INDIANAPOLIS - IUPUI has been awarded an NCAA Choices Grant over a 3-year span from 2014-17. The award was given based on the university's project titled "JagNation: Winning CHOICES" and will begin being funded this summer.

The program is designed to equip students with the knowledge, desire and confidence to make legal and low-risk choices about their alcohol use and to create a positive, supportive and healthy campus culture that reinforces low-risk choices. 

Alcohol and Other Drug Education and Prevention Coordinator Eric Teske spearheaded the proposal effort, which was submitted by the Health and Wellness Promotion Committee as a collaboration between the Division of Student Affairs and IUPUI Athletics. 

FAQ's-
What is the NCAA Choices grant?
The 2014 NCAA CHOICES Alcohol Education Grant provides funding for NCAA member institutions and conferences to integrate athletics into campus-wide efforts to reduce alcohol abuse. The NCAA awards a maximum of $30,000 over 3 years to fund proposals that help create an environment that supports and encourages personal CHOICES about alcohol that are legal, healthy, appropriate and safe.
 
What is JagNation: Winning CHOICES
JagNation: Winning CHOICES is the official title of our grant proposal that received funding from the NCAA Choices grant. JagNation: Winning CHOICES addresses alcohol abuse, and compliments the development of the campus' broader prosocial community initiative, known as JagNation: A Culture of Care. This project is a complimentary component to the larger JagNation campaign.
 
What is JagNation: A Culture of Care
JagNation: A Culture of Care is the title of a campus-wide prosocial community initiative launching Fall 2014, which creates a safe and positive campus climate by empowering bystanders to "step up" to prevent alcohol poisoning, sexual assault, hazing, and discrimination.
 
Who is receiving the NCAA Choices grant?
The grant proposal was submitted by the Health and Wellness Promotion Committee as a collaboration between the Division of Student Affairs and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Eric Teske, the Alcohol and Other Drug Education and Prevention Coordinator at IUPUI, is coordinating the project. Principal program developers include Eric Teske, #Evan Fruits#, Emily Werner, and Mike Hines.