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Niagara University Receives Grant to Enhance Campus Safety

September 1, 2009

Niagara University has received an 18-month, $398,000 Emergency Management for Higher Education program grant to improve its effectiveness in responding to emergencies and disasters. This grant will enable the university to update and strengthen its current campus emergency response and crisis management plan as well as to finalize plans for several key priority areas including individuals with special needs, prevention of violence on campus, and pandemic planning. Once revised, the plan will provide a comprehensive, integrated, all-hazards approach to crisis prevention, response and management.

In addition to reviewing and updating the university's current plan, the grant will enable Niagara to initiate a comprehensive systems testing and training of personnel, students, and other individuals and organizations as appropriate. This testing and training will ensure a safer, more secure campus environment.   

"Over the past several years, Niagara University has dedicated tremendous effort to emergency planning for our campus and for communities of Western New York," said Dr. Bonnie Rose, Niagara's executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs. "This grant will enable us to take our campus planning and emergency preparedness to a new level, and we are very grateful for that."