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April 1, 2009

GSW Receives $7900 Grant from

 Governor's Office of Highway Safety

           AMERICUS--Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) is joining forces with the Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) to combat alcohol abuse, including underage drinking and impaired driving.

            Through GOHS, GSW has received a $7900 grant to participate in the Georgia Young Adult Program. Designed for colleges and universities in the state, the Georgia Young Adult Program focuses on peer education in order to promote and bring awareness to highway safety issues including alcohol education, alcohol abuse prevention, impaired driving, underage drinking, safety belts, speeding, risk reductions and other destructive decisions. The long-term goal of the program is to create safer, more-healthy campus environments.

            GSW will use this Peer Education grant to help educate the students at this university on the detriments to drinking and driving and other components of alcohol misuse. The grant runs from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010.