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| HEC/News e-Digest | April 1, 2011 |
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| From the Center | |
New Center This Week! Features, publications, Prevention Updates, and learning and training opportunities
This Week! APIS Announces Update of Alcohol Policy Information
The Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS), a project of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, announces its latest update of state-by-state alcohol policies. Many of these changes are consistent with the goal of reducing underage drinking and its consequences as well as alcohol-related death and injury overall.
More information about This Week! Features can be viewed at the Center's Web site.
Save the Date! Upcoming Webinar: Building and Sustaining Statewide Initiatives for Effective Alcohol Prevention Statewide initiatives (SWIs), or statewide coalitions, are concerted efforts by institutions of higher education, community organizations, and government officials in a state to change aspects of the campus and community environment that contribute to high-risk alcohol use. Long-lasting environmental change is accomplished by creating and mobilizing campus and community coalitions to local action and collaborating at the state level to advance policy and environmental change. This Webinar will also highlight lessons learned and best practices from successful SWIs.
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Visit the Center's Web site for more information and registration details, coming soon.
Now Accepting Applications: Associate Project Director
The Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention at Education Development Center, Inc. is looking for an Associate Project Director. The primary role of this position is to:
- Supervise Center technical and administrative staff.
- Work with the Center Director, Associate Center Director, and Project Associate to coordinate the financial management of the contract.
- Work closely with the Center Director and Associate Center Director to coordinate and carry out contract deliverables.
- Coordinate the work of project staff, as well as help coordinate various trainings and meetings, including training institutes, online trainings, emerging issues and expert panel meetings.
This is a full-time position, located on-site in Newton, Massachusetts.
Please visit the Education Development Center's Candidate Manager for more information and to apply.
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"Canceling and re-framing events to curb problems"
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| Recent News Articles | |
UI police patrols lead to spike in arrests
Colleges Fling Spring Parties
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| More information |
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.
April is Alcohol Awareness Month The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) has designated this month as the 24th annual Alcohol Awareness Month. As noted on the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Web site, many organizations and coalitions will mark the month with activities and a renewed focus on environmental management strategies. The NCADD Web site provides a history of past initiatives, links to related resources, and a tool kit for those organizing events.
Additional ideas and resources can be found in the Drug Free Action Alliance's Drug Free 24/7 guide. Join Together to Become Part of The Partnership™ at DrugFree.org Join Together, a project of the Boston University School of Public Health, leads initiatives to help communities respond to the harms caused by excessive alcohol and drug use and provides a number of free services. The initiative has just announced that it is becoming a part of The Partnership™ at DrugFree.org, a nonprofit organization that helps parents prevent, intervene in, and find treatment for drug and alcohol use by their children. DrugFree.org will now have a dedicated Join Together tab on their Web site. For more information about the collaboration, visit the Join Together blog. Job Opportunities The following positions were recently posted to the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site: Associate Project Director Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention Coordinator of Sexual Assault Prevention and Advocacy Brown University Health Science 9-month tenure faculty position (Assistant Professor) Stephen F. Austin State University Coordinator for Personal Health Programs - Substance Education Elon University Coordinator for Student Development-Violence Prevention Elon University AOD Program Coordinator SUNY Geneseo Alcohol and Other Drug Coordinator University of Connecticut Program Coordinator - violence against women University of Louisville |
| From the U.S. Department of Education | Announcements and news from the U.S. Department of Education.
ED's Safe and Supportive Schools News If you would like weekly e-mail updates on Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools programs, as well as other information related to school safety, substance abuse and violence prevention in education, and the promotion of student health and well-being, you may be interested in subscribing to ED's Safe and Supportive School News. Subscription information is at http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/listserv/preventioned.html.
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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.
Burke, S. C., Wallen, M., Vail-Smith, K., Knox, D. (2011). Using technology to control intimate partners: An exploratory study of college undergraduates. Computers in Human Behavior, 27(3), 1162-1167.
Mallett, K. A., Marzell, M., Turrisi, R. (2011). Is reducing drinking always the answer to reducing consequences in first-year college students? Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72(2), 240-246.
More research studies can be viewed in The Latest Research section on the Center's Web site.
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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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