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Chemical dependency program makes additions in department By T. Dehan
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tep aside Dr. Drew. Move over Adam. If "Loveline" and their three minute answer isn't what you are looking for, then UCO may have an alternativechemical dependency course of study. The Chemical Dependency study is an option in the Sociology Department. The program is experiencing several changes in faculty this semester. The addition of four instructors has given the program a boost in morale and awareness, said chemical dependency studies coordinator Dr. Robert C. Jones. Dr. Michael McEwen, a certified alcohol and drug counselor (CADC, is the new Assistant Professor of Chemical Dependency. McEwen is also an ordained minister in the Episcopalian
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church and a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve. With all these titles to his a name, it's no wonder his children jokingly ask: 'Well, what do we call you? Father McEwen, Colonel, Doctor, Professor, or just dad?' Laughing, he told them Dad would be just fine. During his time in the Army McEwen spent time at Ft. Bragg Army post in the special forces, serving as an instructor in the terrorism counteraction division. McEwen joined the faculty at St. Gregory's in Shawnee a decade ago and came to UCO this fall. He teaches classes on Codependency, The Addictive Process, Advanced Helping Skills and Prevention. Substance abuse is not a small problem, McEwen said. Ten percent of the nations population suffer from some sort of substance abuse problem.
This program teaches students how to handle this public health disease, McEwen said. Another change in the chemical dependency program is the newly named coordinator of chemical dependency studies, Jones said. His educational training and experience have taken him from undergraduate work in Oklahoma to graduate work in Virginia and Cape Town, South Africa. Some changes that Jones hopes to achieve are to change the sociology prefixes of chemical dependency classes to a chemical dependency prefix, which will increase the overall awareness of the chemical dependency option. The chemical dependency program is forming institutes, which are organizations
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—Photo provided UCO Chemical Dependency Studies program(back from left to right): Dr. Mike McEwen, Art Christie, Lydia Norie. (front from left): G. Pace, Dr. Robert C. Jones.
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