UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
BOARD OF VISITORS
MEETING OF THE
STUDENT AFFAIRS AND ATHLETICS
COMMITTEE
November 11, 2011
STUDENT AFFAIRS AND ATHLETICS COMMITTEE
Friday, November 11, 2011
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Board Room, The Rotunda
Committee Members:
Robert D. Hardie, Chair
A. Macdonald Caputo
Allison Cryor DiNardo
Marvin W. Gilliam Jr.
Glynn D. Key
George Keith Martin
John L. Nau III
Timothy B. Robertson
Jonathan B. Overdevest
Helen E. Dragas, Ex-officio
AGENDA
PAGE
I.
II.
REPORT BY THE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF STUDENT AFFAIRS
OFFICER (Ms. Lampkin)
A. Vice President’s Remarks
 Student Safety Beyond the Grounds
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B.
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Report on U.Va.’s Interdisciplinary Approach
to Alcohol Misuse Prevention (Ms. Lampkin to
introduce Dr. Jim Turner, Ms. Jamie Leonard,
and Ms. Laura Long; Dr. Turner, Mesdames Leonard
and Long to report)
REPORT BY THE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR (Mr. Littlepage)

2011-2012 Men’s Basketball (Mr. Littlepage to
introduce Mr. Tony Bennett; Mr. Bennett to report)
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
BOARD OF VISITORS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
BOARD MEETING:
November 11, 2011
COMMITTEE:
Student Affairs and Athletics
AGENDA ITEM:
I.A.
ACTION REQUIRED:
None
Vice President’s Remarks
DISCUSSION: The Vice President and Chief Student Affairs
Officer will report on the institutional approach to issues of
student safety beyond the Grounds. Strategies used to
communicate with and educate students about personal
responsibility and safety both on- and off-Grounds will be
reviewed.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
BOARD OF VISITORS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
BOARD MEETING:
November 11, 2011
COMMITTEE:
Student Affairs and Athletics
AGENDA ITEM:
I.B.
ACTION REQUIRED:
None
Report on U.Va.’s Interdisciplinary
Approach to Alcohol Misuse Prevention
DISCUSSION: Dr. Jim Turner, Executive Director of the Elson
Student Health Center, and Ms. Jamie Leonard, Director of the
Office of Health Promotion at Student Health, will report on
ongoing research and new methodologies that have been adopted at
the University to mitigate abusive use of alcohol among
students. This presentation will address the current status of
drinking among U.Va. students in the context of comparable
national data. The institution’s approach to education and
intervention will be reviewed. Longitudinal assessment data
(e.g., randomized anonymous survey responses, Student Health
clinical data, and U.Va. Emergency Department statistics)
addressing alcohol use and behavior among students will be
reported.
Ms. Laura Long, a U.Va. Peer Health Educator, will discuss
ways in which students are provided with relevant information
that encourages self-reflection, safer decision making and
appropriate health care seeking behaviors. Ms. Long is a
fourth-year in the College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in
cognitive science with concentrations in neuroscience,
linguistics, and cognitive psychology and a minor in biology.
She is from Roanoke, Virginia.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
BOARD OF VISITORS AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
BOARD MEETING:
November 11, 2011
COMMITTEE:
Student Affairs and Athletics
AGENDA ITEM:
II. 2011-2012 Men’s Basketball
ACTION REQUIRED:
None
DISCUSSION: Tony Bennett begins his third season as the men's
head basketball coach. He joined the University's staff after
three successful years as the head coach at Washington State
University. In 2007, Coach Bennett was selected the Naismith
Coach of the Year, he received the Henry Iba Award Coach of the
Year, and he also was the recipient of the AP Men's Basketball
Coach of the Year Award.
Director of Athletics, Craig Littlepage, will introduce
Coach Bennett who will speak about the progress that is being
made in building the men's basketball program.
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