HEC/Announcements

The Higher Education Center is pleased to make the following
announcements:

1) WHAT CAMPUSES AND COMMUNITIES ARE DOING - NEW CASE STUDY

- Evaluating Effectiveness of Violence Prevention for Men -

The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol
and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention is proud to announce the
addition to its WCCAD page of the case study on the University of
California, San Diego (UCSD) program, Evaluating Effectiveness of
Violence Prevention for Men. The Center prepared the case study on
behalf of the Department's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools.

The Sexual Assault & Violence Prevention Resource Center (SARC) is the
primary resource for rape, sexual assault, dating violence, and general
personal safety education at UCSD. It has a solid reputation on campus
and in the community as a valuable intervention-prevention resource,
creating interactive workshops as well as responding immediately to
crises. SARC student peer educators provide timely, accessible
presentations on the prevention of sexual violence to campus students.

With a grant from the U.S. Department of Education in 2000, SARC
initiated a campus-wide program to address violence prevention. Called
Campus Factoids, Men's Workshops, & Social Norms: Evaluating
Effectiveness of Violence Prevention for Men, the project started in
October 2000. Building upon the experiences of the first grant, SARC was
awarded a second grant by the U.S. Department of Education. This
two-year grant, called Perceptions of Rape: Evaluating the Effectiveness
of a Social Norms Approach to Rape Prevention Targeting First Year
Students, started in 2005.

To view this new case study, please visit the Higher Education Center's
Web site, http://www.higheredcenter.org/casestudies/ucsd-b.html.

2) NM07 REGIONAL ROUNDTABLES

By attending your Regional Roundtable at the U.S. Department of
Education's 21st Annual National Meeting on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
and Violence Prevention, you will learn about The Network Addressing
Collegiate Alcohol and Other Drug Issues, a voluntary membership
organization developed by the U.S. Department of Education whose member
institutions agree to work toward a set of standards aimed at reducing
alcohol and other drug problems at colleges and universities. This year
The Network celebrates its 20th anniversary!

During the Regional Roundtables, you will learn about the Network's
structure and meet with Network leaders, including your Regional
Director. You also will learn about exciting Network initiatives such as
the "Margaret J. Barr Student Research Award" and the Members-Only Web
site. During this session, you can reach out to other prevention
practitioners from your region and make connections that will benefit
you when you return to your home campus. Join us for the Regional
Roundtables on Saturday, October 20, 2007, from 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

For more information about the NM07 Regional Roundtables, please visit
the NM07 Web site: http://www.higheredcenter.org/natl/2007/.

For more information on The Network, please visit
http://www.thenetwork.ws.

3) NM07 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SESSIONS AVAILABLE

Staff from the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
and Violence Prevention will be providing brief, individual information
and assistance sessions at the 21st Annual National Meeting on Alcohol
and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education.
Topics of assistance relate to every stage of alcohol, other drugs, and
violence (AODV) prevention program planning, ranging from problem
identification and strategic planning to evaluation to fine-tuning your
existing AODV programming on campus and in the community.

For more information on the National Meeting and schedule of technical
assistance sessions, including scheduled times and appointment request
instructions, please visit the NM07 Web site,
http://www.higheredcenter.org/natl/2007/.

4) NM07 OMAHA ATTRACTIONS

Although the main reason for your visit to Omaha this October is to take
part in the U.S. Department of Education's 21st Annual National Meeting
on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher
Education, there are many wonderful attractions, great shopping, and
fabulous dining just minutes away from the meeting's hotel.

For more information about Omaha attractions, please visit the NM07 Web
site: http://www.higheredcenter.org/natl/2007/.

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