Hello friends and colleagues. Welcome to the Winter 2005 NCHERM Newsletter. Here’s a quick overview of what you will find inside this issue:

1) Updates on NCHERM news and activities
2) NCHERM Launches a New Weekly E-zine
3) Upcoming NCHERM Seminars and Presentations
4) Exciting!!! — New NCHERM Judicial Training Video Available
5) Booking Student Programs for Fall 2005
6) Free Whitepaper: The Typology of Campus Sexual Misconduct Complaints

View the Winter 2005 Newsletter in PDF format.

If you would prefer not to receive our quarterly newsletter, please e-mail NCHERM@aol.com and ask to be removed from the subscription list. We’ll take care of it right away.

1) Updates on NCHERM news and activities

Alan Berkowitz and Brett Sokolow recently presented a two-day seminar on alcohol and sexual assault culture change at Catawba College in NC. We had almost 50 participants each day, and a very engaging dialogue. Thanks, Catawba, for hosting.

Brett, Cori and Gabrielle Sokolow attended the ASJA conference in Clearwater, FL. Brett was jealous that Gabrielle got all the attention! NCHERM was a sponsor at the conference this year, and gave away one free conference registration and gave a $500 grant to reimburse someone who came to the conference at their own expense. The winner was Dr. Barbara Fienman, from Suffolk University. Congrats, Barbara. Brett also dropped in quickly at the Stetson Conference on Law in Higher Education. It was nice to see so many of you at these two excellent events.

Brett will be at both NASPA and ACPA and looks forward to seeing you at those conferences, if you are planning to go. If you want to schedule a time to sit down and have a drink or a meal, please contact him to plan a time in advance. (610) 993-0229 or basokolow@aol.com.

2) NCHERM Launches a New Weekly Publication

On February 18th, 2005, NCHERM published the first issue of The Chronicle of Campus Conduct. This is a weekly, quick-reading, practical publication, dedicated solely to the topic of the administration of campus conduct. For the first two months, it will be uploaded on Fridays to the ASJA members’ listserv, and will thereafter be archived at www.ncherm.org in the Newsletters section for access by those of you who are not ASJA members. Starting April 15th, CCC will become subscription-based. An individual subscription is $229.99 for a year. An institutional subscription is $299.99, and you will be entitled to add as many e-mail addresses to our distribution list from your institution as you want. Brett Sokolow is CCC's Editor-in-Chief and CCC’s staff of a dozen contributing editors promises challenging and engaging topics for you each week. Please check out the archived copies on our website, and if you like what you read, please subscribe. To order, please download the subscription form and fax it to NCHERM at (610) 993-0228

Download the CCC Subscription Form (*PDF)

*PDFs require the Acrobat Reader.

3) Upcoming NCHERM Seminars and Presentations

On Friday, March 4th, 2005, NCHERM will be presenting an Intensive Institute at Kenyon College in Gambier, OH. The topic is Crafting a Code of Conduct for the 21st Century College.

This is a full-day intensive institute on writing and revising codes of conduct, including both policies and procedures. Most codes are not educational, developmental tools. This workshop will guide participants in a process to re-envision conduct codes as tools of prevention that are connected to the institutional mission and values. Most policies are dense, and are not written for ease of understanding or application. This workshop teaches participants how to make a paradigm shift in how we craft policies and procedures, taking them from reactive rules to proactive guidance.

Participants will be involved in:

• Learning techniques for assessing policies and procedures
• Learning the difference between a rule and a policy
• Determining whether policies have an educational emphasis and impact
• Determining whether policies have a developmental emphasis and impact
• Drafting policies for ease of understanding and application
• Drafting procedures that allow for maximum flexibility and risk management
• Learning how examples can enhance conduct codes
• Determining how to connect codes to institutional and community values
• Acquire a four-step process for drafting policies

4) Exciting!!! — New NCHERM Video & DVD Available

On September 23rd, 2004, NCHERM held its videoseminar, Best Practices for Campus Sexual Misconduct Judicial Training at the University of Dayton. The seminar was a great success, with more than one hundred participants at campuses across the country.

One of our desires, in organizing this event, was to be able replace the tape of the 2002 judicial training event that NCHERM has been marketing. While the content was good, the video quality and sound were not up to our demanding standards. The 2004 version was taped digitally, and I am very pleased with the way it turned out. You will be too. It is a four hour tape (also available as a DVD), featuring facilitation by Brett Sokolow and Saunie Schuster (the Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of Ohio in the Higher Education Section, representing public colleges and universities), and interaction with a live judicial board and judicial boards participating by remote from around the country. This seminar sets the standard for sexual misconduct judicial training, even if we do say so ourselves.

This comprehensive training seminar focused on the best practices for adjudicating sexual misconduct through campus judicial hearings. The training was broadcast live, using judicial officers from the University of Dayton as the on-site training group. Registrants had the opportunity from off-site to train their boards via this televised format, and off-site participants had the opportunity to fax and e-mail questions to the presenters and on-site judicial officers. Now, the full tape of this valuable seminar is available.

5) A Few Open Dates Still Available for Spring 2005

BPlease contact us if you would like to arrange a visit from Brett Sokolow and/or Alan Berkowitz this spring. There are still a few open dates available, when Brett will be visiting North Carolina, Colorado, California, Georgia, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Michigan, Washington, Oregon, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Catch him when he is nearby and save on travel costs. A list of the student programs and consulting services offered by Brett and Alan is available at www.ncherm.org.

Additionally, please keep in mind that booking Brett Sokolow through Campus Outreach Services is no longer possible—you should call NCHERM directly.

We can be reached at:

NCHERM
20 Callery Way
Willistown, PA 19355
NCHERM@aol.com
(610) 993-0229 Tel.
(610) 993-0228 Fax.

6) Free Article

As with every issue, we try to provide you with a thought-provoking article. Below, please find the NCHERM 2005 Whitepaper, just published this month.

2005: The Typology of Campus Sexual Misconduct Complaints (*PDF)

© The NCHERM Newsletter. Winter 2005. All rights reserved.

BACK TO TOP