Going All In: What Student Affairs Leaders Should Know About the Connection Between Gambling and Mental Health
Includes a Live Web Event on 04/09/2025 at 2:30 PM (EDT)
Online sports betting has led to an increase in problem gambling behaviors on campus. Students engaging in these behaviors often have co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns. With easy access to gambling, it's critical that campuses understand the potential risks and are prepared to support students in need of help. The presenters will explore the current gambling landscape, discuss the relationship between problem gambling and mental health, and identify strategies to integrate problem gambling work into existing campus efforts.
Learning Outcomes
1. Recite the current gambling landscape, including federal, state, and campus policies that have led to an increase in problematic gambling behaviors among college students
2. Identify current trends in gambling behaviors among college students and the intersections between gambling, mental health, suicidality, and substance use
3. Articulate how student affairs leaders can support strategies that integrate problem gambling work into existing efforts on campus.
Cindy Clouner, MPH
Managing Director
The Ohio State University-Main Campus
Cindy Clouner is the Managing Director of the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery. Prior to this role, she was a prevention specialist for the Higher Education Center, providing support for Generation Rx, a turnkey resource to promote safe medication taking practices for life, and serving as Program Manager for the Ohio College Initiative. Before joining the Center, Cindy spent nine years coordinating school and community-based prevention in Ohio. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Social Work from Bowling Green State University and her Master of Public Health from The Ohio State University. She is a licensed social worker and an Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist.
M. Dolores Cimini, PhD
Director, Center for Behavioral Health Promotion and Applied Research
University at Albany
Dr. M. Dolores Cimini is a New York State licensed psychologist and Director of the Center for Behavioral Health Promotion and Applied Research at the University at Albany, SUNY. She has also served as the Director of the nationally recognized Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program. Dr. Cimini has led comprehensive efforts in research-to-practice translation at the University at Albany for the past 30 years with over $15 Million in support from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, and New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports. The screening and brief intervention program developed by Dr. Cimini, the STEPS Comprehensive Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Program, has earned thirteen national awards for best practices and innovation in behavioral health care. Dr. Cimini has co-edited two books, including a volume focused on college student health and well-being entitled Promoting Behavioral Health and reducing Risk Among College Students: A Comprehensive Approach (2018) and Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Substance Use: A Practitioner’s Guide 2020).
James Lange, PhD
Executive Director
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery
Dr. Jim Lange comes to the Higher Education Center from San Diego State University, where he remains the Coordinator of Alcohol and Other Drug Initiatives. He has over 30 years of expertise in campus -based prevention efforts and funded research in the field of AOD prevention. He’s credited with over 80 peer-reviewed and scholarly publications, and over 200 conference and invited guest presentations. Dr. Lange has also spearheaded statewide and local coalitions and major prevention initiatives and currently serves on SAMHSA’s Prevention Technology Transfer Center’s Advisory Board.
Continuing Education Credits
CSAED
This session counts for 1.0 CSAEd-CORE credit
NASPA has been approved by the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification to provide CE credit for Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd). NASPA is solely responsible for all aspects of this program.
Guidelines for earning CE credit:
No partial credit will be rewarded.
Participants must also complete the feedback survey in the Online Learning Community.
1 Credit is available for attending the live session or viewing the on-demand recording.
To receive CSAEd credit, attendees must complete the feedback survey that offers the certification in each session. Once you have attended all the live sessions or watched the on-demand sessions for which you would like to request credit, visit the Continuing Education (CE) website to fill out the Student Affairs Education Certification Request Form for all the sessions. All certificants must fill out one for the live session and a separate one for the on-demand sessions. Visit the Continued Education (CE) website to learn more regarding deadlines and receive your certificate of completion for the Virtual Conference.
NBCC
This session counts for 1 NBCC credit
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The deadline to request NBCC continuing education certificates for this event is May 12, 2025. For questions regarding continuing education, please email continuingeducation@naspa.org