Coahoma Urges Students to Take Campus Safety Seriously
In the wake of numerous missing persons reported nationally on college campuses, Coahoma Community College is urging its student body to be self-aware and take campus safety seriously.
Karen Woods-Done, director of the Division of Student Engagement, is challenging students to be vigilant in a time where reports of missing students on college campuses are becoming more common.
Press Release from Coahoma Community College Public Relations; (662) 621-4061 - Marriel Hardy
In the wake of numerous missing persons reported nationally on college campuses, Coahoma Community College is urging its student body to be self-aware and take campus safety seriously.
Karen Woods-Done, director of the Division of Student Engagement, is challenging students to be vigilant in a time where reports of missing students on college campuses are becoming more common.
“Unfortunately, we are living in trying times. If you follow national news, many people, specifically college students, are missing. It appears we have more young people missing now than ever before,” said Woods-Done. “These missing person occurrences have even affected students on our campus, but thankfully the person was found to be safe.”
According to safewise.com, if recent statistical numbers are any indication, more than 20 million students in the U.S. headed to college this fall. Unfortunately, with so many students, dorm rooms, and valuables, even America’s safest colleges, and college towns experience some forms of crime.
The website, whose researchers devote hours, days, weeks (and even months) to researching security solutions, offers the following safety tips for college students:
Advancements in modern technology are actually making us safe. Not only can new forms of password protection help to safeguard our digital files and documents, advances in GPS and group messaging apps also create a heightened degree of personal security, something Woods-Done hopes Coahoma students keep in mind.
“Our students should consider sharing their location with at least three people,” Woods-Done added. “Let’s use technology to our fullest advantage.”
Students on the Coahoma Campus are encouraged to report any suspicious happenings or incidents to the Department of Campus Safety.
The Department of Safety can be contacted in all cases of emergency at (662) 621-4175 (office) and after hours (662) 645-1837. The office, located in the Dickerson-Johnson Library (1st floor), has officers on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week.