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Dear teachers, programmers, student leaders, advisors and friends of The BACCHUS Network™:

Did you know that half of the U.S. population is within 550 miles of Columbus, Ohio? It’s time to hit the road on a Journey to Peer Education Success this November!

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 several 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.

If you are a guest, you can be a part of the energy and creativity our campuses use to create and support healthy decision-making. For more than three decades now we have always found success stories in terms of leadership, education and healthy decision-making. In 1975, we started on one college campus because students, with the support of their advisors, wanted to make a difference.  We have grown to be the largest student organization focusing on campus health and safety issues.

Enjoy reading more about the educational offerings, awards, student leadership and special events of the Assembly. It’s impossible to leave without new ideas, new ways of thinking, new information, and new friends. This conference experience is perfect to energize students, motivate advisors, and re-commit to making peer education and student health a campus priority.

Join us on our Journey to Peer Education Success during our conference in Columbus!