HEC/News-Announcements

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

1) Higher Education Center's Updated "Infofacts/Resources" Now Available

The Higher Education Center has updated its "Infofacts/Resources" series. The "Infofacts/Resources" series has 14 publications that make great handouts for task force or coalition meetings, trainings, workshops, conferences, and classrooms! They provide a compilation and synthesis of data from research studies on various topics, as well as recommendations and strategies for campuses and their surrounding communities; each also provides references and information on resource organizations.

To view online or download the 14 publications in the "Infofacts/Resources" series, please please visit the Product Spotlight section of the Center's Homepage: http://www.higheredcenter.org/. You may order these publications in hard copy or on CD through the Publications page (http://www.higheredcenter.org/services/publications/full-list) or by calling 1-800-676-1730; TDD Relay-Friendly, Dial 711.

2) MOST of Us 2009 Montana Summer Institute

MOST of Us is pleased to announce the 2009 Montana Summer Institute, to be held July 9-11, 2009, with an optional one-day Pre-Institute on July 8, at Montana State University, in Bozeman, Montana. The registration fee for the Pre-Institute and Institute is $850 until April 8, 2009, and $925 after this date. The registration fee for the Institute only is $700 until April 8, 2009, and $775 after this date.

The 2009 Summer Institute will offer an interactive, skill-building experience that focuses on the next level of social norms: Positive Community Norms. With the assistance of national social norms leaders, Dr. Jeff Linkenbach will lead discussions and real-time problem solving workshops addressing all seven steps of the Montana Model.

Participants will develop skills in the following areas:

Planning and environmental advocacy
Identifying, gathering, and understanding baseline data
Communication planning
Pilot testing and refining
Implementation
Evaluation

For more information, and to register, please visit the 2009 Montana Summer Institute section of the MOST of Us Web site: http://mostofus.org/institute.php.