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Marketing Your Program

Using Social Norming

Model Programs

High Risk Times

Creating a Safe Ride Program

Collaboration

High Risk Campus Times

Often when we think of high-risk times for impaired driving, events like New Year's Eve or Christmas come to mind. However, it is important to remember that college campuses often experience different high risk times in addition to the general high risk times, given the school schedule that campuses follow. Some ideas of risky times that may be a problem to watch out for on your campus are as follows.


For a month-by-month list of programming opportunities, visit the Event Calendar

Fall

  • First week back to school from Summer break

  • Greek recruitment/rush

  • Labor Day weekend

  • Homecoming

  • Big game days of the season

    • Football season kickoff, big games

    • Fall sports such as: cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, women's volleyball, men's water polo

    • Winter sports such as: basketball, fencing, gymnastics, ice hockey, skiing, swimming, diving, track & field (indoor), rifle, wrestling

    • Playoffs and championship games

  • Halloween

  • Pre/post-midterm activities

  • Pre/post-finals activities

  • Winter dances/formals

  • Winter Break/Seasonal Holidays/New Year's Eve

Spring

  • First week back to school from Winter break

  • Big game days of the season

    • Winter sports such as: basketball, fencing, gymnastics, ice hockey, skiing, swimming, diving, track & field (indoor), rifle, wrestling

    • Spring sports such as baseball, golf, lacrosse, tennis, rowing, softball, track & field, men's volleyball, women's water polo

    • Playoffs and championship games

      • NCAA Basketball Tournaments

        • March Madness

        • Final Four

      • Superbowl

  • Valentine's Day

  • St. Patrick's Day

  • Spring Break

  • Greek Spring recruitment/rush

  • Spring dances/formals

  • Pre/post-midterm activities

  • Memorial Day weekend

  • Pre/post-finals activities

  • Graduation/End of school