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

NATIONAL FORUM FOR SENIOR ADMINISTRATORS
 

Friday, October 17, 2003
8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Agenda

The U.S. Department of Education’s Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program and The Network: Addressing Collegiate Alcohol and Other Drug Issues host this daylong National Forum for campus chief executives and other senior administrators. We welcome presidents, chancellors, trustees, vice presidents, deans, and major unit directors to join in this collegial meeting with peers to consider leadership strategies for promoting safe and healthy learning and living environments. 

Today’s Forum addresses issues associated with alcohol, other drugs, and violence. Topics include programming and financial savings, violence and vandalism reductions, enhancement of academic performance, legal issues (risk perception and reduction, liability, and compliance with relevant Federal mandates), vantages from The Network’s Council of Advisors, and an update from the U.S. Department of Education.

The Network and the Department salute your leadership in creating and sustaining safe, healthy, and learning-conducive environments at your campuses and in the communities in which your campuses are situated. We are grateful to Robert Chapman, LaSalle University, and Joan Masters, University of Missouri, Columbia, who coordinated this year’s National Forum, and to the expert presenters who readily accepted invitations to discuss their experiences and forecasts with you.

Next year’s National Forum for Senior Administrators will take place in fall 2004 in the National Capital Area. Watch for specific date and venue announcement via the Higher Education Center’s Web site at www.higheredcenter.org/

AGENDA

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.             Joint General Session with National Meeting and Continental Breakfast (Texas Ballroom)

                                                 How to Get My Attention: A President’s Perspective
 Laurence Mazzeno, president, Alvernia College 

                                                Welcome from the U.S. Department of Education

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

                                                                                                Higher Education Center’s Presidential Leadership Group Awards
                                                Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention 

9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.          Forum continues in Foothills II room, 17^th floor

                                                Welcome from The Network and Introductions
James Dawson, Coker College (Forum Moderator)
Pamela Newman, chair, Executive Committee, The Network of Colleges and Universities, and University of Louisiana, Monroe 

                                                Additional Remarks from the U.S. Department of Education
 

                                                Remarks from The Network Service Award Recipient
Kim Dude, University of Missouri, Columbia 

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.       You Can Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later: Prevention as Fiscal Prudence
Anastasia Urtz, dean of students, Syracuse University
David Parrott, dean of student life, Texas A&M
Barbara Rich, assistant dean of students, Ohio State University
Michael Shonrock, vice president for student affairs, Texas Tech

11:00 a.m. - Noon                Council of Advisors Panel: Reflections on the Field Groundedness of the NIAAA Tiers of Effectiveness
Margaret Barr, professor emeritus, School of Education and Social Policy, and former vice president for student affairs, Northwestern University; and The Network Council of Advisors
Harold Holmes, associate vice president and dean of student services, Wake Forest University; and Network Council of Advisors 

Noon - 1:15 p.m.                   Luncheon in Foothills I room, 17^th floor 

1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.            Legal Challenges and Opportunities Pertaining to Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Violence on Campus
Peter Lake, professor of law, Stetson University College of Law
Beverly Ledbetter, vice president and general counsel, Brown University

 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.           Putting It All Together: Presidential Panel
Laurence Mazzeno, Alvernia College
Victor Morgan, president, Sul Ross University
Steven Gamble, Eastern New Mexico University

 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.           Capstone
Connie Boehm, The Ohio State University 

                                                Forum Adjourns
James Dawson and Pamela Newman