College Safety

Spring break can be a wonderful time to take a vacation from school and enjoy a trip with friends. To insure fun and safety for all, be sure to lock up your valuables in your car or hotel safe before leaving your room. Familiarize yourself with your surroundings and the rules of the road, especially if you are in a foreign country. Call a taxi over hailing one, so that you know you are using a … [Read more...] about Spring Break Safety Tips | Spring break safety tips and travel planning

College is a new experience, and often the first time one has to think about 'home security', but since this is where one will live, one has to think on these lines. With so many new people around, and even more coming and going, it is important to secure personal belongings. Install room security cameras, take a picture and inventory of things and include model numbers for items such as … [Read more...] about Dorm Security: Dorm Crime Facts & Top 12 Useful Dorm Safety Tips – Reolink Blog

While packing and preparing your itinerary for spring break on some beach or in a fun city, there are some things to keep in mind for staying safe. Using the buddy system is a great idea for making sure you get where you are supposed to be and that you make good choices when drinking; this is a two way system. Share your contact information and whereabouts as well as travel plans with family and … [Read more...] about How to Stay Safe During Spring Break

Spring break is just around the corner, and for parents who have children at university, it's certainly a time where the stress scale rises up. Having an open stream of communication with your child is the number one way to ensure that they stay safe while making the right decisions on their spring break trip. Be open about the precautions that they need to take in order to avoid dangerous … [Read more...] about A Parent’s Guide to Surviving Spring Break

Safety on the campus of the University of Kentucky has been the topic on the student's minds coming in for a new semester. University of Kentucky Police Chief talks about technology found on campus that helps prevent any criminal activity from entering the campus. Over three thousand surveillance cameras can be found on site to help identify suspects involved in any criminal activity. Students … [Read more...] about New device helping some college students stay safe on campus – KCWY 13 Where News Comes First

Minnesota universities are having to reevaluate their study-abroad programs in terms of safety, hastily finding ways to put effective precautionary measures into place. During a recent trip abroad to India, a student reported that a local doctor had molested her, and an illness had begun to spread rapidly shortly after. Another trip to Cuba proved to be devastating when a student was sexually … [Read more...] about After serious incidents, college study-abroad programs face pressure to focus on safety