{"id":36746,"date":"2015-10-13T19:48:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T19:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=36746"},"modified":"2015-10-26T20:24:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T20:24:41","slug":"acc-joins-national-red-ribbon-week-drug-prevention-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/10\/13\/acc-joins-national-red-ribbon-week-drug-prevention-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC joins national Red Ribbon Week drug prevention campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) will join colleges and universities nationwide to\u00a0raise awareness of drug and alcohol abuse prevention during Red Ribbon Week October 26-30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubstance abuse by college students is a major issue across the nation,\u201d says Dr. Virginia Fraire, ACC vice president of student services. \u201cACC is dedicated to providing a safe, healthy environment. Counselors are available on every campus with access to resources, free screenings, and referrals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beginning Monday, October 26, the college will begin offering free, confidential drug and alcohol screenings to students on campus.\u00a0 Screening opportunities are available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Commons at the following campuses during Red Ribbon Week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cypress Creek Campus: Monday, October 26<\/li>\n<li>Highland Campus: Tuesday, October 27<\/li>\n<li>Riverside Campus: Wednesday, October 28<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/employee-workshops-offered-for-red-ribbon-week-oct-26-30\/\">Employee workshops<\/a> also are offered during Red Ribbon Week.<\/p>\n<p>The ACC Red Ribbon Week campaign is hosted by ACC Counseling Services, which provides <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/drug-free-schools-and-college-prevention-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drug and alcohol abuse prevention programs<\/a> in addition to academic advising.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the college\u2019s campus resources and support services visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/support-and-services\/services-for-students\/counseling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/counseling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) will join colleges and universities nationwide to\u00a0raise awareness of drug and alcohol abuse prevention during Red Ribbon Week October 26-30. \u201cSubstance abuse by college students is a major issue across the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/10\/13\/acc-joins-national-red-ribbon-week-drug-prevention-campaign\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":36747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17,18,19],"tags":[544,545,539,541],"class_list":["post-36746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-news-and-announcements","category-official-acc-press-releases","category-students-and-alumni","tag-counseling-services","tag-drug-and-alcohol-screening","tag-drug-awareness","tag-red-ribbon-week"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}