HEC/News-Announcements

HEC/News
Announcements
Friday, February 20, 2009

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

1) Campus Mental Health Action Planning Webinar

The Jed Foundation and Education Development Center, Inc., invite
stakeholders in the health and wellness of their student bodies to
participate in the CampusMHAP (Mental Health Action Planning) Webinar
Thursday, February 26, 2009, 2:30-4:00 p.m., EST. There is no
registration fee required.

This Webinar will focus on selecting and developing campus practices
that are most likely to decrease mental health problems, suicidal
behavior, and suicide as well as promote mental health and wellness.

Participants will learn how to:
-Develop a comprehensive, multi-strategy approach to mental health
promotion and suicide prevention
-Choose "best practices" that are evidence-, theory- or logic-based
-Use a logic model to test assumptions about behavior and systems
changes that are expected from program implementation

For more information, and to register online, please visit the Campus
Mental Health Action Planning(MHAP) section of the Jed Foundation Web
site:
http://www.jedfoundation.org/professionals/campusmhap-developing-program
s.

2) Stop the Hate Train The Trainer: West Coast

Stop the Hate is hosting the West Coast Stop The Hate Train The Trainer
Special 10 Year Observance, "Remembering the Legacy of Matthew Shepard,"
at The Police Academy Building at Napa Valley College, in Napa,
California, April 14-16, 2009. The registration fee is $395 on or before
March 16, 2009, and $495 after that date.

The Train The Trainer program allows top administrators, student affairs
professionals, faculty and students to learn new innovative tools to
take action on hate crimes and bias-motivated violence issues on his/her
campus and region.

For more information, and to register online, please visit the West
Coast Training section of the Stop the Hate Web site:
http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=6addfffe-9d79-4374-aaf
3-7345b5c918de.

3) Job Opportunities

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

Director of Technical Assistance Programs
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence
Prevention

Assistant Director/S.A.F.E. Coordinator, Women's Center
Old Dominion University

For more information on these and other recent job postings, please
visit the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site:
http://www.higheredcenter.org/jobs/.

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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 and
Other 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
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contract number ED-04-CO-0137. The contracting officer's representative
is Tara Hill. The content of HEC/News 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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Received on Fri Feb 20 2009 - 11:42:44 EST