Deep in the
Heart of Prevention:
Collaboration for Accountability and Effectiveness

 

The U.S. Department of Education’s
17th Annual National Meeting on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and
Violence Prevention in Higher Education

 
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Keynote Presenters

 

Beverly Watts Davis, director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Sunday morning plenary

 

 Patricia Fabiano, director, Prevention & Wellness Services, Western Washington University, and student panel – Saturday afternoon plenary

 

David Jernigan, research director, Center on Marketing Alcohol to Youth, Georgetown University – Thursday afternoon plenary

 

 

 Paul Kesner, program specialist, U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools

 

 

 

Laurence W. Mazzeno, president, Alvernia College – Friday morning plenary

 

 

John P. Walters, director, Office of National Drug Control Policy – Friday afternoon plenary

 

Pre-Conference Institutes -- Thursday afternoon

·         Violence prevention in higher education: A comprehensive framework

·         Update from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

·         The dynamic duo: A blueprint for personal and professional success

·         Multi-hazard emergency planning for schools

·         Current issues in program evaluation

 

Meet the Authors

Learn about new books pertinent to National Meeting topics; ask questions of authors and editors

·         Raul Caetano (coauthor), Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity - Research and Public Policy (Oxford University Press, August 2003) – Friday morning

·         Hank Nuwer (editor), The Hazing Reader: Examining Rites Gone Wrong in Fraternities, Professional & Amateur Athletics, High Schools and the Military (Indiana University Press, September 2003) – Friday morning

·         H. Wesley Perkins (editor), The Social Norms Approach to Preventing School and College Age Substance Abuse: A Handbook for Educators, Counselors, and Clinicians (Jossey-Bass, 2003) – Saturday morning

·         Sally Spencer-Thomas (coauthor), Violence Goes to College: The Authoritative Guide to Prevention and Intervention (Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 2001) – Saturday morning

 

Showcase Sessions

·         A Matter of Degree Showcase featuring experiences of the select campuses supported by grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through the American Medical Association

·         Automobile Association of America Showcase with presentations from select campuses in the Association’s 2002 – 2003 annual impaired driving prevention awards competition

Town Meeting Sessions

·         Student Accountability for Law and Policy Violations: Perspectives from Campus and Community Judicial Officers

·         Creating Partnerships with State Liquor Control Boards: Collaborating for Effectiveness

·         Enlisting Allies in the Neighborhood: Using Environmental Strategies to Address Town-Gown Issues

·         The language of prevention: Are we all on the same page?

·         Engaging Alcohol Retailers as Prevention Partners: Working Together to Promote Safer Environments

·         Media responses to alcohol and other drug problems and violence on campus

·         Current trends and challenges in alcohol and other drug abuse and violence prevention with diverse populations

AGENDA AT A GLANCE
Thursday, October 16, through Sunday, October 19, 2003

Thursday,
October 16

Friday,
October 17

Saturday,
October 18

Sunday,
October 19

 

7:00 a.m. 12 step meeting (open)

7:00 a.m. 12 step meeting (closed)

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Registration/Help Desk, Exhibits, and Resource Zone continue

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Continental breakfast

Meet the Authors

Poster Presentations

Higher Ed Center technical assistance

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Help Desk continues

Concurrent sessions

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Joint National Meeting and National Forum General Session

9:00 a.m. – Noon

Grantees Meeting

(by invitation only)

9:15 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

National Forum for Senior Administrators continues

9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Meet the Authors

Poster Presentations

Higher Ed Center technical assistance

9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Regional roundtables

10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Closing Session/Brunch

Noon – 6:00 p.m.

Registration/Help Desk Open

Noon – 1:00 p.m.

Volunteer Orientation

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Concurrent sessions

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

General Session/Lunch

 

12:45 - 2:00 p.m. General Session/Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Pre-Conference Institutes

2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Concurrent sessions

1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Concurrent sessions

4:00 p.m.

Exhibits/Resource Zone Open

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Opening Session

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Concurrent sessions

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Concurrent sessions

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Network Reception: All Meeting and Forum participants welcome

Adjourn for day

Dinner on your own

9:00 p.m. 12 step meeting (open)

9:00 p.m. 12 step meeting (closed)