College Students

The Mass. Council expanded its College Outreach Program in FY07 to work with 17 Massachusetts colleges and universities. The program offered training and technical assistance to colleges and universities interested in developing gambling policies and procedures and or prevention of problem gambling programming efforts. The Council created several products to supplement these efforts including: a set of posters about student gambling, a Resident Assistant (RA) training curriculum, and print and radio public service announcements (PSAs). The Council also supplied every college and university with two copies of the book, “Gambling on Campus: New Directions for Student Services No. 113 (J-B SS Single Issue Student Services). McClellan, George S., Jim Caswell, and Thomas W. Hardy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.

For more information, please contact Council Prevention Director, Jim Wuelfing at 617-426-4554.