By Winston Jones The Virginia Tech shooting massacre, which occurred five years ago yesterday, brought many security changes to college campuses across the country, including University of West Georgia. On April 16, 2007, a Virginia Tech student, Seung-Hui Cho, shot and killed 32 people and wounded 25 others on the Blacksburg, Va., campus before taking …
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Nov 21 2011
Videos teach faculty, students how to react in campus shooting
By Shawn Raymundo, Statepress.com In an effort to further protect University staff and students from potential harm, ASU Police has posted safety-training videos through Blackboard, providing instructions on what to do during various emergency situations, including encountering a shooter on campus. “(The videos are) helpful and we just wanted to make them available to the …
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Oct 21 2011
ASU staff members address workplace threats
By Shawn Raymundo, Statepress.com Before the Virginia Tech shooting in April 2007, the ASU Behavior Response Team didn’t have a name or even an official mission. The BRT, which was unofficially established in the early ‘90s, aims at handling issues in the workplace before they escalate into bigger problems such as arguments, harassment or even …
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Jan 25 2011
From Arizona Shootings, Teachable Moments
By Ed Schmidt , The Huffington Post In April 2007, I was at a national school conference in San Francisco. Coming out of the general session I was surprised to see the name of my alma mater scrolling on a news marquee. March Madness was long over and football season had months to go before …
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