GAMMA

Greeks Advocating Mature Management of Alcohol

 

Who we are...

We are a peer education program that focuses on alcohol abuse prevention and other student health and safety issues. Our mission is to actively promote peer education as a useful element of campus health education and wellness efforts. Through education and activities designed to increase awareness of changing student health and safety issues, GAMMA focuses on the development and promotion of positive lifestyles and decision-making skills. In addition to alcohol issues, we also support educational efforts on various health topics such as sexual responsibility, tobacco prevention, marijuana use, and sexual assault.

What we do...

GAMMA conducts programs, campaigns, and projects that create awareness, educate students, and encourage positive decision-making. We try to plan programs according to the needs of our campus. Some issues we focus on are: National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, Sexual Responsibility Week, Safe Spring Break programs, and tobacco education training.

Students play a very active leadership role within the network. Because they are the very core of our association, students not only become more educated on student health and safety issues, but they also develop greater self-confidence, confrontation skills, and communication skills. They become effective at problem solving, decision-making and program planning. Peer educators are not only given the opportunity to plan various social events, but will be given the opportunity to work with a group of students and create and present their own unique educational program to both the Greek community and the campus as a whole.

GAMMA Executive Board

Nick Foster, President

Lisa Stephenson, Vice President of Membership

Taylor Relph, Vice President of Educational Programming

Josh Allen, Vice President of Social Programming

Rachel Kottwitz, Secretary

Dan Smarsh, IFC Representative

Jason Bosch, Co-Advisor

Donna Drake, Co-Advisor

Greeks selected to become Certified Peer Educators:

Nick Foster, Sigma Phi Epsilon

Charis Kirk, Beta Lambda Alpha

Adam Tucker, Sigma Phi Epsilon

Emily Parsons, Alpha Sigma Alpha

Nikaela Swarner, Chi Omega

Josh Allen, Phi Delta Theta

Kelsey Kabriel, Sigma Sigma Sigma

Drake Foster, Alpha Kappa Lambda

Ryan Wilson, Phi Delta Theta

Amy Edmondson, Alpha Sigma Alpha

Ashley McCullough, Alpha Sigma Alpha

Hilary Moe, Alpha Sigma Alpha

Amber Roan, Chi Omega

Kate Flavin, Beta Lambda Alpha

Liz Johnson, Beta Lambda Alpha

Derek Sifuentez, Sigma Pi

Taylor Relph, Chi Omega

Brittney Stephenson, Chi Omega

Michelle Graff, Beta Lambda Alpha

Daniel Smarsh, Phi Delta Theta

Lisa Stephenson, Alpha Sigma Alpha

Rachel Kottwitz, Alpha Sigma Alpha

Elissa Hadley, Alpha Sigma Alpha

Ryan Thompson, Phi Delta Theta

Maggie Grange, Sigma Sigma Sigma

GAMMA Guide (PDF)

For questions or more information about GAMMA, contact Jason Bosch in the Center for Student Involvement at (620) 341-5481.

 

Last Updated January 31, 2008