Professional Development & Events

Explore opportunities designed to help campus health and safety professionals grow, start conversations, and make a lasting impact on their campuses.

By participating in our professional development events, you will stay informed, inspired, and connected with peers dedicated to promoting healthy and safe campus communities.

CHASCo Membership Meetings 2025-2026

CHASCo meetings educate and inform its members about new and pressing issues in the field of campus health and safety, including issues of substance use and misuse and violence prevention. You will receive an updated agenda for each meeting after you are registered. 

  • September Meeting

    Friday, September 26, 2025

    This meeting will be in-person at the Smyrna Campus of Motlow State Community College from 11:00am-2:00pm Central.

  • November Meeting

    Friday, November 14, 2025

    This meeting will be virtual.

  • February Meeting

    Friday, February 20, 2026

    This meeting will be in-person at Maryville College from 11-2:00 Eastern Time.

  • April Meeting

    Friday, April 17, 2026

    This meeting will be virtual. Register here.

  • PiP Statewide Training Event

    May 18-19, 2026

    Drury Plaza Hotel Nashville Franklin: 1874 W McEwen Dr, Franklin, TN 37067

  • Please make plans to join us for our virtual April Membership Meeting scheduled for Friday, April 17, 2026, at 11am (CT). Please share this invitation with others on your campus. All are welcome. Register here.

    Gas Stations: The Next Pharmacy?

    In recent years, gas stations and convenience stores have increasingly become retail outlets for a wide range of substances marketed for energy, performance, relaxation, or mood enhancement. But what exactly is being sold—and what are the health implications?

    This session will explore the growing availability of products commonly found at gas stations, including stimulants, hemp-derived products, and other psychoactive substances. Participants will identify what may be available for purchase, examine how these substances work in the body, and review their potential short- and long-term health effects.

    Erica Hurst, Pharm.D is a West TN native and PharmD graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy (2017). She is the Assistant Chief Pharmacist and State Opioid Treatment Authority Designee for the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and has served in this position for the past 8 years.

Connect, Share, and Innovate

Our CHASCo Chat Series offers an opportunity for members to exchange ideas and connect with AOD professionals across the state. Modeled after the water cooler chats initiated by the Higher Education Center in 2020, these sessions are exclusively for CHASCo members.

CHASCo Chat Series

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CHASCo Chat Schedule:

  • From Policy to Practice: Strengthening Tobacco & Vaping Prevention on Campus is a collaborative virtual meeting focused on sharing ideas and strategies across institutions. Participants will exchange lessons learned, discuss challenges, and highlight promising practices related to policy implementation, student engagement, enforcement, and prevention programming.

    Join colleagues from other campuses to gain practical insights and fresh approaches you can adapt to strengthen your own tobacco and vaping prevention efforts. We will hear from our partners at Middle TN State University, UT Chattanooga, and Partners in Prevention Missouri. 

    March 23, 2026  at 11:00 CT: Register here

  • Join us for a virtual Chat on November 19th at 11:00 CT. Building on insights from our November Membership Meeting, this interactive session will dive into real-world strategies for promoting mental health and resilience within higher education. You’ll connect with colleagues across campuses to share innovative ideas, proven approaches, and inspiring success stories that make a difference in student and staff wellness.

  • Join us for a virtual CHASCo Chat, on October 24, 2025, from 9am-10:30 Central. During this session, we will introduce our Elevate Naturally resources for addressing cannabis prevention. These resources include an overview of the new Cannabis Prevention Toolkit and our Elevate Naturally social media toolkit for your use and distribution. These materials have been developed with a focus on implementing strategies featuring natural ways to boost mood and elevate our mental health without using substances. 

    In addition, our friends with the Missouri Partners in Prevention Coalition will share a Cannabis 101 presentation that participants will be able to edit and tailor to use with your campus populations. 

Share Your Ideas

Have a topic you'd like to see discussed in our next chat? We'd love to hear your ideas!

Reach out and let us know what interests you this semester.

Partners in Prevention

Partners in Prevention is CHASCo’s annual prevention training event, bringing together Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) professionals from across the state for two days of insightful discussions, informative workshops, and networking opportunities. Each year, the event focuses on a theme relevant to current challenges and innovations in the field of campus prevention.

Partners in Prevention ON MAY 18 & 19, 2026

Registration is now open! Check out our website at piptennessee.com for registration and details.

We're planning another exciting conference filled with informative sessions, networking opportunities, and innovative strategies to promote healthy and safe campus communities.

Additional Professional Development Opportunities

  • Session 1 – Social Norming 101 & Introduction to Time to Ungrind

    Friday, September 12 from 11:30-12:30 Central

    In collegiate prevention, we recognize that college students are bombarded with a persistent messaging that has become part of higher education lore: “everyone is misusing alcohol and other substances.” The unfortunate result of this messaging is that it becomes self-fulfilling – as student misperception overestimates prevalence, use becomes more permissive, and misuse and related consequences rise. Join us to learn the science behind social norms campaigns and explore the success of “Time to Ungrind”- a social norms campaign that aims to resist society’s culture of grinding and hustling all day, every day, and address college student stimulant misuse and mental health challenges related to college life. This session will show you how you can support your students by utilizing the campaign in collaboration with your campus’s health and well-being champions.

  • Session 2 – Social Media Planning & Programming Strategies

    Friday, November 7 from 11:00-12:00 Central

    Join us for an interactive TA session focused on strengthening your social norms campaign media planning and programming strategies. Together, we’ll build out a programming calendar and outreach strategies to prepare for the spring semester. To wrap up, we’ll explore effective social media approaches to ensure your campaigns resonate and reach students where they are.

  • Session 3 – If You're Not Assessing, You're Guessing: Prioritizing Program Assessment and Evaluation

    Friday, February 6 from 11:00-12:00 Central

    Are you consistently assessing and evaluating your programs, or just guessing what programs work for your students? Need confirmation that your programs are evidence-based/evidence-informed? Join us to learn about program assessment and evaluation, writing meaningful learning outcomes, and implementing creative methods for collecting assessment and evaluation data. The presenter will also share tips for creating and strengthening a culture of assessment and evaluation on your campus. Register Here.

Member Institutions

We are proud to collaborate with 46 institutions dedicated to enhancing campus health and safety.

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By uniting our efforts, we can create a safer, healthier educational environment for all students. Join CHASCo today and be part of the solution!
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