Hello friends and colleagues.  Welcome to the Fall 2008 NCHERM Newsletter.
The sections in this newsletter include:

1. An Update on NCHERM Happenings and Activities
2. Fall 2008 Upcoming NCHERM Webinars and Seminars Announced
3. NCHERM Fall Schedule of Campus Visits
4. New Recession-Friendly Retainer Program
5. Free Article – “The Returning Veterans” by W. Scott Lewis, JD

View the Fall 2008 Newsletter in PDF format.

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1) An Update on NCHERM Happenings and Activities

• NCHERM is pleased to welcome Maureen Connolly as an NCHERM-Affiliated Consultant.  Maureen brings to NCHERM expertise at assessing the effectiveness of campus Emergency Management, CIRT and behavioral intervention teams.  View Maureen's bio for more information on her areas of expertise.

• NCHERM is offering a new workshop topic:  Classroom Management: Preventing and Responding to Disruptive Students In and Out of The Classroom, a seminar that can be presented for faculty, staff or both.  This topic is presented by NCHERM Partner W. Scott Lewis, JD in 1 hour, 1.5 hour, 2 hour, half-day, full-day and two-day versions.

• The NCHERM/MAGNA Online Course, Campus Safety 101, will be available at the end of August.  This 6-lesson course is designed to help faculty and staff to manage concerning and disruptive student behavior.  For details, please visit MAGNA Publications.

• Our August 13th webinar, The Clery Act – Five Things Every Student Affairs Administrator Must Know,had over 1,000 participants.  This webinar is available now on CD from MAGNA Publications.

• BIT, BAT, CARE, RABIT, SIT, KUBIT, TAT, UBIT, RAT, SUIT, CMT, TABI, CAT – alphabet soup?  No, these are the names that campuses are giving to their behavioral intervention teams.  Have a new name to add to the list?  Let us know.  Many of you requested that we create an online resource for behavioral intervention, and we have responded with the CUBIT Model section of our website, offering a wealth of free resources, articles, training materials and sample forms for your team.

2) Upcoming NCHERM Fall 2008 Webinar and Seminar Schedule

UPCOMING WEBINARS

NCHERM is pleased to announce several upcoming webinars, including two opportunities to participate in our events addressing veterans’ issues:

• October 2nd – Our Returning Veterans:  Implications for Higher Education, presented by Brett A. Sokolow, JD and W. Scott. Lewis, JD
• November 6th – Threat Assessment in the Campus Setting (1pm to 2:30pm EDT), presented by Brett A. Sokolow, JD and John D. Byrnes
• November 11th – Our Returning Veterans:  Implications for Higher Education, presented by Brett A. Sokolow, JD and W. Scott. Lewis, JD
• December 5th – Ten Ideas to Improve Your Town & Gown Relations (1pm to 2:30pm EDT), presented by Brett A. Sokolow, JD and Edward A. Cowell, Ph.D.

We hope you will join us!  Details are posted at the bottom of our homepage.

UPCOMING INSTITUTE

Over 500 people have attended the NCHERM Behavioral Intervention & Threat Assessment Institutes held since December 2007.  Our next Institute has been scheduled:

• NCHERM Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment Institute – October 13th and 14th at Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA

NCHERM Institutes feature a faculty of experts and a 100 page set of materials. 

3) NCHERM Schedule of Campus Visits

NCHERM consultants are already scheduled to visit 60 campuses this fall. Perhaps they might visit your campus if they’ll be nearby? View our schedule of campus visits. To schedule a visit, please contact Kate Halligan, NCHERM’s Director of Client Relationships at (610) 579-3725 or kate@ncherm.org. 

4)  Recession-Friendly Retainers

We can let the economists and politicians debate whether we are really experiencing a recession.  Regardless, campuses are beginning to feel the pinch, and we are adjusting our retainer program to help meet your needs in an environment of potentially more limited resources.  As a more recession-friendly alternative, NCHERM is now offering three retainers that include only off-site consultation, and start at an affordable $5,000 per year.  With our recession-friendly retainers, you’ll have access to our expertise by phone, email and fax any time you need it for an entire year.  View more details about the Recession-Friendly Retainers.

5) Free Article

As with every issue, we provide you with what we hope is a thought-provoking article.  Please use this link to access an article The Returning Veterans (PDF) that NCHERM Partner W. Scott Lewis, JD recently wrote.

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