Wellness Services will be putting on the Wicked Wellness Carnival on Thursday. Starting at 10 a.m., students will have the opportunity to participate in numerous “safeâ€Â activities, including paying a dollar to dunk a professor. Proceeds from the anti-drinking-themed event will benefit Alcoholics Anonymous.

The carnival is just one of two events happening at Fresno State this week related to National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (NCAAW). The other is Milk and Cookies Night, which runs Wednesday from 10 p.m. to midnight in the University Courtyard.

On the national level, NCAAW is actually taking place next week, said Kathleen Yarmo, wellness coordinator for University Health and Psychological Services. But Wellness Services decided to move it up a week to pair it with homecoming activities.

The carnival will kick off in the Memorial Garden south of the Kennel Bookstore at 10 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. on Thursday. Activities include a pumpkin decorating contest, a haunted house, palm reading, face painting, airbrushed tattoos, “human bowlingâ€Â and an obstacle course. Free T-shirts will be given to the first 500 students at the carnival. Barbecued corn from the Farm Market and other foods will be provided.

But one of the main attractions is the dunking, Yarmo said. From noon to 1 p.m., students can dunk their professors that day as a fun fundraiser. One dollar will buy one ball — and one shot — at the dunking.

Professors participating in the dunk contest include Tim Anderson, the Bulldog Marching Band director, Bob Pettitt from the kinesiology department, L.J. Fine from Recreation Administration and Leisure Studies and Michael Caldwell from the music department. Each professor gets a 15-minute time slot at the plank.

“They are the braver ones that we have on campus,â€Â student wellness ambassador coordinator Tara Powers, said of the professors.

Powers also touted the obstacle course, which pits students in DUI goggles against a difficult course.

The goggles, which impair vision and judgement, complicate a course that’s “hard to begin with,â€Â Powers said.

Every activity at the carnival involves some aspect of wellness, Yarmo said.

“Wellness isn’t just physical,â€Â Yarmo said. “It’s also social wellness, psychological wellness, emotional wellness, career wellness. We try to tap into all these components in different ways.â€Â

Powers and other wellness ambassadors will be coordinating the event.

The point of NCAAW is to offer students a fun yet safe way to enjoy homecoming week, Yarmo said.

“It’s just an opportunity for students to just have fun while infusing social norms messages,â€Â Yarmo said.