SAM Mentoring Programs

-Safe Host Training

This is a program designed to train our teammates to be more effective hosts of the future athletes of Washington College. Training includes giving student-athletes information about what is expected of them as a host, paying attention to their liabilities, and knowing NCAA regulations of hosting perspective students.

The Office of Student Development Programs provides TIPS (Training for Intervention Procedures) Training several times throughout the academic year and upon request from student groups or individuals. TIPS training is mandatory for all Student-Athlete Mentors, Resident Assistants, Greek Life Leaders and Student Event staff, but is also available to other groups or individuals.

TIPS for the University is a 2-hour training program, free of charge to students, that equips its participants with information and skills needed to intervene in situations where their peers are misusing alcohol. The program is composed of three general sections: Information about alcohol and its effects; skill training in evaluating behavioral cues and responses to alcohol misuse; and practice and rehearsal where students get to practice effective responses to alcohol misuse through role-playing. With the successful completion of the workshop and a certification quiz, students are "TIPS for the University Certified" for three years.