Man Brandishes Gun in Kentucky State Student Center
FRANKFORT, Ky.
FRANKFORT, Ky.
From a single Web page interface, this Pennsylvania university deploys giant voice, text messaging, E-mail alerts and sirens to alert its community during an emergency.
LONG BRANCH, N.J.
LEESBURG, Va.
DETROIT
Shortly after the Virginia Tech mass shooting, the University of Maryland adopted a text message emergency alert system. Nearly three years after its deployment, Campus Safety checks in with the school to see how the technology has fared.
LOS ANGELES
Here’s how you might be able to solve the database and portal management problems associated with campus emergency alert systems.
Through the university’s preparation for the event, as well as its e2Campus mass notification system, MSUM was not only able to notify students and staff of life safety information, but also gather enough sandbagging volunteers to prevent further damage to the city.
Longwood University, located in Farmville, Va. was founded in 1839. Nearly 5,000 students are enrolled at the university with 70 percent of undergraduates living on campus. With more than 800 full-time and part-time faculty and staff, the university has 50 buildings on the 60-acre campus and 32 buildings off campus.