Grants to Plan and Prepare for Campus Emergencies

from U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced the award of $5.2 million for 13 new grants to colleges and universities to develop and implement emergency management plans for preventing and responding to campus violence and natural disasters in order to ensure the safety of the entire campus community.

“Keeping students safe starts with planning ahead,” said Spellings. “These new grants will help college administrators coordinate with law enforcement, health officials, and state and local governments to prevent violence and prepare institutions to respond quickly and efficiently if emergencies occur.” Funded for the first time in 2008, Emergency Management for Higher Education (EMHE) grants fund activities within the four phases of emergency management—prevention-mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery—to prepare for the whole range of threats that can impact a campus, including, but not limited to: natural disasters, terrorist attacks, campus violence, suicides, and infectious disease outbreaks. The grants are for 18 months.

Funding for the EMHE grants is made available through the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

A list of grantees follows:

Arkansas
Pulaski Technical College
North Little Rock, AR
Carol Langston
$218,965

Florida
Daytona Beach Community College
Daytona Beach, FL
William Tillard
$501,060

Georgia
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Robert Nadolski
$499,788

Illinois
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL
Donald Grady
$465,059

Indiana
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN
Diane Mack
$448,890

Massachusetts
Middlesex Community College
Lowell, MA
Patrick Cook
$189,504

New Jersey
Salem Community College
Carneys Point, NJ
John Morrison
$58,288

New Mexico
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque, NM
Laura Banks
$482,807

New York
CUNY Research Foundation/BMCC
New York, NY
Sunil Gupta
$500,000

Nassau Community College
Garden City, NY
Mary Mirabito
$470,703

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Lynn Daley
$392,523

Michigan
Oakland University
Rochester, MI
Samuel Lucido
$423,999

Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS
Lou Marciani
$476,486