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ARHE Collegiate Recovery Spotlight Series: The Ohio State University
The Collegiate Recovery Spotlight Series features an in-depth look at various collegiate recovery programs (CRPs) across the country. This webinar featured the program at Ohio State University, which is described as follows: "The Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC) is...
Inaugural National Collegiate Recovery Day 2020
The inaugural National Collegiate Recovery Day will take place on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Collegiate Recovery Day will be an annual celebration to coincide with the anniversary of the founding of the Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE), which was...
Guest Post: Jarmichael Harris — Why I’m An Ally
We’re honored to feature a guest blog from Jarmichael Harris, MS, LCAS. He currently serves as East Carolina University’s collegiate recovery community coordinator and an alcohol and other drug staff counselor for the center for counseling and student development....
CRP Spotlight: University of Michigan
Collegiate Recovery Programs, or CRPs, have the potential to positively influence a student's recovery and the outcome of their studies. Each program varies, however, in terms of its conception of recovery, the types of recovery support available, and activities...
Introducing Harm Reduction in Collegiate Recovery
Angie Bryan, a recovery program manager at the University of California, Santa Barbara, saw that opportunities to help people — and potentially reverse overdoses — were being overshadowed by debates around recovery goals. Ultimately, she found, everyone is trying to...
Wake up: A Guest Blog by Freddy Shegog
This week we are honored to post a guest blog from the inspiring Freddy Shegog. He shared his experience of collegiate recovery and how it has transformed his life. Over to Freddy. I entered college after some monumental life experiences changed the molding of my...
The History of Collegiate Recovery
Collegiate recovery programs, or CRPs, have been in existence for 40 years. They are designed to provide a supportive environment, educational opportunities, accountability, and a normative college experience. The main forces behind their development included the...
CRP Spotlight: Kennesaw State University
Collegiate recovery programs have the potential to impact the trajectory of a student’s recovery, as well as the student’s entire life. Not all programs are the same, however. They each differ in terms of environment, supports, how they view recovery, and how they...
Student Spotlight: How Collegiate Recovery Programs Change The Trajectory of Recovery
Finding and maintaining recovery is challenging, and it can be particularly difficult in a college setting where the dominant narrative is focused on heavy use of substances. But not all colleges continue to enable this dynamic. Fortunately, there are a growing number...