HEC/Announcements

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

1) 2008 MONTANA SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL NORMS MESSAGING

MOST of Us is pleased to announce an intensive seminar on developing,
refining and disseminating social norms messages. The sixth annual
Montana Summer Institute for Social Norms Practitioners will focus on
this key ingredient: finding an appropriate campaign message and making
sure it reaches the intended audience. The 2008 Institute will be held
July 10-12, 2008, at Montana State University-Bozeman. The early
registration fee is $530 and lasts through April 7, 2008.

Dr. Jeff Linkenbach, the founder and Director of MOST of Us, will lead
interactive discussions and real-time problem-solving workshops to help
participants create, improve and broadcast their program message.

For more information, including the agenda and registration, please
visit http://mostofus.org/institute.php.

2) JOB OPPORTUNITIES

The following job opportunities were recently posted to the Higher
Education Center Web site. For more information on these and other
recent job postings, please visit http://www.higheredcenter.org/jobs/.

Program Manager
Prevention Institute

Sexual Assault & Relationship Violence Specialist
University of Washington

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