Our Mission
Nebraska Collegiate Prevention Alliance (NECPA) works collaboratively to develop strategies for reducing and preventing high-risk drinking and substance use among Nebraska college students.
WHATʼS NEW
NEWSLETTER
- Our March newsletter is now available. March Newsletter.
- A mental health crisis was spreading on college campuses. The pandemic has made it worse.
UPCOMING
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In honor of National Collegiate Recovery Day on April 15th the UNO Collegiate Recovery Community is putting on a FREE
Virtual Recovery Ally Training from 1 pm – 2 pm CST. We’d love to you join us to help learn more about recovery, how to use inclusive
language when discussing recovery, and how to speak with peers to encourage or support them on their path to recovery. We’ll have some
fun, learn from one another, and grow in our support of those who are in or seeking recovery.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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Missouri Partners in Prevention’s Meeting of the Minds presents: Spring 2021 Virtual
Training Series, March 5, 2021 to May 7, 2021. Meeting of the Minds is a regional prevention
and health education conference for college and university peer educators, their advisors,
administrators, and campus and community law enforcement. However, due to COVID-19, we are
unable to gather in person. Therefore, this year the Meeting of the Minds Conference is
sponsoring a nine week training series, featuring 5 tracks, a leadership weekend for peer
educators and their advisors, and a Fraternity/Sorority Life Leadership Day. For more
information and to register, visit
https://www.mopiptraining.org/mom.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The NECPA has received funding from the Nebraska Department of Transporation, Highway Safety
Office and the Department of Health & Human Services, Behavioral Health Division to continue
providing support to our members in developing strategies to reduce and prevention high-risk
drinking and substance use among Nebraska college students.
- We are excited to welcome Alex Brown as our new NECPA Project Manager. Alex previously worked
with the NECPA as the Coordinator for the Omaha Collegiate Consortium. We are thrilled to have
Alex’s expertise in data analysis and evaluation and prevention in the coalition statewide. Feel
free to contact Alex at alex.brown@unl.edu.
NEWSLETTER
- Our March newsletter is now available. March Newsletter.
- A mental health crisis was spreading on college campuses. The pandemic has made it worse.
UPCOMING
-
In honor of National Collegiate Recovery Day on April 15th the UNO Collegiate Recovery Community is putting on a FREE
Virtual Recovery Ally Training from 1 pm – 2 pm CST. We’d love to you join us to help learn more about recovery, how to use inclusive
language when discussing recovery, and how to speak with peers to encourage or support them on their path to recovery. We’ll have some
fun, learn from one another, and grow in our support of those who are in or seeking recovery.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
- Missouri Partners in Prevention’s Meeting of the Minds presents: Spring 2021 Virtual Training Series, March 5, 2021 to May 7, 2021. Meeting of the Minds is a regional prevention and health education conference for college and university peer educators, their advisors, administrators, and campus and community law enforcement. However, due to COVID-19, we are unable to gather in person. Therefore, this year the Meeting of the Minds Conference is sponsoring a nine week training series, featuring 5 tracks, a leadership weekend for peer educators and their advisors, and a Fraternity/Sorority Life Leadership Day. For more information and to register, visit https://www.mopiptraining.org/mom.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The NECPA has received funding from the Nebraska Department of Transporation, Highway Safety
Office and the Department of Health & Human Services, Behavioral Health Division to continue
providing support to our members in developing strategies to reduce and prevention high-risk
drinking and substance use among Nebraska college students.
- We are excited to welcome Alex Brown as our new NECPA Project Manager. Alex previously worked with the NECPA as the Coordinator for the Omaha Collegiate Consortium. We are thrilled to have Alex’s expertise in data analysis and evaluation and prevention in the coalition statewide. Feel free to contact Alex at alex.brown@unl.edu.
JOIN THE NECPA
The NECPA Currently includes 26 institutions of higher education in Nebraska, including private and public colleges and universities as well as community colleges and proprietary colleges. NECPA members use strategic and comprehensive environmental approaches to reduce high-risk drinking and the negative effects of excessive alcohol use. The only criterion for membership is the written commitment of the top administrator to support his/her personnel in efforts to reduce high-risk drinking among the institutionʼs students.
To learn more about the NECPA or how to join, please fill out our contact form.
The NECPA is funded in part by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Behavioral Health Division, the Nebraska Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Office, and coordinated by the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.
