Week 7 - Monday, March 12 or Wednesday, March 14

What We’ll Cover In Class:

 TOPIC: DEVELOPING PURPOSE and MEANING
• Where Are You Going?
• Developing Value Statements, Vision and Mission Statements for Your

 

Assignments for the Week

  1. Take quiz this week covering Chapter 12 Alcohol and Tobacco Use, Misuse and Abuse.  The quiz will be open from Monday, March 12, at 12:01 until Sunday, March 18 at midnight.  Please remember that this is the week leading into Spring Break so get the quiz done early so you don't forget.   
  2. To prepare for content in future weeks, choose between doing the E-Chug Assessment OR the Stress Assess assessment and action plan.   Whichever you choose is due by Noon on Monday, April 2 , 2012  in the D2L dropbox.  If you do the Stress Assess, you are to complete Stress Assess survey by clicking on the blue letters above that say Stress Assess, answer the questions and print out the results of the assessment. Make sure you complete all 3 parts: Stress Sources, Distress Symptoms, and Stress Balancing Strategies!  Students will TYPE a two page (double-spaced) paper on how they can implement a stress reduction program that addresses the major stressors in their lives. Your Stress Assess results (all three parts, highlighted from the website and pasted into a Word document) and your stress reduction plan are to be handed in via the D2L dropbox.                        OR                                                                                      
  3. Complete the E-Chug assessment at http://www.uwsp.edu/centers/healthwellness/studenthealthpromotion/echug.asp .   Cut and paste some of the results summary and insert a portion that is relevant to you into a two page, double spaced reaction to the information it gives you regarding your alcohol use.   If you do not drink at all, use this space to talk about the reasons you have chosen not to drink.  What influences you in this decision?  What could you do to influence your peers or cohort into making healthier alcohol decisions?  Share any ideas you have about our society and improving the Wisconsin drinking culture.  Binge drinking seems to be accepted here.  How do we change that culture? What contributes to this acceptance and how do we move away from it?  This assignment is to be uploaded in the D2L dropbox and due by Noon on Monday, April 2,  2012.
  4. You may want to begin reading Chapter 2 for the next quiz after Spring Break.