Alison Houser, Center for Alcohol and Substance Education Interim Director, announced that she will be leaving CASE at the end of June.
Patricia Lampkin, associate vice president for student affairs, will head the committee that will find a replacement for Houser.
The committee will consist of members from the Office of the Dean of Students, Student Health, Athletics, ADAPT and the Public Safety Committee.
The committee will advertise in prominent higher education publications as well as on relevant list servers.
CASE was formerly known as the Insitute of Subtance Abuse Studies. It changed its name this semester because officials decided to alter the Institute's function from a research group to an educational organization affiliated with the Office of the Dean of Students.
CASE goals include education and prevention of substance abuse.
"We are really lucky to have faculty and administrators that support" alcohol awareness, Houser said.
"The student body all the way up to President [John T.] Casteen [III] recognize the importance of alcohol awareness," she said.
"This is an opportunity for the new director to take CASE to the next level," she added.
Houser came to the University in 1998 because her husband was entering the Darden School. She first became involved in CASE as a health educator.
When former Director Susan Grossman left for medical reasons, Houser was appointed interim director.
The position of interim director expires in June.
Houser could apply for the position of director, however she said she felt it would be in her and her husband's best interests if she did not apply.
She added that she and her husband plan to move to Charlotte, where she will look for a job in student affairs.
"I feel strong ties to U.Va. and it's been a thrill to come back to my undergraduate institution and work with people who were my role models when I was an undergraduate," Houser said. "I have enjoyed working with faculty and administrators whom I respect and working with students who are incredibly invested in" CASE.
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