Tag: safety
A decade after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks stunned the world, government measures and the watchful eyes of U.S. citizens have effectively made Americans safer from terrorists, NIU political science professor Christopher Jones says. Government agencies have been talking to each other more, airport security is tougher and citizens themselves are more alert. “People...
Last fall, the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded NIU’s Women’s Resource Center a grant to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking on a college campus. This award enabled the creation of Victim Advocacy Services (VAS) The grant provided an opportunity for NIU to strengthen effective responses to violence...
Student, parents, faculty and staff can stay on top of campus safety online. The NIU website offers important and useful information that students will need daily, in stormy weather and during occasional emergencies, said Kathy Buettner, Vice President for the Division of University Relations. The page can be found at http://www.niu.edu/emergencyinfo/index.shtml. Within the website is...
