HEC/News-Announcements

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

1) New Subpages Posted to the Alcohol Page on the Higher Education Center's Web site

The Higher Education Center has posted four new subpages to the Alcohol Web page, which is linked from the Homepage and the High-Risk Behaviors page:

-Scope of the Alcohol Problem among College Students
-Secondary Effects of Alcohol Abuse
-Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Other Drugs
-Academic Performance

These new resources complement the existing Alcohol Web page subpages: Consequences of High-Risk Drinking, Addressing Alcohol Use on Campus, and Minimum Legal Drinking Age.

To learn more, please visit the Higher Education Center Web site: http://www.higheredcenter.org/.

2) ADAPAO 2009 Annual Conference

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Association of Ohio is hosting the ADAPAO 2009 Annual Conference, "Drinking across the Lifespan: Alcohol Abuse Prevention at Every Age," May 6, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., EST, in Columbus, Ohio. The registration fee is $50 for 2009 ADAPAO members and $110 for non-members.

Keynote presentations on overall health and impairment will be supplemented by targeted workshops on related topics, including fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, youth and young adult drinking, drinking and working adults, older adult drinking, community mobilization on abuse (coalitions), and trauma and alcohol abuse among veterans.

For more information, and to download registration materials, please visit the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Association of Ohio Web site: http://www.adapao.org/.

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

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/.