We are excited to offer a series of informative online seminars exploring topics of vital interest to all parents. Parent-Connect, an outgrowth of Katherine Koestner’s Campus Outreach Services, will be available to WMA parents during the coming year. During the registration process in September, Ms. Koestner will be on hand to explain the program to parents.

Ms. Koestner, Executive Director of Campus Outreach Services and Take Back the Night Foundation, is a national expert on student safety and wellness issues. She has presented to more than one million students in the United States. As the first victim of date rape to speak out nationally and publicly about her experience at The College of William and Mary, she appeared on the cover of TIME Magazine in June of 1991. HBO made a movie about her story in 1993.

Ms. Koestner has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Geraldo, NBC Nightly News, CNBC Talk Live, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Later Today, CNN, Entertainment Tonight, MTV, Lifetime Television, Italian TV, The Jane Whitney Show, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, and dozens of other news programs. She has given interviews for the Washington Post, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Journal of Higher Education, and countless other national and regional publications.

Parent Connect 2010-2011
Through the efforts of the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Deans Office, parents will be able to participate in this ground-breaking program. Parent-Connect offers school communities eight compelling topics concerning young adults and twenty-four extraordinary perspectives through our series of online seminars. Respected authors, experts, and psychologists provide the latest research and practical parenting tips on
Monday evenings during the school year.

Stacy Andes, Director of Villanova University’s Office of Health Promotion, and Ryan Travia, Director of Harvard University’s Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services, moderate sessions detailing critical teen health and wellness issues.

Featured presenters of 2010-2011 include:
• Dr. Lawrence Epstein, Regional Medical Director of the Harvard-Affiliated Sleep Health Centers and instructor at Harvard Medical School, Harvard University. Author of The Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Night’s Sleep.
• Dr. Cynthia Huhn, Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University
• Deborah Roffman, author of Sex & Sensibility: The Thinking Parent’s Guide to Talking Sense about Sex and sought-after public speaker.

Link to 2010-2011 Schedule of Webinars