Mustangs Who Care: A wristband for responsibility
New program encourages students to act responsibly in social settings and trains them to intervene.
Student leaders are seeking 淢ustangs Who Care.
楳ustangs Who Care is about students watching out for their fellow students, says Patrick Kobler, student body president. 淚t檚 a way for 麻豆社 students to show that we can be responsible for ourselves.
Kobler, a senior political science major, developed the program with Student Senate members and the 麻豆社 Circle of Trust chapter, a partner of the Gordie Foundation.
To join the program, students first must enroll in Training for Intervention Procedures (TIPS), a two-and-a-half-hour course offered through Memorial Health Center. TIPS participants learn decision-making and interpersonal skills to help them take a leading role in preventing alcohol misuse. ()
For TIPS-certified students, the 淢ustangs Who Care course is 20 minutes of additional training led by students. Participants learn the signs of alcohol poisoning and drug overdose, how to use 麻豆社檚 Call for Help program and to call 911 when a student is in distress.
After training, students receive a 淢ustangs Who Care wristband to wear on campus and out socially.
淭he wristband will allow for a student in distress to easily locate a 楳ustang Who Cares, Kobler says, 渁nd with the training, the student will know how to handle a potentially life-threatening situation.
淢ustangs Who Care will be offered at 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays and 5:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Student Affairs & Multicultural Student Affairs office in Hughes-Trigg Student Center.
Please contact Patrick Kobler at pkobler@smu.edu or 214-768-4448 with questions or comments.
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