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| HEC/News e-Digest | October 1, 2010 |
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New Center This Week! Features, publications, Prevention Updates, and learning and training opportunities
This Week! 2010 National Conference on Sexual Assault in Our Schools
This conference will include presentations on campus programming, evaluation, bystander intervention, and underserved campus communities. It is sponsored by Campus Outreach Services, the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, One in Four, One Student, and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape.
Dates: October 22-24, 2010
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Early-bird registration is available through October 10, 2010, and partial scholarships may be available.
For more information, visit Safe Society Zone, LLC.
More information about This Week! Features
can be viewed on the Center's Web site.
New Case Study: Missouri Partners in Prevention (PIP) Coalition
Missouri Partners in Prevention (PIP) is a statewide coalition focused on preventing high-risk drinking among Missouri's college students. The coalition is composed of representatives from 19 colleges and universities. PIP develops materials and organizes low-cost or free-of-charge conferences and trainings that are available to all campuses in the state of Missouri. In addition, all campuses, regardless of membership in PIP, can participate in the coalition's statewide assessment called the Missouri College Health Behavior Survey. For more information about the Missouri Partners in Prevention program, visit the Higher Education Center Web site.
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"Alcohol policy enforcement"
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| Recent News Articles | |
Death of Northwestern Student Matthew Sunshine Leads University to Combat Binge Drinking
News You Can Booze: Advertisers Want Back Into College Papers
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Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention
55 Chapel Street
Newton, MA 02458
(800) 676-1730
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| Announcements from the Field | Upcoming conferences and events, new resources and publications, and job opportunities in the alcohol, drug abuse, and violence prevention field. The Center does not necessarily endorse the events and resources listed below, but offer this information as a service to the AODV prevention field.
Association for Student Conduct Administration Webinar
This webinar will discuss the Back on TRAC program and how to develop it on your campus. Back on TRAC is an assessment-based intervention program for students whose substance use behavior is jeopardizing their standing within the campus academic community.
Title: Creating a Back on TRAC Program: Drug Courts in Higher Education
Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Time: 1:30 p.m.- 3:00 p.m., Central Time
For more information and to register, visit the Association for Student Conduct Administration.
Positive Community Norms Institute Hosted by Most of Us®
MOST of Us® works to grow the positive in communities through a combination of transformational leadership, positive community norms, and prevention portfolio management. The Fall 2010 Positive Community Norms (PCN) Institute provides an opportunity for attendees to learn about the Positive Community Norms Process and the theory upon which it is built, The Science of the Positive™. Dates: October 26-28, 2010
Location: Bozeman, MT For more information and to register, visit http://www.mostofus.org/institute/pcninstitute/.
Call for Applications: 2011 Prevention Excellence Awards The Prevention Excellence Awards recognize those individuals, institutions, and Greek organizations that have excelled in their campus alcohol prevention efforts. Presented by Outside the Classroom and Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA), this award program, open to all institutions of higher education in the United States, includes: - College/Greek Awards: Two awards of a $5000 donation each.
- Outstanding Professional Award: One $2500 cash prize.
- All finalists will receive one free registration to the 2011 NASPA Annual Conference in Philadelphia and an invitation to the awards ceremony.
Completed applications are due December 3, 2010. To learn more, visit www.outsidetheclassroom.com/community/awards/prevention-excellence-awards.aspx.
Job Opportunities The following positions were recently posted to the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site:
Director of Wellness University of Southern Florida Alcohol and Drug Health Educator Towson University
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| From the U.S. Department of Education | | Announcements and news from the U.S. Department of Education.
Today: Last Day to Register for the National Meeting on Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention in Higher Education
There is no registration fee to attend this important event. The theme is "Promoting Student Success: Effective AODV Prevention in Tough Times."
Dates: October 18-20, 2010
Location: Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD.
For more information and to register for the conference, visit www.osdfshigheredconference.com.
More information can also be viewed on the Higher Education Center's National Meeting Web page at http://www.higheredcenter.org/natl.
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| The Latest Research | The latest research related to campus-based alcohol, other drug abuse, and violence (AODV) prevention, with a special focus on the scope of the problem and promising strategies and interventions.
Carter, A. C., Brandon, K. O., Goldman, M. S. (2010) The college and noncollege experience: A review of the factors that influence drinking behavior in young adulthood. Journal of Studies of Alcohol and Drugs, 71(5), 742-750. Harris, S. K., Sherritt, L., Van Hook, S., Wechsler, H., Knight, J. R. (2010). Alcohol policy enforcement and changes in student drinking rates in a statewide public college system: A follow-up study. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy, 5(18), online.
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The Higher Education Center news service (HEC/News) is provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention as a way to disseminate news and information related to alcohol and other drug abuse and violence prevention on campus and in surrounding communities. Through its Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, the Department funds the Center under contract number ED-04-CO-0069/0005. The contracting officer's representative is Phyllis Scattergood. The content of HEC/News e-Digest does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.
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