HEC/News-Announcements

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

1) Campus Mental Health Action Planning Webinar

The Jed Foundation and Education Development Center, Inc., invite stakeholders in the health and wellness of their student bodies to participate in the CampusMHAP (Mental Health Action Planning) Webinar Thursday, February 26, 2009, 2:30-4:00 p.m., EST. There is no registration fee required.

This Webinar will focus on selecting and developing campus practices that are most likely to decrease mental health problems, suicidal behavior, and suicide as well as promote mental health and wellness.

Participants will learn how to:
-Develop a comprehensive, multi-strategy approach to mental health promotion and suicide prevention
-Choose "best practices" that are evidence-, theory- or logic-based
-Use a logic model to test assumptions about behavior and systems changes that are expected from program implementation

For more information, and to register online, please visit the Campus Mental Health Action Planning(MHAP) section of the Jed Foundation Web site: http://www.jedfoundation.org/professionals/campusmhap-developing-program....

2) Stop the Hate Train The Trainer: West Coast

Stop the Hate is hosting the West Coast Stop The Hate Train The Trainer Special 10 Year Observance, "Remembering the Legacy of Matthew Shepard," at The Police Academy Building at Napa Valley College, in Napa, California, April 14-16, 2009. The registration fee is $395 on or before March 16, 2009, and $495 after that date.

The Train The Trainer program allows top administrators, student affairs professionals, faculty and students to learn new innovative tools to take action on hate crimes and bias-motivated violence issues on his/her campus and region.

For more information, and to register online, please visit the West Coast Training section of the Stop the Hate Web site: http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=6addfffe-9d79-4374-aaf....

3) Job Opportunities

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

Director of Technical Assistance Programs
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention

Assistant Director/S.A.F.E. Coordinator, Women's Center
Old Dominion University

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/.