C o u n s e l i n g , C a r e e r, & D i s a b i l i t y S e r v i c e s N e w s l e t t e r
March 2010
Raider Wise Counsel
Students and Alcohol
There is a widespread misperception that most college
students abuse alcohol. The reality is that many
students do not drink at all. Students should not allow college folklore to
influence them to be under the influence.
In this Issue
Students and Alcohol 1
Did You Know?
1
Easting Disorder
Statistics
2
Counseling Staff:
Get to Know Us
3
Contact Information
4
Quote
4
Below are several sobering statistics on how drinking too much, too often
can put a serious damper on a student’s dreams of achieving academic
glory—or even his/her dreams of just graduating:
•
According to the Core Institute, an organization that surveys college
drinking practices, 300,000 of today’s college students will eventually
die of alcohol-related causes such as drunk driving accidents,
cirrhosis of the liver, various cancers and heart disease.
•
159,000 of today’s first-year college students will drop out of school
next year for alcohol or other drug-related reasons. The average
student spends about $900 on alcohol each year. In contrast, data
reveals the average student spends about $450 a year on books.
•
Almost one-third of college students admit to having missed at least
one class because of their alcohol or drug use, and nearly one-quarter
of students report bombing a test or project because of the after
effects of drinking or doing drugs.
•
One night of heavy drinking can impair a student’s academic ability
and sports performance for up to 30 days. For up to a month
following only one night of heavy drinking, a person’s ability to think
abstractly is negatively impacted, limiting one’s ability to relate
textbook reading to what the professor says.
Similarly, an athlete’s ability to think through a basketball, softball,
baseball, or football play can be negatively impacted for weeks.
Did You Know?
Roane County Counseling,
Career, and Disability
Services office has
relocated to D-103.
The Oak Ridge Counseling,
Career, and Disability
Services office is still
located in B-102.
Important note: If you or someone you know is struggling with alcohol or
drug issues, contact a counselor for assistance.
Source: Phoenix House
http://www.factsontap.org/factsontap/alcohol_and_student_life/school_daze.htm
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Eating Disorder Statistics
Over one person’s lifetime, at least 50,000 individuals will die as a direct result
of their eating disorder. Without treatment up to twenty percent (20%) of
people with serious eating disorders die. With treatment, that number falls to
two to three percent (2-3%). Eating Disorders affect a large number of people
in the United States.
The statistics state that:
• Approximately 7 million girls and women struggle with eating disorders.
• Approximately 1 million boys and men struggle with eating disorders.
Important Note:
If you or someone you
know is dealing with
issues possibly related to
an eating disorder, please
contact a Counselor for
confidential assistance and
resource information.
Amount of people affected by specific eating disorders:
• 0.5% - 3.7% of females suffer from Anorexia Nervosa in their lifetime.
• 1.1% - 4.2% of females suffer from Bulimia Nervosa in their lifetime.
• 2% - 5% of the American population experience Binge Eating Disorder.
• 10% - 25% of all those battling anorexia will die as a direct result of the
eating disorder.
• Up to 19% of college-aged women in America are bulimic.
• Age at onset of an eating disorder: 10% report onset at 10 years or
younger; 33% report onset between ages of 11-15; 43% report onset
between ages of 16-20; 86% report onset of illness by the age of 20.
College
• As many as 10% of college women suffer from a clinical or nearly clinical
eating disorder, including 5.1% who suffer from bulimia nervosa.
• Studies indicate that by their first year of college, 4.5 to 18% of women and
0.4% of men have a history of bulimia and that as many as 1% of females
between the ages of 12 and 18 have anorexia.
With treatment, about sixty percent (60%) of people with eating disorders
recover. In spite of treatment, about twenty percent (20%) of people with
eating disorders make only partial recoveries. The remaining twenty percent
(20%) do not improve, even with treatment.
Source: The National Institute of Mental Health, National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and
Associated Disorders
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Counseling Staff: Get to Know Us
Introducing:
Tina Messamore
In the last issue, we introduced you to our Director, Tracey Watson, and our
two Counselors, Jeff Snell and Julianne Cole. In this issue, we would like to
introduce you to our Support Staff.
Support Staff
Carol Jarabek
Support Staff
Tina Messamore has been with Roane State for 24 years. She was the first
person in her family to attend college. She began attending Roane State in the
fall of 1982 after graduation from high school. She received an Associate of
Science degree in Business Management Technology in 1984. While attending
Roane State, she worked as a work-study student in the Personnel, Payroll, and
Foundation Offices. Before graduating from RSCC, she began working as a
secretary with the Foundation on a part-time basis. Tina worked with the
Foundation until the fall of 1988 and then due to organizational restructuring,
she began working in Counseling. She has worked as a secretary in
Counseling for 22 years and is currently the secretary on the Oak Ridge
campus. She is married and has two nieces and two nephews. She loves
animals and enjoys assisting in projects that benefit animals. She has four
dogs—Curly, Copper, Sugar, and Duke. She enjoys old movies, cooking,
walking, and most of all spending time with her family.
Carol Jarabek has been with Roane State since 1994. She began as a 50%
secretary in the Athletic Department. In 1996 Carol also began working not
only 50% in the mornings in the Athletic Department but 50% in the Human
Resources Department in the afternoons. After a few years, she was hired full
time in one area—for the Dean of Student Services under the supervision of
Beverly Bonner. With organizational changes, Carol’s job changed again in
January 2009 when she became the secretary for both Beverly Bonner,
Assistant VP for Student Services and the Roane County secretary for Tracey
Watson, Director of Counseling, Career, and Disability Services. Carol has an
AS degree in Office Administration and is a CPS. She and her husband have
been married for 31 years and have 2 daughters, Becky who lives in Texas with
her husband, and Jennifer who lives in Knoxville.
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RAIDER WISE COUNSEL
Counseling, Career, &
Disability Services
Staff:
Tracey Watson
Director
Jeff Snell
Counselor
Julianne Cole
Counselor
Tina Messamore
Support Staff
Carol Jarabek
Support Staff
Roane State Community College
Counseling, Career, and Disability Services
Contact Information
Roane County
Tracey Watson, Director
watsontl@roanestate.edu
865-882-4546
Carol Jarabek, Support Staff
jarabeklc@roanestate.edu
865-882-4546
Oak Ridge
Jeff Snell, Counselor
snellja@roanestate.edu
865-481-2003
Julianne Cole, Counselor
davisjy@roanestate.edu
865-481-2003
Tina Messamore, Support Staff
messamore@roanestate.edu
865-481-2003
www.roanestate.edu/counseling
www.roanestate.edu/disabilityservices
www.roanestate.edu/careerservices
Quote
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am,
then I can change.
—Carl Rogers
RSCC is a TBR and AA/EEO institution. RSCC publication # 10-075.