Relationship & Sexuality Speaker Visits Adrian posted 3/7/08
All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend designated talk sessions.

ADRIAN, Mich. – Adrian College is sponsoring a visit from Eric Garrison, an international speaker and trainer in healthful relationships and sexual health promotion, who will lead two interactive “town hall meetings” on March 18 & 19 on the College campus.

Garrison is a former coach turned New York City sex therapist. He will be on campus to promote healthful relationships and sexual health in campus athletics to the College’s athletes as well as the whole student body and campus community. All Adrian College students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the sessions.

The first program, “When a Relationship Goes Terribly Right: The Secrets to Success,” will take place on Tuesday, Mar. 18 from 7-8 P.M. in Dawson Auditorium. This is a women-only town hall meeting to discuss ways of improving relationships with friends, family, classmates, professors, and romantic partners. It is open to all campus women and a small group session for interested females will follow in the Bulldog Room.

A similar men-only town hall meeting will take place on Wednesday, Mar. 19 from 7-8 P.M. in Dawson Auditorium. It is open to all campus men and a small group session for interested males will also follow in the Bulldog Room.

Garrison has worked with many universities and organizations throughout the country. He is also the only sex therapist to appear with Tim Gunn in the Project Runway Theater and the only sex therapist to have worked with the real Coach Boone-the basis for Disney’s “Remember the Titans”.

Of his upcoming trip, Mr. Garrison says, "I applaud Adrian College’s efforts to reduce sexual and domestic violence on their campus and within their local community. I also praise the work they are doing to make sexual health – which includes healthful relationships – a priority on their remarkable campus.”

Garrison also thanks the College for their hospitality in preparedness for his visit.

“Finally, I also offer many thanks to everyone at Adrian College who have demonstrated overwhelming hospitality and careful planning to make these workshops run so smoothly,” says Garrison.

Garrison holds master’s degrees from the College of William and Mary (Education) and the University of London (Sex Research). He is a diplomat of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the world’s oldest school of public health, housed within the University of London. He has trained with and studied alongside doctors from around the world and has been invited to meet with members of Parliament and the Royal Family.

In England, he has addressed doctors and psychologists at the universities of Leeds, London, and the prestigious Oxford. In the United States, Garrison has been a guest lecturer at Emory University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and countless undergraduate schools.

This event is for Adrian College students, faculty and staff only and is not open to the public. Students and faculty wishing to seek further information about Garrison’s visit to Adrian College can contact Ashley Lee in the Office of Public Relations at 517-264-3175 or via e-mail at alee@adrian.edu . To learn more about Eric Garrison visit his website at www.ericgarrison.info.