New campus health data show a sharp shift in student behavior: alcohol abstinence among college students has more than doubled since 2016, and rising numbers of students now cite health and academic performance as reasons to avoid drinking. At the same time, excessive smartphone use correlates with poorer focus and mental-health outcomes for many students, heightening concern about classroom attention and wellness. Campus health directors advise administrators to pivot orientation and prevention programs toward holistic wellness, expand alcohol-free programming, and design targeted interventions for students at higher risk. Mental-health and counseling services face increased demand; universities are retooling early-warning systems and adjusting resource allocation to support non-drinking social options and address mobile-device-driven distraction. Student affairs leaders say these shifts require rethinking programming calendars and residential-life expectations to match the preferences of incoming cohorts.