HEC/News-Announcements

HEC/News
Announcements
Friday, February 27, 2009

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

1) New Subpages Posted to the Alcohol Page on the Higher Education
Center's Web site

The Higher Education Center has posted four new subpages to the Alcohol
Web page, which is linked from the Homepage and the High-Risk Behaviors
page:

-Scope of the Alcohol Problem among College Students
-Secondary Effects of Alcohol Abuse
-Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Other Drugs
-Academic Performance

These new resources complement the existing Alcohol Web page subpages:
Consequences of High-Risk Drinking, Addressing Alcohol Use on Campus,
and Minimum Legal Drinking Age.

To learn more, please visit the Higher Education Center Web site:
http://www.higheredcenter.org/.

2) ADAPAO 2009 Annual Conference

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Association of Ohio is hosting the
ADAPAO 2009 Annual Conference, "Drinking across the Lifespan: Alcohol
Abuse Prevention at Every Age," May 6, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., EST,
in Columbus, Ohio. The registration fee is $50 for 2009 ADAPAO members
and $110 for non-members.

Keynote presentations on overall health and impairment will be
supplemented by targeted workshops on related topics, including fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder, youth and young adult drinking, drinking and
working adults, older adult drinking, community mobilization on abuse
(coalitions), and trauma and alcohol abuse among veterans.

For more information, and to download registration materials, please
visit the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Association of Ohio Web
site: http://www.adapao.org/.

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

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
of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, the Department funds the Center under
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.

For more information visit
http://www.higheredcenter.org/services/assistance/news/disclaimer.

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The U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol
and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention | 55 Chapel Street | Newton
| MA | 02458
Received on Fri Feb 27 2009 - 10:12:30 EST