Fayetteville State University News October 17, 2011 FSU Receives Grant to Promote Health Education on Campus Dr. Afua Arhin, chair of the Department of Nursing at Fayetteville State University (FSU), was recently awarded an $85,000 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The grant, renewable for two years pending federal budget funding, will be used to operate a program that has a primary goal of designing and implementing a comprehensive health promotion collaboration between FSU's Student Health Services Center and Center for Personal Development. Dr. Arhin will use the funding to establish a health education program utilizing trained student peer educators. Using social media and other outlets, the program will emphasize the prevention of substance abuse and sexually transmitted diseases among students, particularly freshmen. To promote the program, three social events will be held throughout the year. The first will be a "Rise Above the Influence" pledge party. The party will be held October 21, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Felton J. Capel Arena on the FSU campus. At this event, students will be educated about their health while listening to the latest hip-hop, R&B and rap music. Admission is $2 with Bronco student identification and $5 without. Door prizes will be awarded to the first 100 people. SAMHSA was established in 1992 and directed by Congress to target substance abuse and mental health services to the people most in need and to translate research in these areas more effectively and more rapidly into the general health care system. Over the years, SAMHSA has demonstrated that prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover from mental and substance use disorders. FSU is the second-oldest public institution in North Carolina. A member of the University of North Carolina System, FSU has nearly 6,000 students and offers degrees in more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. For more information, call (910) 672-1474. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.