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Contact: Debra Humphreys
Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs
202-387-3760 ext. 422
Humphreys@aacu.org

Daniel Hiroyuki Teraguchi
Director, PHHE, and Associate Director and Research Associate
Office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives
202-387-3760 ext. 429
dt@aacu.org

New Web Site Provides Resources on HIV Education and Prevention

Designed for Higher Education Institutions, New AAC&U Web Site – HIVCampusEducation.org is Online Hub for Syllabi and Other Campus Resources

Washington, DC—November 16, 2005—The Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Program for Health and Higher Education (PHHE) released a new Web site, HIVCampusEducation.org, today. Designed for students, faculty, and administrators, this Web site is a compilation of educational resources about HIV disease and its prevention oriented specifically toward higher education institutions nationwide. It is part of AAC&U’s comprehensive efforts to educate today’s college students for a world lived in common and provide them with tools and knowledge to become responsible and engaged citizens.

“This is an amazingly comprehensive Web site for HIV education,” says Beth Rushing, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Georgia College and State University. “It compiles a wide array of resources – syllabi, internship opportunities, organizations, and contact people – in a single location. It also provides information about the science, social services, cultural, global, and clinical aspects of HIV/AIDS. Faculty and students alike will find a wealth of information at HIVCampusEducation.org.”

The information on the site is designed to be user-friendly and easily navigable, giving faculty and students concrete tools to implement and strengthen HIV/AIDS education and initiatives on their campuses: the syllabi are immediately accessible, the campus projects are presented in easy-to-read snapshots, and the information resources are easy to access. Student leaders looking for campus activism tools, as well as campus health directors and faculty developing courses on HIV/AIDS, will find the site useful.

“With few Web sites dedicated to engaging the U.S. higher education community in preventing the spread of HIV in youth, HIVCampusEducation.org provides a valuable resource for colleges and universities seeking to educate and mobilize in the effort to fight the spread of this disease,” says Daniel Teraguchi, Director of PHHE. “Ultimately, we hope this Web site will support campus-based efforts to save lives by reducing the number of youth becoming infected with HIV.”

For more than a decade, the Program for Health and Higher Education (PHHE) has been partnering with campuses to prevent the spread of HIV and improve undergraduate learning by fostering collaborative problem-solving, interdisciplinary learning, social responsibility, and civic engagement. PHHE is designed to foster curricular attention to HIV and other pressing, unresolved problems in community health by providing resources to support college instructors and sustaining a network of student-led, academically-based initiatives. PHHE is funded by a cooperative agreement (00081) with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health, Atlanta, Georgia.

AAC&U is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education. Its members are committed to extending the advantages of a liberal education to all students, regardless of academic specialization or intended career. Founded in 1915, AAC&U now comprises more than 1,000 accredited public and private colleges and universities of every type and size.

AAC&U functions as a catalyst and facilitator, forging links among presidents, administrators, and faculty members who are engaged in institutional and curricular planning. Its mission is to reinforce the collective commitment to liberal education at both the national and local levels and to help individual institutions keep the quality of student learning at the core of their work as they evolve to meet new economic and social challenges.

Information about AAC&U membership, programs, and publications can be found at www.aacu.org.