DUI: A Powerful Lesson

Over a million college and high school students have heard Mark Sterner's amazing and tragic story.

Just months from graduation, Mark and four of his fraternity brothers headed to Spring Break.  Each night, one would be the designated driver.  But on the final night, they decided that the least drunk among them would drive home.  Mark ended up with the keys at the end of the night.

The next morning, three of the men were dead, and Mark lay in the hospital critically injured and facing three felony counts of manslaughter.  Instead of being the first in his family to graduate college, he would be the first to go to prison.

Mark is quite simply one of the finest speakers ever to address our student body. His story is powerful, his style is genuine and authentic, and he communicates a message that is riveting for students and adults alike.

John Klemme
Principal
Scarsdale High School
April 2008

As Mark addressed our student body after sharing his Spring Break video, you could have heard a pin drop. It is a rare occasion when you can get 65 students to all turn off the cell phones, stop chatting, and really tune into a speaker. Mark's message really struck a chord. Very powerful. The following week, as students were beginning to pack up for Spring Break, I even heard a student yell to a friend, "Be safe! Don't pull a Mark...", So..I know the message got through!

Kimberly Anderson
Weekend Programming and
Wellness Education Assist.
Lynchburg College
February 2008

The group was VERY rowdy and did not want to be there (it was an Orientation program). By the time Mark was done speaking, the room was completely silent. That was a feat unto itself! I have seen this program two times and both times it was heartfelt and sincere. It is powerful and a message students MUST hear.

Kerry Dieckman
Director of Student Involvement
Medaille College
September 2007

"I think it was the most powerful lecture I have ever heard at Duke in the past 22 years that I have been at Duke Athletics."

Assistant Athletic Director
Duke University
February 2007

In his acclaimed program, DUI: A Powerful Lesson©, Mark shares the bad decisions that changed his life and ended the lives of his friends.  Mark doesn't preach or tell people what to do, but he leaves students with a real story that forces them to confront their own choices.  Mark puts real faces to the tragic consequences of impaired driving by showing videotape the friends made of their Spring Break, ending just minutes before the crash.

"Mark Sterner is BY FAR the best speaker I have ever brought to campus. His program has such a strong message. I feel that everyone in that room could directly relate to him as a person. This is the perfect program to have right before spring break. I will bring him back in the future".

Tammy Kresge
Coordinator for Health Promotion
Buffalo State College
March 2007

While the issue of drinking and driving is hardly a new one, it's one that is resurfacing as a basic health issue on our campuses. Your students will walk away from the program with a new sense of reality.

Mark Sterner has been a keynote presenter for the Northeastern Greek Leadership Association (NGLA), Western Regional Greek Leadership Association (WRGLA), the BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer Education Network's General Assembly and the Mid American Collegiate Health Association's (MACHA) conference.

Tau Kappa Epsilon headquarters has initiated a co-sponsorship program to bring Frater Mark Sterner to campuses where TKE chapters exist.  TKE will "match" up to $200 from either the local IFC or TKE chapter to bring Sterner to campus for his program.  For more information, contact Tau Kappa Epsilon at 317.872.6533