One year ago, sans Covid-19, several of my colleagues around the country and I gathered at UC Santa Barbara for the annual Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE) Collegiate Recovery Staff Summit. Most of us stayed at the hotel in Goleta; we met in the lobby and chatted before and after the respective daily sessions. We had dinner and went shopping in the historic downtown area. On the final day, we gathered at the beach as a group for pictures. The beach was just a short walking distance from the beautiful UC-SB campus. It was a joyous trip, overall. I networked the heck out of the Summit, and I made new alliances with CRP members from different universities from across the country: UC-San Diego, Purdue, LSU, UNC, Florida St., Texas Tech, U of Georgia, Georgia St., UVA, WVU, Virginia Tech, U Virginia, etc.... And, of course I strengthened current alliances with fellow UT System schools, other Texas universities (TCU, SMU, Rice, UH), and other midwestern and western schools.
This year, the ARHE 2020 VIRTUAL COLLEGIATE RECOVERY STAFF SUMMIT begins tomorrow via Zoom. Although it won't be the same as meeting in person (the 2020 Summit was supposed to take place in San Diego), I'm looking forward to seeing my colleagues from various universities around the country. I especially look forward to the meetings and everything we learn and share, which in turn helps each of us (staff members) improve the collegiate recovery services we provide at our respective universities.
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