Three Universities Score Highest Nationally for Prevention of Alcohol Abuse on Campus; Two Universities from NY, One from Missouri Honored by Inter-Association Task Force and Coors Brewing Company.WASHINGTON -- Representatives from three universities are in the Capitol today to be honored for developing and implementing programs on their campuses throughout the year to effectively prevent over consumption of alcoholic beverages
University of Missouri-Columbia, Syracuse University and State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. , College at Oneonta received awards and grants from Dr. Edward Hammond, chairman of the Inter-Association Task Force on Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Issues (IATF IATF International Automotive Task Force IATF Inter Association Task Force IATF Information Assurance Technical Framework IATF Information Assurance Task Force IATF Internet Access Task Force (Estes Park, Colorado) ), board chairman of the BACCHUS Network, and president of Fort Hays State University Fort Hays State University (FHSU) is a public, co-educational university located in Hays, Kansas. It is the fourth largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, with an enrollment of approximately 9,500 students (8,250 undergraduate and 1,250 , for having the highest scores in the national competition in conjunction with National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (NCAAW NCAAW National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week ). Coors Brewing Company sponsored the awards with IATF. Missouri was selected as this year's "Winner's Circle" university for having been a NCAAW national award winner for two consecutive years. Representatives from the schools are also meeting today with their U.S. Senators and Representatives to brief them on how their programs are addressing alcohol abuse on campus. Dr. Hammond said: "I am very pleased to recognize these three institutions for their outstanding programming that is helping solve the problems of underage drinking and over consumption. Their sustained efforts are making a difference. On behalf of the higher education community, I also want to thank Coors Brewing Company for working with us and recognizing these success stories." Frits van Paasschen, president and chief executive officer of Coors Brewing Company, said: "Coors is proud to sponsor the National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (NCAAAW) Awards and we are very pleased to honor the three winning universities who have done so much over the course of the year to help students make responsible, legal decisions about alcohol. They were judged best of the many schools nationwide whose outstanding alcohol education programming is making a real contribution to reducing underage and reckless drinking." The three schools received the most points in the competition, and were judged for significant use of an evidence-based approach in their prevention efforts, as well as comprehensive year-round alcohol education programming, collaboration and support for NCAAW. About Coors Brewing Company Coors Brewing Company is a subsidiary of Molson Coors Brewing Company Molson Coors Brewing Company (TSX: TAP; NYSE: TAP) is a company that was created by the merger of two of North America's largest breweries: Molson of Canada, and Coors of the United States, on February 9, 2005. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TAP)(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :TAP). It is the third largest brewer in the U.S. The company's U.S. brands include Coors Light, Molson Canadian, Coors, Killian's Irish Red, Keystone, Blue Moon, Coors NA and Zima XXX. For more information on Molson Coors, visit the company's Web site, http://www.molsoncoors.com/. |
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