New CDC Health Communication Web site

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have just released the Gateway to Health Communication and Social Marketing Practice Web site.  The site is dedicated to supporting effective health communication and social marketing campaigns and programs.

Among many other resources, the site includes the Health Communicator's Social Media Toolkit. 

This guide focuses on:

• Developing governance for social media
• Determining channels to best meet communication objectives
• Creating social media strategy
• Popular channels (e.g., blogs, video-sharing sites, RSS feeds, and mobile applications)

For more information and resources, visit www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/.

International Town and Gown Association (ITGA) Call for Innovations and Solutions

The ITGA Best Practices Conference is attended by elected officials and city administrators, university administrators, student affairs professionals, campus/city planners, economic development professionals, law enforcement officials and students - all focusing on how their programs, research, perspectives or policies forge links and advance sustainable outcomes.

What: 6th Annual University-City Relations Conference, "Partnerships in Action"
Dates: May 31 - June 3, 2011
Location: Boulder, Colorado

For more information, visit the ITGA's Web site.

Job Opportunities

The following positions were recently posted to the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site:

Director, Women's Center

North Carolina State University

Program Coordinator 2

University of Houston

Director of Health Services

Syracuse University

Director, Addiction Illness: Medical Solutions Program

Columbia University Medical Center

Highlights from National Meeting on C-SPAN

Highlights from the National Meeting on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education, held October 18-20, 2010 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, can be viewed on C-SPAN.