Focus on Hurricane Katrina

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Responding to Societal Crises

Responding to the NIU Tragedy

In response to the recent events at North Iliinois University-DeKalb, we invite you to review resources regarding

Responding to the Tragedy at Virginia Tech

In response to the April 16 tragedy at Virginia Tech, a list was compiled to help address the challenges that may arise in these situations, and to guide in thinking about whether and/or how to discuss emerging events. The gathered Internet resources are organized into two broad categories:

Teaching in a Time of National Crisis: Focus on Hurricane Katrina

As instructors, many find that during a time of national crisis, our students often need and want to use the classroom as a place to sort out difficult questions and passionate feelings about current events.

Feel free to review the series of public forums that was developed by MSU faculty: Coming to Terms with Katrina and Its Aftermath in addition to the list of Internet resources.

Added February 2008
Campus Emergency Response, Communication, and Classroom Safety slideshow that focuses on:

Top Ten List of What to Do in the Event of... exercise
General Overview of Emergency Management
Classroom Safety Concerns and Communication
- Lessons Learned from Virginia Tech on how to handle an “active shooter”
- What might we do
  Alert and Notification
  - ETXT, Reverse911, media release, pagers, MSUAlert, E-mail, web-site, Siren systems
  - Exercise: Technology Demonstration
In an emergency, what do we ask from you…
- Emergency Action Teams
  - Coordinators, Leaders and You
    - Knowledge of how to evacuate or “shelter-in-place”
  - Individual level preparedness
    - Ability to obtain and disseminate timely messages
    - Oversight within the research area, classroom or your office spaces of others
  - Exercise: Preparedness