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Happy Fall, Area 10!
(CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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Issue #3
September 2009
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Welcome Back Everyone!
Area 10, I hope you are all returning back to your campuses safely and the your year full of peer education has started off smoothly. I hope I will be seeing you all in Florida for General Assembly!
~ Hannah Freedman
Area 10 SAC
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Become a Super Hero for Safety
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General Assembly 2009!
Join BACCHUS at GA in Orlando, FL on
November 5-8 to learn more about being a peer educator SUPER HERO.
Registration, Call for Programs and Awards are all open.
It's time to gather
together all the "Superheros for Health and Safety" at the premiere
conference for peer educators and advisors. You don't need super
powers to get there, but you will feel the power of peer education by
the time you depart after you take in all the learning, motivation,
idea sharing and support that comes with this high energy meeting.
Take
advantage of a tremendous selection of learning opportunities during
the conference at 70+ educational sessions, 2 keynotes, and 6 featured
health issue presentations. If you feel like you need some specialized
trainings, you can also take advantage of the pre-conference CPE
(Certified Peer Educator) Training or the free Advisor's College
sessions.
There
are many great opportunities for professionals, students and guests. At
the Assembly, peer educators gain new ideas and strategies for their
programming and awareness events. Advisors learn how to make
prevention efforts stronger on their campuses while supporting the
students who make it happen. Our advisors come from many different
areas of the campus but all join together to network and to learn from
each other. As a student peer educator, whether your emphasis is
alcohol abuse prevention, drug education, sexual responsibility, mental
health, nutrition, sexual assault, violence prevention, tobacco
prevention, or other health and safety issues, you will find program
offerings and other peer education groups similar to yours to gain and
share new ideas.
You
can bring students and your advisor to learn and to share successes
from your own campus. You can submit a program for presenting a
breakout session at the conference. You can apply for national awards
for a great program or to recognize the year-round efforts of your
affiliate group, advisor, or an outstanding student. You can submit an
alum for recognition. You can showcase your campus program in the
exhibit area. You can share resources and recipes in the mocktail
"BAC-tail" contest. You can learn of speakers and prevention resources
in the exhibit area.
To learn more and to register for General Assembly click here
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Area 10 CPE Training
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 Area 10 is hosting a Certified Peer Educator (CPE) Training Weekend!! The CPE will give your students the foundational skills they need to be an effective peer educator! CPE will be held:
Certified Peer Educator (CPE) Training
Saturday, October 3 AND
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Keene State College ~ Keene, NH
Ann Quinn-Zobeck,
Director of Education and Training for The BACCHUS Network™, will
facilitate a weekend-long Certifed Peer Educator training. Any
interested campus-based peer educators are welcome to attend. You do
not need to be located in Area 10 or be affiliated with The BACCHUS
Network to participate!
Registration is only open through Friday, October 18. Get registered today!!!
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Its your Time to Shine: Become an SAC!
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Students wishing to take an active role in the leadership of the BACCHUS Network may also run for positions on the Student Advisory Committee (SAC). The SAC works with the Student Trustees to build cohesion among affiliates, to gather information about affiliate activities for publication in regional and national BACCHUS materials, and to promote student interests in the actions of the Network.
There is one SAC representative elected to represent each of the twelve regional Areas. SAC members will be called to Denver during the early months of their terms for an expenses-paid training. Candidates must plan in advance to run and attend the informational meeting on Thursday night of the General Assembly. Prospective candidates will fill out an application on Thursday night of the General Assembly and be allowed a two-minute speech at the area meeting Friday afternoon prior to election proceedings.
Candidates must maintain full-time campus undergraduate status during their term of office from November of 2009 to November of 2010 and be a member of a recognized BACCHUS affiliated peer education group.
If you wish to run for SAC and cannot attend General Assembly, you must submit a complete nomination package to be received in the National Office by Monday, October 19, 2009.
This nomination must include:
- a letter of intent of no more than three pages
- a letter from your advisor pledging support in the event of your election
- a clear photograph for display at the General Assembly
- a resume including peer education related service
This package is not necessary if you will be attending the Assembly.
Candidates must also include their campus address, permanent address, phone number, year in school, and course of study. Candidates must be a full-time undergraduate at a campus and a member of a recognized BACCHUS affiliated peer education group.
If you don't know your Student Trustees or SAC member, call the National Office at 303.871.0901, or check our web site at www.bacchusnetwork.org.
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From Our Student Trustees
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You will hear General Assembly be promoted as an opportunity
to learn, meet other peer educators, and rejuvenate you passion for peer
education. It is, and so much more!
Another opportunity that is overlooked by
many peer educators at General Assembly is the chance to give a
presentation. This is a perfect
opportunity to represent your school, learn more about a topic, and push
yourself to a new experience.
Remember
the premise of peer education: we love learning from one another! Everyone brings their A-game to General
Assembly, and from our experiences of presenting at past GAs, this just makes
you want to work that much harder to give an awesome presentation.
The final result? A great sense of accomplishment, a new niche
of expertise, and a great resume builder!
You can present on an event that has been particularly successful on
your campus, put a new spin on an old topic, or educate us on a new topic that
you think is important.
BACCHUS would
not be successful if we were not all constantly sharing ideas, so we look
forward to hearing yours in November!
Remember: Call for programs are due by Monday, September 21.
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Area
Consultant's Corner
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 It is with mixed emotions that I write this last column for you as Area 10 Consultant. For those of you aren't aware, I have accepted a new position with Northwestern University in the Chicago area, which I will begin in mid-October.
As much as look forward to this new opportunity, I am sad to be leaving my wonderful New England colleagues behind. But geography dictates that I step down from being an Area Consultant -- unless Illinois has suddenly become part of Area 10 in recent days!
I've had a fantastic experience serving first as a State Coordinator and now as Area Consultant for BACCHUS and will miss the almost daily interactions it afforded me with colleagues across the area. I will still be part of the BACCHUS family, however -- I'm involved in a couple other "behind the scenes" projects with the organization that contribute to peer education and advisor support.
If any advisors are interested in learning more about volunteering as an Area Consultant, I encourage you to contact Janet Cox (janet@baccchusnetwork.org) at the National Office. Janet can provide you with a position description and application, as well as outline the obligations for the Area Consultant. She is taking applications through October 2, 2009.
Until the time that my successor is named, please utilize your State Coordinators (listed below) as contact people for BACCHUS-related concerns.
Thank you again for your support and I wish you all the best in continued success with your peer education efforts!
Be well...
Lisa Currie
Area 10 Consultant
State Coordinator - Connecticut & Rhode
Island
Joleen Nevers, University of Connecticut
joleen.nevers@uconn.edu or
860.486.0772
State Coordinator - Massachusetts
Ryan Travia, Harvard University
rtravia@uhs.harvard.edu or
617.496.0133
State Coordinator - Maine, New Hampshire
& Vermont
Tiffany Mathews, Keene State College
tmathews1@keene.edu or 603.358.2890
Student Advisory Committee Member (SAC)
Hannah Freedman, Roger Williams University
area10sac@bacchusnetwork.org
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FACEBOOK & BACCHUS:
What do you know?
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Do you really know what you are apart of? Ever had questions, comments, concerns concerning something related to Peer Health Education? And more importantly, do you have a Facebook?
Well we've got news for you! The BACCHUS Networks offers you plenty of resources on a website you're already obsessed with!
With deadlines, pictures of conferences, recent news, the ability to ask questions and get feedback from Peer Educators from across the country (including advisors!) and with it only being one-click away, why wouldn't you?
So, how do you find this group you ask? It's simple! Login into Facebook (like you are right now potentially) and search The BACCHUS Network, it should appear!
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