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.
Upcoming Conference: National Forum on Campus Sexual Assault
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, in collaboration with the International Association of College Law Enforcement Administrators and the Virginia Association of College Law Enforcement Administrators, is hosting a National Forum on Campus Sexual Assault in Hampton, VA. The forum is designed to bring together experts in the field of campus sexual assault to discuss the latest research, policies, legal challenges, interdisciplinary cooperation, and reporting issues.
Structured to encourage a cross disciplinary approach to this issue, participants will have the opportunity to discuss the policies and procedures that must be in place for the management of sexual assaults and share expertise and resources with colleagues from across the country.
Dates: Wednesday, March 30 - Friday, April 1, 2011
Cost: $125.00
To learn more or register for this event, please visit: http://www.dcjs.virginia.gov/vcss/training/1011/CampusSAForum.cfm.
Call for Presentations: 17th Annual GLBTIQQ Symposium
The 17th Annual University of Rhode Island Symposium on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer and Questioning Issues encourages all to submit presentations for the upcoming conference, to be held April 4 - 9, 2011 in Kingston, RI.
Proposals are due January 10, 2011.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
Collegiate Recovery and Relapse Prevention Conference
Save the date for the 2nd Annual Collegiate Recovery and Relapse Prevention Conference, to be held April 6 - 8, 2011. The conference is supported by the McKenzie Lectureship Series for the Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery at Texas Tech University. [http://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/csa/]
Click here for more information and to register.
Free Online Training Course: Conducting Compliance Check Operations
The Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center, a service of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention within the U.S. Department of Justice is offering a distance learning course. Participants will be able to:
- Understand issues related to underage drinking and retail availability of alcohol to underage purchasers.
- Motivate policymakers, communities, and law enforcement to place greater emphasis on alcohol compliance investigations and prevention of underage drinking.
- Implement step-by-step guidelines for carrying out alcohol compliance investigations.
- Identify barriers to compliance investigations and approaches to overcoming these barriers.
- Utilize compliance investigations efficiently and effectively to deter sales to minors and demonstrate community norms against underage drinking.
For more information and to register, please visit the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center's Web site.
Job Opportunities
The following positions were recently posted to the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site:
Executive Director of the Student Health Center
Louisiana State University
Assistant Director
University of Minnesota
Director of Health Education
Wesleyan University
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