Professional Development & Events
Explore opportunities designed to help campus health and safety professionals grow, start conversations, and make a lasting impact on their campuses.
By participating in our professional development events, you will stay informed, inspired, and connected with peers dedicated to promoting healthy and safe campus communities.
CHASCo Membership Meetings 2024-2025
CHASCo meetings educate and inform its members about new and pressing issues in the field of campus health and safety, including issues of substance use and misuse and violence prevention. You will receive an updated agenda for each meeting after you are registered.
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Please join us for our CHASCo Membership Meeting scheduled for Friday, November 15, 2024! This meeting will take place virtually and is scheduled from 11:00-1:00 Central. Register Here.
Professional Development: Active Minds Chapters is a network of 500+ peer-led, diverse mental health advocacy groups focused on promoting positive social change, education, advocacy, and a mentally healthier future. These chapters are initiated and led by youth and young adults for youth and young adults, providing a consistent form of connection to peers, mental health as a movement, and Active Minds. During this presentation, Active Minds National Staff Members will discuss how Chapters offer a sense of belonging, inclusivity, and community while intentionally cultivating mental health changemakers within their communities. The presenters will also briefly touch on other programmatic opportunities that Active Minds can offer.
Ivy Henson: Ivy (she/her/hers), Manager of Chapter Mobilization and Engagement, comes to Active Minds with a non-profit and mental health background. As an undergraduate student, she co-founded The Every Voice Coalition, a non-profit working to reduce rates of gender-based violence on college and university campuses, and, since then, has worked in psychiatric research and as a therapist who specialized in trauma informed and intersectional therapy. Ivy fully believes in the importance of prioritizing accessible and inclusive mental health care and discussions. She is a big supporter of holistic advocacy for others, and for the self, and is looking forward to supporting student advocates. Ivy holds a B.S. in Psychology from Northeastern University and a M.A. in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine from Boston University.
Mia Zaleski, Program Associate for Active Minds’ Chapter Registration and Onboarding, is a dedicated professional with a strong background in public health and health communications. She holds a B.S. in Public Health from The College of New Jersey and an M.S. in Health Communications from Boston University. With four years of experience in higher education, Mia is passionate about supporting the journey of newly registered chapters and aiding the ongoing efforts of existing chapters to become mental health advocates within their campus community.
Connect, Share, and InnovateOur CHASCo Chat Series offers an opportunity for members to exchange ideas and connect with AOD professionals across the state. Modeled after the water cooler chats initiated by the Higher Education Center in 2020, these sessions are exclusively for CHASCo members.
CHASCo Chat Series
CHASCo Chat Schedule:
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Join us for a CHASCo Chat session on Friday, October 18th at 11:00 AM Central. In this CHAT, our colleagues from The Gambling Clinic will provide valuable insights into sports betting and gambling. We will focus on the prevalence of gambling in Tennessee, relevant legislation, and the intersections between gambling, substance use, and student well-being. Participants will explore how sports betting affects campus life, the potential impacts on students, and the resources available to address these challenges. Read about our speaker, Dr. Meredith Ginley, here.
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Monday, August 19 | 1:00 PM CT
Title IX Discussion
Join us for an informal discussion on Title IX on August 19th at 1:00 Central. During this CHAT, we will discuss the events of this past summer and the impact on our institutions and staff. We will also share how individual campuses are planning for the future. If you would like to submit a question for the group, please submit it through your Zoom registration. We will share all questions for an open discussion. This session will not be recorded, and no information disclosed should be construed as legal advice. This session will be co-facilitated by our Chair, Dr. Sylvia Gray (Sewanee) and Past Chair, Rachael Brooks (Bethel University).
Partners in Prevention
Partners in Prevention is CHASCo’s annual prevention training event, bringing together Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) professionals from across the state for two days of insightful discussions, informative workshops, and networking opportunities. Each year, the event focuses on a theme relevant to current challenges and innovations in the field of campus prevention.
Stay Tuned for Partners in Prevention 2025We're planning another exciting conference filled with informative sessions, networking opportunities, and innovative strategies to promote healthy and safe campus communities.
Additional Professional Development Opportunities
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By uniting our efforts, we can create a safer, healthier educational environment for all students. Join CHASCo today and be part of the solution! Download our membership application and email it to our Director at matthews@ticua.org.