Members of West Virginia University’s Advisory Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ACAOD) along with several WVU students will be participating in the second Governor’s Summit on Alcohol Use in Higher Education Monday, April 5, in Huntington.
The inaugural summit took place last year at WVU , and included the signing of a Presidential Pact signifying statewide commitment to combating high risk drinking on college campuses and in their communities. Marshall University is hosting this year’s event.
Along with campus constituency groups, others expected to be on hand are representatives from West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control, Governor’s Highway Traffic Safety, the Prevention Resource Network and U.S. Department of Education, among others.
“We’re pleased to continue this partnership and to work together with our colleagues from around the state to improve the ways in which we address alcohol abuse,”said Mary Collins, WVU ACAOD chair and executive director/senior associate dean of student affairs.”We’re very excited that we have a strong student participation this year and we look forward to hearing the students’suggestions and ideas.”
Carla Lapelle, associate dean of student affairs at Marshall, added,”It is a great opportunity for campuses and their communities to come together and learn about effective strategies for a variety of alcohol abuse issues.”
To register for the summit, call 304-696-4800. The event is free and lunch will be provided. Free parking also will be provided in Marshall’s parking garage located across 3rd Avenue from Cam Henderson Center.
Program highlights:
Keynote Presentation: Wanna Keep Your Right Mind? EVALUATE !
Betty Straub, Evaluator, Developer and Grant reviewer for U.S. Department of Education.
Building Prevention Partnerships to Address the Consequences of High-Risk Drinking in Fraternities and Sororities
Geof Brown, North American Interfraternity Conference
Building and Sustaining Campus Coalitions for Environmental Change
Jerry Anderson, The Educational Development’s Center for College Health and Safety
Incorporating Evidence-Based Approaches into Your Current Prevention Efforts
Jerry Anderson, The Educational Development’s Center for College Health and Safety
Impacting Underage Alcohol Use Through Prevention”You have a voice; make it heard.”
Kelli Jo McNemar, Director, Underage Drinking and Social Marketing, West Virginia Prevention Resource Network
* DUI Treatment and the College Student
Gerry Schmidt, Chief Operations Officer at Valley HealthCare System
*Facilitating Individual Pathways to Harm Reduction and Risk Prevention
Mike Kuba, Director of Counseling at WV Wesleyan
The Medical Model for Higher Education Groups
John Spraggins, Director of the WVU Student Assistance Program
Law Enforcement’s Prevention Efforts: Two Programs that are Making a Difference
Chief Jim Terry, Scott Balou, Angela Howell, Marshall University Police Department
Alcohol Beverage Laws, Rules and Regulations
Dallas Staples, Director of Enforcement, WVABCA
Bill Adkins, Enforcement Duty, WVABCA
Sexual Assault and Alcohol Abuse: How Close is the Connection?
Deborah Strouse, WVU Sexual Assault Prevention Educator and Resource Coordinator
Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems among College Students Treated at the WVU Hospital Emergency Department
Arshadul Haque, Research Instructor at the Center for Rural Emergency Medicine
“Fact or Fiction”An Interactive Peer Education Program
Robin Tabor, West Virginia State Mental Health Counselor and the Peer Educators at West Virginia State
Students Speak
Facilitated by Robin Tabor from West Virginia State
Using Evaluation to Improve Programs
Betty Straub, Evaluator, Developer, and Grant reviewer for U.S. Department of Education
Evaluating Peer Education and Other”Ineffective”Tier IV Programs
Betty Straub, Evaluator, Developer and Grant reviewer for U.S. Department of Education