If you have signed up to have the MU Alert Emergency Notification System send you a text message in case of an emergency, look for your phone to buzz on Monday afternoon (Nov. 10).
MU will be conducting a test of the system, with a focus on the text message and e-mail portions of the system. [...]
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UM System Ramps Up Alert Efforts
Posted in Campus security, Curators, tagged Campus security, UM Board of Curators, UM Security on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During Friday morning’s session of the UM Curators meeting last week in Rolla, UM Chief of Staff David Russell gave a report updating the efforts to increase campus security system-wide. He noted the establishment of “3n,” or the National Notification Network, an enhanced emergency alert system for all four UM campuses.
Russell told curators that Missouri [...]
Concealed weapons on college campuses?
Posted in 32974, Campus security, Miscellaneous, tagged concealed-carry, Stacey Talarovich on April 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Interesting thought. There are only three universities in the country that allow those with a license to carry a concealed weapon to be able to do so on college campuses. Last month, CNN covered the happenings in Oklahoma where a bill introduced by Rep. Jason Murphey, R-Guthrie, passed through the state’s house that would allow [...]
Upcoming Movie A Dark Matter?
Posted in Campus security, Miscellaneous, Student Life on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Straddling the line between sending a message and stepping on others’ sensitivity has recently been a difficult balancing act.
With the on-campus shootings in the past year at Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois, and the University of North Carolina, the mental attitude and of students and grieving process for students closely connected to these events come to [...]
I Foresee Forsee Leftovers
Posted in Athletics, Campus security, Faculty and Staff, Presidential search on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There were some other interesting points from my article in today’s Missourian about former Sprint Nextel CEO Gary Forsee’s first official day as UM System president. that there wasn’t room for in print or to integrate online but that I thought were worth including somewhere.
MU Basketball: Forsee was asked for his thoughts on the nightclub fiasco [...]
A Blessing and a Curse
Posted in Campus security, Faculty and Staff, tagged Danny Lawhon on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Society as a whole has largely learned to embrace the interconnectivity and the black-hole-like source of information that the World Wide Web provides. But for all its conveniences and new opportunities that technology opens, so, too, do windows of previously unknown danger become unlocked for the first time.
Last May, a hacker broke into a University [...]
Ice Interrupting your Finals?
Posted in Campus security on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Classes are technically over, but there are still thousands of reasons for students to drive, slide, trudge or otherwise transport themselves onto campus.
Even thought the worst of the freezing rain may be over, by looking on the MU Alert, students can find out how the roads are or if that final has been delayed due [...]
MU’s emergency system goes wireless
Posted in Campus security on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The University of Missouri will soon be able to communicate with its students and faculty instantly via cell phone thanks to a new partnership with 3n, which stands for National Notification Network, a mass notification system provider, according to a press release issued by the University of Missouri System.
The InstaCom Campus Alert System will [...]
Mizzou Moms and Dads Discuss Common College Concerns
Posted in Campus security, Miscellaneous, Research, Student Life on September 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend was Family Weekend at the University of Missouri, an excuse for Mizzou parents to come visit their son or daughter and get loaded up with Missouri accessories. But it also gave these university donors a chance to share their thoughts about some new concerns in higher education, such as the state of [...]
VT creates writing guidelines
Posted in Campus security on September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Virginia Tech creative writing department has created guidelines for faculty on how they should deal with “disturbing” creative writing in response to work done by Seung Hui Cho. Cho’s writings were a potential warning sign of his mental health issues, but as shown in the report last week, were not discussed broadly enough among [...]
