Executive Committee Meeting
Guests: Dr. Charles Scoggin
Dr. Elizabeth Dunn,
Paul Tabolt,
Vice Chancellor for Administration
The meeting called for a general discussion about student
alcohol use on campus and the approach faculty may wish to take on the issue.
Dr. Charles Scoggin, a former member of the faculty
at the Health Sciences Center, now on the Boulder campus, is a physician who
recommends accountability and higher visibility to send a message of
“engagement and encouragement” to students as ways to combat alcohol abuse on
campus. Dr. Elizabeth Dunn, who is
faculty and a member of the Boulder County Board of Health, offered a public
health perspective and recommended that we stop brainstorming about the problem
of alcohol abuse, a serious health issue, and suggested we need a long-term (10
year) approach to the problem based on data obtained by understanding the role
alcohol use and abuse play in the lives of students. Paul Tabolt, Vice
Chancellor for Administration, spoke on the corporate sponsorship
agreement with Coors Brewing Company which began in 1999 and is due to expire
The Chair stated that the goal for this meeting was to begin a discussion on students and alcohol use and that it would continue on December 13.