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Category: campus experience Virginia Tech Rescue Squad receives first place, MERIT status at national conference , articleThirteen members of the rescue squad attended the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation Conference and won first place in the Advanced Life Support Skills Challenge, where they were given a high acuity trauma and medical scenario to test their knowledge and teamwork.
Date: Mar 03, 2025 -
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Category: campus experience Kevin Rice named Clery compliance coordinator , articleThe Clery Act is a federal law that requires colleges and universities to share crime statistics through an annual report.
Date: Mar 03, 2025 -
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Category: campus experience Jeremy Guida named support services police captain for Northern Virginia campuses , articleThe position is a first for the Virginia Tech Police Department. Guida is based at Academic Building One in Alexandria and serves as a resource for all Virginia Tech locations and Agricultural Research and Extension Centers in the D.C. area.
Date: Feb 25, 2025 -
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Category: campus experience Michael Hancock named Virginia Tech Police 2024 Officer of the Year , articleHancock "demonstrates true commitment to creating a positive environment when interacting with our students, faculty, and staff,” said Police Chief Mac Babb.
Date: Feb 21, 2025 -
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Category: campus experience Departments should plan ahead by creating a Continuity of Operations Plan , articleThese plans are designed to sustain essential functions within a department following an emergency or incident. It is not an emergency response plan, rather it facilitates deliberate and preplanned actions in response to an interruption of normal operations.
Date: Feb 17, 2025 -
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Category: campus experience Michael Mulhare, interim associate vice president for public safety, to retire , articleMulhare, who built one of the leading emergency management programs in higher education and the first to be nationally accredited, will retire this summer.
Date: Jan 21, 2025 -
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Category: campus experience Preparing the Blacksburg campus for winter operations , articleThe Division of Facilities and Division of Public Safety work long before winter approaches the Blacksburg campus to set procedures and prepare in order to maintain campus operations.
Date: Dec 17, 2024 -
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Category: campus experience Virginia Tech Rescue Squad members continue to serve during university breaks , articleThe squad's student and community volunteers and life members are committed to continuing service to the community, even when the university is closed.
Date: Dec 05, 2024 -
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Category: campus experience Behind the scenes: The Public Safety Division’s role on game day , articleAll of the departments within Virginia Tech’s Public Safety Division play an integral part in safety and security measures during home football games.
Date: Dec 02, 2024 -
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Category: campus experience Virginia Tech Rescue Squad takes response to new heights , articleThe Virginia Tech Rescue Squad started a technical rescue team that specializes in high and low angle rope rescues.
Date: Nov 01, 2024 -
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Category: campus experience Environmental Health and Safety awarded grant that focuses on hazards in agriculture and farm settings , articleEnvironmental Health and Safety was recently awarded its eighth Susan Harwood Grant.
Date: Oct 22, 2024 -
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Category: campus experience Jamal Jackson named community services officer for Virginia Tech Police Department , articleAs community services officer, Jackson is responsible for monitoring the emergency phones, panic alarms around campus, implementation of crime prevention through construction and environmental design, creating a community relations survey, and handling the crime prevention campus report.
Date: Oct 07, 2024 -
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Category: campus experience Environmental Health and Safety reaches 50-year milestone , articleEnvironmental Health and Safety was established as a department on campus in 1974 and today plays a crucial role in teaching, learning, and research activities by ensuring regulatory compliance and promoting a safe and healthy environment across all university locations.
Date: Sep 27, 2024 -
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Category: campus experience Virginia Tech to test VT Alerts system for all locations on Sept. 12 , articleThe test will occur between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. During the test, there will also be outdoor sirens with annunciators on the Blacksburg campus.
Date: Sep 06, 2024 -
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Category: campus experience Andrew Marinik named executive director for emergency management , articleMarinik joined Virginia Tech 17 years ago, first working with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute for six years before serving as the emergency planner and subsequently the assistant director within Emergency Management.
Date: Jul 30, 2024
