• Membership Requirements
  Regular Membership Regular membership is open to any higher education association or organization serving students, administrators, student affairs professionals or other areas of campus life. Regular members have the right to vote.
  
  
• Affiliate Membership
  Organizations do not qualify as regular members, but are concerned about alcohol and other substance abuse issues on college campuses are invited to join. Affiliate members have a voice but do not vote in task force matters.
  
  
• Commitment
  Members of the task force are asked to assign two representatives to the task force, with at least one attending task force meetings. In addition, members should support task force activities by providing mailing lists and coverage in their publications to promote task force programs, as well as serving on committees formed by the task force.

ACHA
American College Health Association

The American College Health Association (ACHA) was founded in 1920 as a professional organization for health services and professionals at institutions of higher education. Programs include publications, consultation, development of quality assurance standards, continuing education seminars and meetings, collection and analysis of data on campus health services, and monitoring of public policy issues. ACHA conducts annual surveys of management information on health services and mental health services offered in academic communities, salaries and fringe benefits of health professionals in the college health services, and operational and administrative characteristics of the health programs.

ACPA
American College Personnel Association

ACPA offers student affairs professionals the opportunity to enhance their effectiveness on campus by providing the following member benefits:

• Professional Development through ACPA's highly regarded annual conventions, informative teleconferences, regional workshops and specialty conferences.
• Networking with Colleagues and Experts in your field. When your friends are ACPA professionals, advice is literally only a phone call away.
• Cutting-Edge Perspective to keep you current on pressing student affairs issues, through ACPA's extensive publications and opportunities for professional interaction.
• Career Advancement through ACPA's renowned national convention placement service.
• Leadership Opportunities through active participation in ACPA's Commissions, Standing Committees, and State Divisions. Work with peers to organize workshops, write newsletter articles, and manage other projects to express your creativity and develop your leadership abilities.

ACUHO-I
Association of College and University Housing Officers
- International

The Association of College and University Housing Officers-International (ACUHO-I) is a non-profit organization that provides professional development experiences for its members by sponsoring programs, services, publications and research.

Association members on college and university campuses worldwide participate in conferences, workshops, committees and task forces. These activities provide means for the exchange and distribution of information and ideas related to the various aspects of student residence facilities and their related operations.

AFA
Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors

• AFA Mission: AFA enhances its members' abilities to foster impactful fraternity/sorority experiences.
• AFA Vision: AFA is the catalytic force in aligning the fraternity/sorority experience with the changing dynamics and enduring principles of higher education.

AHEPPP
Association of Higher Education Parent/Family Program Professionals

The Association of Higher Education Parent/Family Program Professionals (AHEPPP), based in Boulder, Colorado, is intended to serve as a clearing house for professional development and as a resource center for new parent/family programs as well as for seasoned programs.

Founding members of the group laid a foundation for the organization a year ago by reviewing the history of parent services nationally, dating back to the 1920s; developing guidelines for best practices in the field; and identifying benchmarks for parent and family services.

Mission Statement
Because of the important role that parents and families play in their students’ lives, it is AHEPPP’s goal to help colleges and universities throughout the world constructively involve parents and families in the higher education experience and promote those interested in helping accomplish this mission.

Vision Statement
AHEPPP is dedicated to facilitating meaningful and lasting contact with college and university parent and family programs. By establishing the means to successfully communicate with parent and family programs, a national support network will be sustained, stimulating opportunities will be created, and the colleges and universities along with their students will flourish. AHEPPP will serve as the ever-important link between colleges, universities, and their parents.

APLU
Association of Public Land-Grant Universities

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (A۰P۰L۰U) is a non-profit association of public research universities, land-grant institutions, and state university systems with member campuses in all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. The association is governed by a Chair and a Board of Directors elected from the member universities and university systems. President Peter McPherson directs a staff of about 45 at the national office in Washington, D.C.

ASCA
Association for Student Conduct Administration

ASCA members enjoy being a part of the only organization solely dedicated to the advancement of student conduct.

The BACCHUS Network™ is a university and community based network focusing on comprehensive health and safety initiatives. It is the mission of the organization to actively promote student and young adult based, campus and community-wide leadership on healthy and safe lifestyle decisions concerning alcohol abuse, tobacco use, illegal drug use, unhealthy sexual practices and other high-risk behaviors.

As a 501 C3, the organization will devote a substantial portion of its resources and activities to:

• Create and foster a thriving network of institutions and young adult led peer education groups supporting health and safety initiatives,
• Empower students and administrators to voice their opinions and needs to create healthier and safer campus communities,
• Develop and promote cutting edge resources and health promotion campaigns that support peer education, campus leadership, and activism on health and safety issues,
• Provide exceptional conferencing and training opportunities for students, young adults and professionals to support health and safety strategies,
• Encourage national forums on young adult health and safety concerns,
• Promote and disseminate research and effective strategies that better help campuses and communities address health and safety issues, and
• Advocate for effective and sensible policies and practices for campus and community health and safety issues.

Affiliates with our Network are concerned with the health of their students, their institution and their community. Students of all ages are faced with making personal decisions about health and safety. Developing positive decision-making skills impacts student life and prepares students to enter the real world and the greater community to promote healthy and safe lifestyles.

BACCHUS promotes respect for state laws and support for campus policies that address high-risk behaviors that compromise health and safety.

The BACCHUS philosophy is that students can play a uniquely effective role - unmatched by professional educators - in encouraging their peers to consider, talk honestly about and develop responsible habits and attitudes toward high-risk health and safety issues.

FEA

The Fraternity Executives Association exists to provide educational and other support services for the professional development of its members as well as to promote the values and success of the fraternal movement.

GOLDEN KEY
Golden Key International Honour Society

With almost 30 years of rich tradition, Golden Key remains committed to scholarship, career development, leadership and service. Our mission defines who we are; our core values provide us guidance in executing our activities; and our history reminds us that more than one million members are counting on us to shape the future through our strategic planning process.

IACLEA
International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators

It is the mission of IACLEA to support member institutions of higher education in achieving their goals of providing a safe and secure campus environment through the development of public safety career professionals, research and education of the campus community members.

NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators
in Higher Education

Vision

• NASPA is the leading voice for the student affairs profession worldwide.

Mission

• To be the principal source for leadership, scholarship, professional development, and advocacy for student affairs.

Guiding Principles

• Integrity
  Committed to high moral principles exhibiting authentic, honest, just, and ethical behavior.
• Innovation
  Continuously seeking improvement through new and creative approaches.
• Inclusion
  Seeking ways to ensure access, voice, acknowledgement, opportunity, and participation at all levels.
• Inquiry
  Supporting research and scholarship to add to the knowledge base of the profession and ensure that data informs practice.

NATA
National Athletic Trainers’ Association
Health Care for Life & Sport

Athletic trainers are health care professionals who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries and sport-related illnesses. They prevent and treat chronic musculoskeletal injuries from sports, physical and occupational activity, and provide immediate care for acute injuries. Athletic trainers offer a continuum of care that is unparalleled in health care. The National Athletic Trainers' Association represents and supports 35,000 members of the athletic training profession. About 25 percent of members practice in the collegiate athletic setting. Visit www.nata.org.

• National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids
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• National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Safe Weight Loss and Maintenance Practices in Sport and Exercise
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• National Athletic Trainers’ Association Official Statement on Steroids & Performance Enhancing Substances
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• Certified Athletic Trainer Provides Congressional Testimony on Steroid Use in Sports
  [link]

NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is the organization through which the nation's colleges and universities speak and act on athletics matters at the national level. It is a voluntary association of more than 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals devoted to the sound administration of intercollegiate athletics.

Through the NCAA, member colleges consider any athletics problem that has crossed regional or conference lines and has become national in character. The Association strives to maintain intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of the educational progr am and the athlete as an integral part of the student body. The NCAA also stands for good conduct in intercollegiate athletics and serves as the colleges' national athletics accrediting agency.

NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation

The National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) is a non-profit professional organization comprised of men and women dedicated to the establishment and development of quality recreational sports programs and services. As the leading advocate for recreational sports, the NIRSA provides access to educational resource materials as well as a professional network through sponsored national, regional and state conferences.

NIC
North-American Interfraternity Conference

The North-American Interfraternity Conference is the trade association representing 75 International and National Men's Fraternities. The NIC serves to advocate the needs of its member fraternities through enrichment of the fraternity experience; advancement and growth of the fraternity community; and enhancement of the educational mission of the host institutions. The NIC is also committed to enhancing the benefits of fraternity membership.

NPC
National Panhellenic Conference

The mission of the National Panhellenic Conference is to support and promote women's fraternities as a positive element of the higher education experience. The National Panhellenic Conference, founded in 1902, is an umbrella organization for 26 inter/national women's fraternities and sororities. Each member group is autonomous as a social, Greek-letter society of college women and alumnae. Members are represented on over 620 college and university campuses in the United States and Canada and in over 5,300 alumnae associations, making up over 3 million sorority women in the world.

Order of Omega

PURPOSE OF OMEGA
To recognize those fraternity men and women who have attained a high standard of leadership in interfraternity activities, to encourage them to continue along this line, and to inspire others to strive for similar conspicuous attainment;

To bring together outstanding fraternity men and women to create an organization which will help to mold the sentiment of the institution on questions of local and intercollegiate fraternity affairs.

To bring together members of the faculty, alumni, and student members of the institution's fraternities and sororities on a basis of mutual interest, understanding and helpfulness;

To help create an atmosphere where ideas and issues can be discussed openly across Greek lines and to help work out solutions.

• Spencer Deakin
  Director of Counseling Center
  Frostburg State University
  101 Braddock Rd., 111 Sandspring Hall
  Frostburg, MD 21532-1099
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