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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A $40.5 million, three-story classroom building opened Wednesday at San Diego Mesa College for social and behavioral science courses.

The nearly 74,000-square-foot structure, funded by the San Diego Community College District's $1.6 billion in construction bonds, is one of several new facilities to open in the last several years at Mesa, City and Miramar colleges.

"It is inspiring to watch the transformation of Mesa College ... As they have with the opening of each new building, the students have taken over the Social and Behavioral Sciences Building and made it their own," said college President Pamela Luster.

"To watch the interaction between faculty and students, and to see the true educational benefits that these facilities bring, underscores the return on investment that the voters of San Diego have made to education and to Mesa College," she said.

In addition to classrooms, the building provides laboratory space for the psychology, anthropology and geography programs.

The two bonds, one approved by voters in 2002 and the other in 2006, have also provided the Kearny Mesa campus with a health facility, a 45,000-square-foot humanities building and a 206,000-square-foot math and science complex. A new commons and an exercise science building are under construction.

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Austin, TX (PRWEB) February 12, 2015

Four distinguished addiction and mental health experts will speak at the first Elements Behavioral Health symposium for 2015, The Relationship of Complex Trauma to Intimacy, Disordered Eating, and Addiction, to be held in Austin on Friday, Feb. 20 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel.

The symposium takes place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Registration is from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., with welcome and orientation from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The schedule is as follows:

From 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S, an international expert in sex and intimacy disorders and senior vice president of clinical development for Elements Behavioral Health, presents Sexual Evolution: Love and Sex Reformatted for the Digital Age or How We Got from Spin-the-Bottle to Sexting in a Single Generation. Participants will have the opportunity to look at the changing digital face of human intimacy and sexuality.

Relationships, dating, marital fidelity and sexual norms are rapidly changing with todays digital technology, says Weiss. Its a game-changer, and everyone parents, employers, clinicians and spouses needs to know the online trends and challenges showing up in the digital world and how to effectively handle them.

Dr. Pamela Peeke, senior science adviser for Elements Behavioral Health, will present Food Addiction and Recovery: A New Approach to Healing the Body-Mind, from 10:45 to 12:15 p.m. Well look at new research on transfer addictions from substances to sugary/fatty/salty foods and how addictive eating behaviors can co-occur with mood and binge eating disorders, says Dr. Peeke. Well also provide valuable tools for assessment and an integrated nutrition and lifestyle plan clinicians can use to help guide their clients.

Dr. Peeke also headlines a case study luncheon from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

From 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Dr. Jason Powers, chief medical officer for the Promises Austin and The Right Step programs, will present Post Traumatic Growth Phoenix Experiences. While many do, not everyone who experiences trauma develops post-traumatic stress disorder. Some people bounce back from tragedy, a phenomenon known as Post Traumatic Growth or bouncing up. By teaching people to apply certain strategies, we can help them increase resilience so that the trauma they experience leads to positive personal transformative growth rather than post-traumatic stress disorder, says Dr. Powers.

The days final presentation is from Dr. Christine Courtois, national clinical trauma consultant for Elements Behavioral Health, Promises Malibu and Brightwater LandingSM, who will present Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Sequenced, Relationship Based Approach. Evidence-based treatment strategies will be discussed, along with recommendations from PTSD treatment guidelines.

While the treatment of complex trauma is challenging and multifaceted, healing from its effects is very possible, says Dr. Courtois. Treatment begins with an emphasis on safety and the development of specific self-management skills to de-condition post-traumatic body-mind reactions, including addictions. The treatment relationship is a major foundation for addressing the personal and relational impact of complex trauma. Treatment progresses to the processing of the trauma to a point of resolution, followed by directed attention to life after trauma and ways to live a satisfying life worth living.

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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A $40.5 million, three-story classroom building opened at San Diego Mesa College Wednesday for social and behavioral science courses.

The nearly 74,000-square-foot structure, funded by the San Diego Community College District's $1.6 billion in construction bonds, is one of several new facilities to open in the last several years at Mesa, City and Miramar colleges.

"It is inspiring to watch the transformation of Mesa College ... As they have with the opening of each new building, the students have taken over the Social and Behavioral Sciences Building and made it their own," said college President Pamela Luster.

"To watch the interaction between faculty and students, and to see the true educational benefits that these facilities bring, underscores the return on investment that the voters of San Diego have made to education and to Mesa College," she said.

In addition to classrooms, the building provides laboratory space for the psychology, anthropology and geography programs.

The two bonds, one approved by voters in 2002 and the other in 2006, have also provided the Kearny Mesa campus with a health facility, a 45,000-square-foot humanities building and a 206,000-square-foot math and science complex. A new commons and an exercise science building are under construction.

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Staff Report gsanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 9, 2015

Clemson University is expanding programs for students whose entrepreneurial ideas have the makings for starting a business. While most of Clemsons entrepreneurship initiatives are in the College of Business and Behavioral Science, the programs are spreading across campus. At least two other colleges have entrepreneurship courses and the university offers a minor in entrepreneurship for nonbusiness majors.

A team of 20 faculty members and students assessing the universitys offerings is working as the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative on strategies to take them to the next level. The initiative could include grants for research and to develop new curricula. Training workshops and seminars could be offered to faculty members.

John DesJardins, an associate bioengineering professor, said entrepreneurs and innovation can arise from any academic discipline. Several entrepreneurship programs are in place, so we have a great start, he said. The difference now is that we are on the verge of transforming campus culture.

The two leaders on the campuswide initiative are DesJardins and Matthew Klein, interim director of the Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Nationally, Clemson is among 25 institutions selected for the 2015 Pathways to Innovation Program, which will provide help incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering program. The program is run by the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation, or Epicenter, which is funded by National Science Foundation and directed by Stanford University and VentureWell.

A new program in the College of Engineering and Science has already started producing companies. The College of Engineering and Science is looking to advance lab inventions into real-world products as part of its commitment to the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Scholars Program.

To have a high impact on society, I feel strongly that design, entrepreneurship and commercialization must play a central role in our universitys focus on the future, said the colleges dean, Anand Gramopadhye.

A campus organization that is part of the College of Engineering and Science, the Design and Entrepreneurship Network is in its second year. It matches students with experts, such as patent attorneys and angel investors, who can suggest ways to take inventions to market..

Accessible Diagnostics, a company formed as a result of network, has received a commitment of $500,000 in private investment from Concepts to Companies. The companys product, GlucoSense, uses ink-jet printers to make glucose test strips for diabetics in Tanzania and other resource-poor settings.

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