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Virginia Tech Students to Address
University Presidents on Campus
Security
May 21, 2007
Contact: Charlie Johnson, UCO News
Bureau Director, (405) 974-2315
(Edmond, Okla.) – Two Virginia Tech
students, on campus during the
horrific shootings that killed 32
people earlier this year, will share
their experience with university
presidents, school administrators
and law enforcement at the 2007
National Campus Security Summit, to
be held May 30 on the University of
Central Oklahoma campus in Edmond.
The students, both in leadership
positions on the Virginia Tech
campus, will bring to the Summit a
reality and first-hand experience
that no expert can ever duplicate.
“This event will not be an analysis
of everything that happened at
Virginia Tech,” said Summit co-host
and MIPT Executive Director Donald
Hamilton. “Experts are examining all
aspects of that terrible day. Even
so, hearing the voice of some of
those most directly affected is a
powerful experience, one that
reminds us of what is at stake and
why we need to press for the right
balance of openness and security, of
safety and liberty.”
“Their world was turned upside down
by the actions of one man,” said
Summit co-host and UCO President
Roger Webb. “It’s important for
those in charge of student safety to
hear what happened and its impact on
this campus community.”
The summit is the first of its kind
in the U.S. since the tragedy in
April at Virginia Tech and pulls
together speakers from across the
country to offer practical ideas
that will help protect our most
vulnerable targets.
David Paulison, administrator of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA), will be the featured
speaker, as well as former FBI
profiler and NBC commentator Clint
Van Zandt.
Deadline for Summit registration is
May 24.
For more information, go to the 2007
National Campus Security Summit
website at
http://campussecuritysummit.ucok.edu.
MIPT is a non-profit, nationally
recognized think-tank creating
state-of-the-art knowledge bases.
You can access the world’s largest
single source of information on
terrorism at
www.MIPT.org.
The University of Central Oklahoma
is a public, four-year, master’s
level university. Founded in 1890,
UCO is the oldest institution of
higher learning in the state of
Oklahoma.
UCO also is home to the nationally
known UCO Forensic Science
Institute, headed by Dr. Dwight
Adams, former director of the FBI
Laboratory in Quantico, Va.
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