Students traveled to five exotic locations a week before Spring Break while in the confines of the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Monday.
Health Education's Destination: Spring Break kicked off the Spring Break Safety Series, health educator Lisa Thomason said.
Graduate Assistant Audra Hildenbrand said the program was designed to educate students on some possible risks associated with Spring Break traveling.
"Spring break is coming up and we want students to be safe as possible," Hildenbrand said.
The event focused on skin care, condom education, sexual health, alcohol awareness and travel safety. Once students received their passports, they went to booths focusing on each issue. Each category corresponded to popular Spring Break travel locations.
"Spring break is a time that students have earned to relax," Thomason said. "We want to educate them on ways to have a fun time and a healthy holiday."
Thomason ran the skin care awareness game located in Florida. The booth had a trivia game about statistics of skin cancer and melanoma, and pamphlets containing preventative measures for skin diseases and screening procedures.
In Hawaii, students learned about condoms with a game that had them put in order 15 mixed up steps for proper condom use. New Orleans tested students' knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases and sexual assault. In Las Vegas, students played games based on the game show "The Price is Right" and learned about issues concerning alcohol abuse. Mexico taught students about airline restrictions for small items such as toiletries and lighters.
Each location gave prizes for winning the games. Students played for cups, T-shirts, condom necklaces and frisbees, among other things, Hildenbrand said. Students who got their passport stamped at every location entered their names into raffles to win grand prizes including candles, sunglasses, maracas, leis and chip trays, she said.
Senior criminal justice major Tori Wilhelm said the program, especially the skin care section, was useful.
Senior Michael Stackhouse and graduate student Mickel Darmawan said the program gave a lot of good, useful information.
"People can learn more from these events than books because of the practical application of information," Stackhouse said.
Thomason said a group of about 30 student volunteers, all peer health educators, came up with the idea for the program.
Hildenbrand said health education funded the event.
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