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Tobacco & Vaping in Youth: Brain and Health Impacts
Facilitated by Merrill Norton, Pharm.D.,D.Ph.,CMAC, CCS This one-hour educational webinar explores the current landscape of tobacco and vaping use among youth. It will unpack the most recent statistics, differentiate between product types, and spotlight how use...
Yes, And: Inclusive Recovery Without Breaking What We Built
Presenters: Facilitated by Liliana Spurgeon, BA, CHW, Peer Support Specialist This session offers practical, low-cost strategies for supporting students with culturally rooted pathways in collegiate recovery spaces. Participants will explore how flexibility in...
From Abstinence to Acceptance: Exploring Harm Reduction in Campus Recovery
Facilitated by Noel Vest, PhD Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRPs) have historically emphasized abstinence-based recovery, often marginalizing harm reduction approaches. This roundtable presents qualitative findings from interviews across five universities that...
Yearly Budgeting for a CRC – An Interactive Discussion
Presenters: Bret Frazier, MBA, and Mack Park, MSW Planning a yearly budget for a Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC) can feel overwhelming - especially when needs are growing, resources are limited, and funding sources can be unpredictable. This interactive Zoom...
Year in Review 2025
For many in higher education and the recovery community, 2025 was a year marked by uncertainty, loss, and profound change. Across the country and beyond, we witnessed programs lose funding, positions go unfilled, and students face shrinking access to the support...
Understanding Kratom: What Higher Education Professionals Need to Know Now
A Critical Discussion Led by Jana Wu, LCSW, LADC, ICADC As kratom-related admissions surge nationwide, with Mountainside Treatment Center reporting a striking 169% increase this year alone, higher education professionals face an urgent need to understand this...
Rolling the Dice on Our Future: Addressing America’s Youth Gambling Crisis
Presenter: Saul Malek Learning Outcomes: - Attendees will learn to recognize how substance use (e.g., alcohol or drug misuse) exacerbates problem gambling, including shared risk factors like impulsivity and stress, and how these interactions worsen gambling outcomes...
Making the Most of What We Have: Frameworks for Maximizing Campus Overdose Prevention Efforts
Presenter: Dylan Dunn, MS With more campuses being willing to address opioid-related risks within their communities, even more campuses are wondering how to do this work well. Meanwhile, budgets continue to tighten and job responsibilities keep growing. In this...
From Concept to Catalyst Building Advisory Boards
Presenter: Blake Schneider, MA Learn what an advisory board is and explore a case study of the advisory board development at Kennesaw State University. This purpose-driven session helps to think through how to start an advisory board, as well as imagine future goals...