The position of University Legal Counsel and the College of Allied Health is that no State funds may be used to purchase alcohol, that a cash bar may be utilized if it is run by non-University parties, and that at private gatherings, the owner of the site is liable should an individual who has been drinking have an accident while driving home from a gathering. Thus, Department faculty have established the following alcohol policy for the Department: no alcohol will be served at any Department-sponsored, student-attended function or gathering at either faculty homes or on Campus. If a Department-sponsored, student-attended event is held at a site other than the Campus or a faculty home, the individual is obligated to be very aware of the liability issue.
