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Campus safety discussion one year after Virginia Tech

Posted April 17th, 2008 by Blake

In honor of the one year anniversary of the shootings at Virginia Tech, Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) did a segment on campus safety. Jackie Balzer, dean of Student Life at OSU, was a guest on the segment to discuss how OSU is prepared to respond to safety issues.

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Update 4/18/2008:
OSU has taken another step to implementing a text message emergency system.

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2 Responses to “Campus safety discussion one year after Virginia Tech”

  1. Pamela Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    I just returned from a conference in D.C. on electronic security services. One presentation from a rep of the DoE stressed the need for universities to incorporate effective emergency communication measures. It’s good to know OSU is focused on this.

  2. JenniferZ Says:
    May 15th, 2008 at 11:29 pm

    It’s sad students need to even consider such possibilities. Who would have thought schools would need have to have “sniper drills” and “emergency communication measures.” I guess it’s just an unfortunate reality.

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