September 15, 2008

Student Affairs Leader - September 15, 2008 - Full Issue PDF
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Campus Response to a Student Death
By Debra Crisp, Karl Laves, Eric Manley, Elizabeth Mohon, Betsy Pierce, Perry Francis, Brian Van Brunt
Responding to a student death involves a variety of tasks including providing compassion to those grieving, supporting administrative efforts to contact families and community, and facilitating the remembrance of those who have died.

Campaign Will Approach Campus Violence as a Whole-Society Problem
A new “Enough is Enough” violence-prevention collaboration will approach campus violence as a whole-society, not just a postsecondary, problem.

News Capsules
Update of model alcohol prevention programs; SAMHSA campus suicide prevention grants; Bike-sharing programs; De-tagging Facebook photos; Hall fire sentencing; Response to RIAA notices; University halts beer deliveries; Student union considers litigation

Review: What’s Race Got to Do with It?
By Gwendolyn Dungy
Too few resources exist to help young people – using language they understand spoken by their peers – scrutinize their own assumptions, beliefs, and attitudes about race.

Supervising Food Service
Q. Recently the responsibility for food service has been transferred from business affairs to student affairs. What should be my first steps as student affairs begins to supervise food service?