2010 National Meeting Opening Day Highlights

September 2, 2010

National Meeting Opening Day Highlights
Register now for the National Meeting on Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention in Higher Education, October 18-20, 2010 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD.

If you have registered for the conference, please reserve your room as soon as possible. For more information, visit www.osdfshigheredconference.com.

Opening Day highlights include:

Morning Plenary
During the opening morning plenary session, featured keynote speaker Dr. Eduardo Ochoa, assistant secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education,will speak about the Obama Administration's higher education policies and how they relate to alcohol and other drug abuse and violence prevention.

Presidents Panel
The Presidents Panel members will discuss how alcohol and other drug abuse and violence problems exist in a variety of college and university settings and how they are trying to address them, the challenges they face, and specific advice on how to engage senior administrators on these issues. The Presidents Panel includes:

* Dr. Jonathan C. Gibralter, Frostburg State University
* Dr. Johnnie B. Watson, LeMoyne-Owen College
* Dr. Ana M. Guzman, Palo Alto College
* Dr. Kathleen Waldron, William Paterson University

Senior Administrators Forum
The Senior Administrators Forum will discuss legal cases and pressing issues senior administrators face. Featured speakers include:

* Peter Lake, Stetson University College of Law, and author, Beyond Discipline, co-author, The Rights and Responsibilities of the Modern University
* Beverly Ledbetter, Vice President and General Counsel, Brown University