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| HEC/News e-Digest | October 8, 2010 |
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| From the Center |
New Center This Week! Features, publications, Prevention Updates, and learning and training opportunities
This Week! First-Ever National Report Chronicles the LGBT Experience at U.S. Colleges & Universities
Campus Pride, a national nonprofit working to create safer, more lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)-inclusive colleges, has released the most comprehensive national research of its kind to date. This timely report, State of Higher Education for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender People, documents the experiences of students, faculty, staff, and administrators who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender at colleges and universities across the United States. The results point to significant harassment of LGBT students and a lack of safety and inclusiveness on campuses across the country.
For more information or to purchase the report, please contact Campus Pride.
More information about This Week! Features can be viewed on the Center's Web site.
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"LGBT-related suicide prevention & response"
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Campus activities put spotlight on hazing
Missoula police target overserved patrons, underage drinking
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Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention
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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.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center Assists Campuses Responding to Recent News
Many campuses are involved in efforts to address the recent media reports of LGBT-related suicides. The Suicide Prevention Resource Center offers several resources that may be helpful:
Suicide risk and prevention for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth
This publication addresses the special concerns related to suicide prevention among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth.
Safe and Effective Messaging
This document for suicide prevention practitioners offers evidence-based recommendations for creating safe and effective messages to raise public awareness about suicide.
At-a-Glance: Safe Reporting on Suicide
This consensus document provides recommendations for news media.
Guide to engaging the media in suicide prevention
This guide teaches you how to serve as an effective media spokesperson and how to generate media coverage to create awareness of suicide prevention.
For more information about these publications and other resources, visit www.sprc.org.
2011 NASPA Prevention Conferences - Call for Programs
NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education will hold its 7th annual NASPA Mental Health Conference and its 4th annual NASPA Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention & Intervention Conference simultaneously from January 13-15, 2011, at the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida.
Registrants can register for one conference and attend sessions at the other! The Call for Programs and Registration are live for both conferences.
For more information, visit the individual conference pages:
2011 NASPA Mental Health Conference
2011 NASPA Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention & Intervention Conference
Job Opportunities
The following positions were recently posted to the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site:
Director of the Violence, Intervention and Prevention (VIP) Center
University of Kentucky
Director of Wellness
University of Southern Florida
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| From the U.S. Department of Education | | Announcements and news from the U.S. Department of Education.
Conference Program Now Posted and Registration Extended for National Meeting on Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention in Higher Education
The final conference program has been posted to the National Meeting Web site and is available for downloading. Also, the registration deadline for the conference has been extended to October 13, 2010.
There is no registration fee to attend. 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.
To download the detailed conference program, visit http://osdfs.dgimeetings.com/Agenda.aspx.
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.
Kilpatrick, D. and McCauley, J. (2009, September). Understanding national rape statistics. Harrisburg, PA: VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence/Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Available online at: http://www.vawnet.org Lonsway, K. (2009, January). Rape prevention and risk reduction: Review of the research literature for practitioners. Harrisburg, PA: VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence/ Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Available online at: http://www.vawnet.org
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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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