HEC/News-Announcements

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

1) NCAA CHOICES Call for Readers

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is looking for individuals willing to read and score proposals submitted for funding through the NCAA CHOICES Alcohol Education Grant. Members of institutions applying for a CHOICES grant are not eligible to be readers. The deadline for applying to be a reader is February 16, 2009.

This year's grant proposals are due in the NCAA office February 16, 2009, and will be sent to readers by March 2, 2009. Scores and comments are due back by April 1, 2009. Last year's readers each received five proposals to review and score. The NCAA does not provide monetary compensation, but rather sends each reader a thank you gift.

For more information, and to download an application, please visit the CHOICES Grant Program Home Page on the NCAA Web site: http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=7984.

The form can be faxed to 317-917-6363 or sent through regular mail. Please contact Mary Wilfert directly at mwilfert@ncaa.org or 317-917-6319 with questions about the process or the focus of the CHOICES grants.

2) Collegiate "Binge" Drinking Podcast Interview with Robert Chapman, Ph.D.

On November 24, 2008, David Inge of WILL Radio's "580 Focus" call-in talk show interviewed Robert Chapman, Ph.D., on the subject of collegiate "binge" drinking. The program is now available as a podcast for listening or download. The radio station is located at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

For more information, and to listen to the interview, please visit the Interview Archives section of the WILL Radio Web site: http://will.illinois.edu/focus580/interview/focus081124a/.

3) Job Opportunities

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

National Field Director
Faces & Voices of Recovery

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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