Safe schools project will keep kids secure
The National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM), with funding from DHS, has initiated a project to help schools achieve greater levels of safety,...
Notification system to keep students, parents informed
The new Raleigh Latin High School in North Carolina will implement a Web-based notification service from Honeywell Building Solutions, Minneapolis, that...
Cards Enable School To Track Students, Schedules
Like many schools, Connetquot High School in Bohemia, N.Y., previously used simple, laminated paper cards with a traditional school photo as the only...
D.C. School Security May Fall To Police
In the midst of an academic year that has seen one student gunned down in a school hallway and another killed outside a school, Washington, D.C. lawmakers...
Bus Beating Prompts School's Call For CCTV
Duval County (Fla.) Schools Superintendent John Fryer wants CCTV security cameras installed on all school buses after several Landon Middle School students...
Schooled in Art, Design and Fire Safety
The Savannah (Ga.) College of Art and Design occupies more than one million square feet, spans nearly 60 buildings, and houses more than 6,000 students...
System Enhanced With Old Wires
South Florence High School in South Carolina has enhanced its video surveillance system with new equipment from Network Video Technologies, Menlo Park,...
5 Lessons on upgrading
TESS Goes to School Arming Washoe County School Police With Advanced Communication Capabilities By CORRINA STELLITANO A far cry from the one-room schoolhouse,...
College Campus Crime Declines
Of the nation's 7.7 million college students, an average of 526,000 a year were victims of violent crimes a 40 percent decline over the previous five...
System Helps Students Rest Easier
The University of Utah has chosen to install electronically monitored fire extinguishers in one of its residence halls. MIJA Inc., Rockland, Md., has...
CSU Installs Access Control at Residence Halls
By CAROL CAREY
Fort Collins, a medium-sized city located at the base of the Rocky Mountains in northern Colorado, offers outstanding hiking and skiing, along with cultural...
Watchful Eyes and Lenses
A would-be thief was so busy breaking into a parked car on the campus of Atlanta's Morehouse College that he was totally unaware that his every move was...
Deploying Network Sentries
By CORRINA STELLITANO
Educators at the University of Missouri-Kansas City believe in pairing technology with academics for their 14,000 students. As part of the university's...
Bus Cameras Aid School Security
Twenty-five school buses from the St. Lucie (Fla.) County Public Schools have been equipped with the BusSecure mobile digital recording system from GE...
Tracking Students With Biometrics
Students at Bar-Lev High School in Tel Aviv, Israel, now register their arrival at the school using biometric fingerprint readers from Lavie TimeTech...
Computerized Guard Tour System Keeps Campus In Check
With more than 1 million square-feet, six off-site buildings and 16,000 students, the 20 safety officers at College of Lake County in Grayslake, Ill.,...
3, 2, 1 Contactless
BY RANDY SOUTHERLAND
Overlooking Pennsylvania's Lake Erie, Mercyhurst College is as much a tribute to the past as it is a center for educating professionals of the future....
Super Nova
University campuses are often thought to exist as a community unto themselves, which is not entirely accurate. Campuses are often located right in the...
Cameras Help Keep Kids Safe
Edwardsville Community Schools District 7 has chosen a networked video surveillance system from DVTel, Paramus, N.J., to monitor the district's 12 schools...
Web Site To Help Schools Perform Emergency Planning
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge have unveiled a new section on the U.S. Department of Education's...
Residential Revamp
By Corrina Stellitano
The University of New Hampshire, like most universities today, offers numerous residential options to students wishing to live on campus. Students may...
Ramapo College Gets High Marks For Fire Protection
Ramapo College of New Jersey is committed to offering an environment dedicated to the growth, well-being and safety of each of its 5,000 students and...
Controlling Human Risks
By KATE HENRY
The University of Rhode Island (URI), the principal public undergraduate and graduate institution for the state of Rhode Island, is a growing school that...
New-Age Mountaineer Access
West Virginia University has implemented a pilot project to test biometric hand readers from IR Recognition Systems, Campbell, Calif., for access control...
Don't Let Them Hurt Our Children
With federal and state agencies working feverishly to reduce their exposure to terrorist attack, and with elevated threat levels on the minds of Americans,...
