Engaging Faculty in Prevention Efforts Ellen Bass Associate Professor

Engaging Students in Systems Engineering Learning Objectives Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems; Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data; Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs; Ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice; Ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams; Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; Ability to communicate effectively; Broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context; Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning; Knowledge of contemporary issues.

Curriculum Infusion for Student Engagement: A Partnership Student affairs and academic sides must take lead roles  Personnel from a health promotion specialty pair with an academic faculty member Allow students to be experts on culture Curriculum infusion must be viewed by faculty as an important engagement strategy  This involvement includes training about curriculum infusion and developing the subsequent program  Incentives for faculty participation are emergent properties

What we have achieved to date: Health promotion Social norms marketing campaigns Collect baseline data (surveys), Analyze baseline data to develop simple, truthful, and consistent messages that highlight lower-risk drinking norms and protective behaviors, Ensure credibility via focus groups, Deliver the message via posters, , Hoo Vision, cups, maps Support message retention Students take the lead on data collection techniques such as interviewing, survey design and focus group design; data analysis and statistics graphic design

What we have achieved to date: Education Health promotion and alcohol education Social norms marketing Stakeholder analysis Focus groups and survey design Statistical analysis and interpretation Graphic design Project management and budgeting Team work Technical writing and presentation Curriculum infusion courses Senior Design (SYS 453, 454) Independent Study (SYS 495) System Evaluation (SYS 334) case study

What we have achieved to date: Awards and Recognition The Foxfield Capstone project won the 2009 Bronze Excellence Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators in the category of Student Health, Wellness, Counseling, and related. The teams’ efforts were a featured story on the U.Va.Today website The teams’ efforts were a featured story on the National Public Radio’s Morning Edition as part of a larger story on college alcohol abuse prevention programs at U.Va. Letters of support from Dean of Students and V.P. Chief Student Affairs Officer

What we have achieved to date: Papers Student authors underlined Bass, E. J., Bruce, S. E., Odioso, M.S., Purvis, M.C., Weaver, M., White, M.H., Wingfield, R.A., Larance, D. A.& Guha, P.N. (2009). Integrating health promotion with the undergraduate engineering capstone experience. Creative College Teaching Journal, Purvis, M.C., Odioso, M.S., Weaver, M., White, M.H., Bass, E. J. & Bruce, S. E. (2008). Did you see a horse at Foxfield? A social norms approach for targeting the negative consequences of hazardous drinking. IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium. Charlottesville, VA, April 25, Received honorable mention (2 nd place) in the Best in Track Award competition for the Human Factors and Socio- Technical Systems Track. White, M.H., Odioso, M.S., Weaver, M., Purvis, M.C., Bass, E. J. & Bruce, S. E. (2008). Horses? There are horses at Foxfield? An analysis of college student hazardous drinking and related decision making behaviors. IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium. Charlottesville, VA, April 25, Guha, P.N., Bass, E. J., & Bruce, S. E. (2007). I drink, I get drunk, I fall down, no problem: An analysis of college binge drinking and related decision making behaviors. IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium. Charlottesville, VA, April 27, Guha, P.N., Bass, E. J., & Bruce, S. E. (2006). A survey to investigate student drinking norms at Foxfield. IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium. Charlottesville, VA, April 28, 2006.

What we have achieved to date: Grants and Awards Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control UVa Institutional Assessment and Studies UVa Office of Health Promotion UVa Parents Committee Z Society

How to engage faculty Just ask!!!