Session Description: 

Preventing hazing and substance-related harm requires collaboration across campuses, communities, and systems of care. This webinar will bring together professionals from higher education and community services to explore how partnerships can strengthen prevention efforts and support young people. Participants will learn about the hidden harms of hazing, the role alcohol often plays in hazing incidents, promising prevention strategies, and practical steps for connecting with community resources and partners. Attendees will leave with actionable ideas and key contacts to help strengthen prevention and support efforts in their own communities.

Learning Objectives: 

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the connections between hazing, substance use, and student well-being
  2. Identify key community and campus partners.
  3. Develop one practical action step to strengthen prevention efforts

This training is FREE for APNC/NAADAC members and $20 for non-members.

Approved for 1.5 SS hours from NCASPPB, NAADAC, NASW-NC & CHES/MCHES.

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Speaker: Susie Bruce, M.Ed.

Speaker Bio: Susie Bruce, M.Ed., is Director of the University of Virginia’s Gordie Center, which works to end hazing and substance misuse among college and high school students nationwide through evidence-informed, student-tested resources. She has 30 years’ experience in collegiate health promotion, with expertise in the social norms approach, peer education, bystander intervention training, and curriculum infusion. She directs the APPLE Training Institutes: the leading national strategic training program for substance misuse prevention and health promotion for student-athletes and athletics departments and is a Faculty Affiliate of Youth-Nex, the Center to Promote Effective Youth Development. She serves on the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s College Working Group, the Responsibility.org Education Advisory Board, and the Virginia Higher Education Substance Use Advisory Committee. She is a 2025 recipient of the Hank Nuwer Anti-Hazing Hero Award.
 

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