Online Trainings

Empowered Choices

Empowered Choices is a three-module self-paced course that is supported by the Center for Student Wellbeing and the Office of Respect. Housed in Emory’s Canvas learning management system, this program is designed to provide primary prevention education on:

  • Alcohol 
  • Other substances 
  • Preventing and responding to situations of sexual and relationship harm. 

The program includes videos, bystander scenarios, and brief knowledge checks. Emory University is actively working towards a campus in which no student fears or experiences violence. Empowered Choices is only one part of Emory's comprehensive interpersonal violence prevention program. Through it, you will learn about preventing and responding to multiple forms of interpersonal violence, including sexual assault, harassment, relationship abuse, and stalking. It also includes essential Title IX and Clery Act information to support graduate students in their interactions with faculty, peers, and undergraduates—including how to respond to disclosures.

All incoming and transfer students must complete required educational compliance modules on alcohol, other drugs, and sexual misconduct. This curriculum is a necessary part of our obligation under federal law, and just one of the ways Emory promotes a healthy and safe campus community. 

  • Minimum Assessment Score: 85% 
  • Deadlines: For undergraduate students, the deadline for completion is August 21, 2026, at 11:59pm. Students who do not complete the course will have a registration hold placed on their account for Spring 2027. 
  • Empowered Choices Administrator: Monica Keele Asst Dir, Substance Misuse Prevention in the Center for Student Wellbeing csw@emory.edu  
  • Trouble Shooting: If you have received a link to self-enroll in the course and are having trouble accessing the training please contact your Empowered Choices Administrator, Monica Keele, csw@emory.edu  

  • Minimum Assessment Score: 85% 
  • Deadlines: The modules are available to incoming graduate and professional students on a rolling basis depending on your program's start date. Please check with your school for information regarding dates and a link for self-enrollment to access the course in Canvas. 
  • Empowered Choices Administrator: Micaela Harris Asst Dir, Sexual and Relationship Harm Prevention in the Office of Respect respect@emory.edu  
  • Trouble Shooting: If you have received a link to self-enroll in the course and are having trouble accessing the training, please contact your Empowered Choices Administrator, Micaela Harris, respect@emory.edu

Confidentiality: All information is confidential, and individual student responses to any of the modules or surveys are not accessible by Emory University or any other party. Emory will only receive data about the entire student population to inform us of our work to better serve our students. 

Accessibility: Closed captioning and interactive transcripts are available for this course. The courses are compatible with screen reading technology.  

Content Disclaimer:

Sexual and Relationship Harm 

It is possible that something you read during the Empowered Choices training will evoke an emotional response, whether or not you have experienced violence or trauma yourself. The Office of Respect can provide additional support to students who are emotionally impacted by the material. To contact the Office of Respect please call 404-727-1514 or visit us on campus in AMUC 110 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. for less urgent needs please email us respect@emory.edu. Additionally, there are 24/7 national support resources such as RAINN, National Suicide Hotline, and the National Domestic Abuse Hotline are linked in the training.   

Alcohol and Substance Use

To learn more about substance use and recovery support, visit https://wellbeing.emory.edu/index.htm to learn more.