developed a training that combines information about alcohol and other drugs with recommendations on how to reduce the risk of serious consequences when hosting a party.
Recruitment and Education
Our Capacity-Building Work Group is assembling promotional and educational materials to be shared with community members through social and print media.
Responsible Server Training
We offer NYS Responsible Server Training to both on-premise (bars, taverns and restaurants) and off-premise (retail) establishments that sell alcoholic beverages.
We would love your help.
We know that if we work together, our entire community will benefit.
