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2009 National Campus Safety and Security Conference
June 26-27, 2009
Boston Marriott Copley Place
Boston, MA
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Overview
Colleges and universities today face a wide range of risks to human, physical, and cyber assets. Attend this special program designed to share insights and tools that you can use to create effective plans to respond to these threats. Higher education administrators from across campus will benefit from learning how best to protect people and facilities that are at risk during emergencies that range from natural disasters to acts of violence.
A group of eight associations launched the Campus Safety and Security Project in 2008 to spearhead the development of a body of best practices. The results of the project’s survey and campus visits along with the work of several other campus and state-wide initiatives presented at this conference will address topics of high concern as wide ranging as tornadoes, terrorist attacks, and technological intrusions.
The conference is organized around four key themes for successful engagement: student involvement; organizational structures, and the roles and responsibilities for emergency preparedness; approaches to communication; and presidential involvement. Attend this conference to learn what the critical elements are for building effective prevention and response programs. Join others from institutions like yours to discuss how best to meet these challenges.
Who Should Attend
- Business officers with responsibility for campus safety and security
- Campus Safety Personnel
- Facilities officers
- General Counsel
- Risk managers
- Student affairs professionals
What You'll Learn
- Identify opportunities for improvement of campus safety and security efforts
- Identify effective practices from other colleges and universities
- Distinguish roles and responsibilities necessary for an effective campus safety and security program
- Recognize key success factors for a campus safety and security program
- Relate local campus issues to national context.
Prerequisites
Course Level
Overview
Fees
Saturday, June 27
| 7:00 am | Registration Check-In and Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Introduction and WelcomeJames Hyatt, University of South Florida
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| 8:15 am | An Overview of Campus Safety and Security Issues |
| 8:30 am | Findings from Recent National Campus Safety and Security StudiesChristopher Rasmussen, Midwestern Higher Education Compact
Daniel O'Neill, Applied Risk Management, LLC
James Hyatt, University of South Florida
Highlights of key findings from three national studies
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| 10:00 am | Break |
| 10:30 am | Findings from the Field: Four Key Themes Part ICarol Shelby, Purdue University
Nancy Tribbensee, Arizona Board of Regents
Rodney Petersen, EDUCAUSE
William Elvey, University of Texas at Dallas
Discussion of the major themes that emerged from the campus safety and security studies
Moderator: Nancy Tribbensee, Arizona Board of Regents
- Student involvement (Carol Shelby, Purdue University)
- Approaches to communication (Bill Elvey, University of Texas, Dallas)
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| 11:30 am | Group Discussion: President/Trustee Role & Student InvolvementNancy Tribbensee, Arizona Board of Regents
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| 12:00 pm | Luncheon Speaker: Are College Campuses Safe?James Fox, Northeastern University
Luncheon Speaker: James Alan Fox, Northeastern University |
| 1:30 pm | Findings from the Field: Four Key Themes Part IIAllen Bova, Cornell University
Richard Legon, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Steven Healy, Princeton University
Discussion of the major themes that emerged from the campus safety and security studies
Moderator: Steven Healy, Princeton University
- Presidents’ and trustees’ roles
(Allen Bova, Cornell University)
(Rick Legon, Association of Governing Boards)
- Organizational structures, and the roles and responsibilities for emergency preparedness
(Rodney Petersen, EDUCAUSE) |
| 3:00 pm | Group Discussion: Approaches to Communication/Technology & Org StructuresSteven Healy, Princeton University
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| 3:30 pm | Break |
| 3:45 pm | Next Steps: Setting the Agenda for Campus Safety and SecurityThis open discussion will identify issues and concerns for continuing efforts in the area of campus safety. |
| 4:15 pm | Program Adjourn |
Hotel/Travel
Boston Marriott Copley Place
The award-winning Boston Marriott Copley Place hotel is centrally located in the historic Back Bay district of Boston, MA. Within minutes of area attractions, including historic Trinity Church and Boston Common, this Boston hotel is perfect for business, weekend, family and leisure travel. Whether you're looking to shop on ritzy Newbury Street or the Copley Place and Prudential malls, or cheer on your favorite sports team at Fenway Park or the TD BankNorth Garden, the Marriott Copley Place is ideal for your vacation in the city. Besides a downtown location, this Back Bay hotel also offers first-rate amenities. Three restaurants, valet parking, a car rental desk and a tour desk are just some of the added features at this hotel.
To receive the negotiated room rate, complete the housing form and fax it to the number listed at the top of the form.
Visit the Boston Marriott Copley Place website
for details, including restaurants, amenities, and nearby attractions.
Room Rate
Single:
$230.00
Double:
$230.00
For reservations, call 617.236.5800.
Rates are guaranteed until 5/29/2009, subject to availability.
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Please Note: NACUBO professional development programs are often sell-outs. Please secure air and hotel reservations only after confirmation of registration.
Presenters
Allen J. BovaDirector, Risk Management & Insurance
Cornell University
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Allen is the Director of Risk Management and Insurance for Cornell University. He has been at Cornell since 1988. He has an MBA in Finance from Rochester Institute of Technology, a BA in Economics from the State University of New York, Potsdam, and an Associate degree in Risk Management from the Insurance Institute of America. He is a member of the National Business Honor Society (Beta Gamma Sigma), University Risk Management and Insurance Association, and the Risk and Insurance Management Society. He has held a variety of insurance licenses. He is the past President of the University Risk Management and Insurance Association and a past President of the Upstate New York Chapter of Risk and Insurance Management Society. He has had a number articles published on risk management for higher education and has been quoted in a number of national publications. He teaches a risk management class for Cornell employees, and has spoken at a number of conferences on a variety of risk management topics. He is a sometimes guest lecturer on Risk Management at Cornell’s Hotel School and Law School. During his tenure at Cornell, he has received two NACUBO business improvement awards related to risk management and has received the Distinguished Risk Manager award from the University Risk Management and Insurance Association. Most recently, he received an Innovative Risk Management award in the higher education class from Risk and Insurance Magazine and received a special award as a Responsibility Leader for Higher education. He has also received a Cine Golden Eagle award and three Silver Telly awards for Cornell’s QuickTour video. William M. ElveyDirector for Facilities Management
University of Texas at Dallas
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Bill has over 32 years of experience in the area of Facilities Management including the last 12 years in higher education. Bill is also the current President of APPA – Leadership in Educational Facilities – www.appa.org. He is a graduate of Rice University and holds a Bachelors and Masters in Environmental Engineering. Bill also has a Masters of Business Administration from George Mason University. Bill is a registered professional Engineer in the state of Texas. Bill retired in 1997 after 20 years with the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps. During his career he worked in Public Works, Seabees, Construction Contract Administration, Personnel Management, and Planning, Programming, Budget & Finance. In September of 1997, after a short stint in the private sector, Bill became the Director of Physical Plant at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. In 2003 Bill became the Assistant Vice President for Facilities where he was responsible for managing a workforce of over 600 personnel, an operating budget of over $98 million, and facilities management functions including: Physical Plant, Capital Design and Construction ($361 million of authorized projects), Utilities, Contracts and Campus Renovations, and The Office of Transportation for the Blacksburg campus and 14 agricultural research stations located throughout the Commonwealth. At the time Virginia Tech had an enrollment of over 28,000 students in 8 colleges and is comprised of over 370 buildings containing nearly 8.9 million square feet of space on 2,600 acres on the central campus area. Bill has been the Director for Facilities Management, Engineering, Construction, and Planning at The University of Texas at Dallas since October 2007. The University of Texas at Dallas, located at the convergence of Richardson, Plano and Dallas in the heart of the complex of major multinational technology corporations known as the Telecom Corridor®, enrolls about 15,000 students. The vision of UT Dallas is to be one of the nation’s best public research universities and one of the great universities of the world. James Alan FoxThe Lipman Family Professor of Criminal Justice and Professor of Law, Policy and Society
Northeastern University
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James Alan Fox is the Lipman Professor of Criminal Justice and Professor of Law, Policy and Society at Northeastern University. He has written sixteen books, including his newest two, "Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder" and "The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder." He is currently completing a new book, "School Safety and Security: From Pre-School to Post-Grad."
As an authority on homicide and violence, he appears regularly on national television programs, including the Today Show, Meet the Press, Dateline, 20/20, and Oprah, and is frequently interviewed by the press. He was profiled in the New York Times, Scientific American, and a two-part cover story in USA Today that described him as "arguably the nation’s foremost criminologist."
Fox has long been involved in matters related to school and campus violence. He served on President Clinton’s advisory committee on school shootings and on a U.S. Department of Education Expert Panel on Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools. He recently co-authored a report on campus violence and security for the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education.
Finally, Fox often gives lectures and expert testimony, including over one hundred keynote and campus-wide addresses around the country, fifteen appearances before the United States Congress, and presentations to President and Mrs. Clinton, Attorney General Reno, and Princess Anne of Great Britain. Steven J. Healy
Advisor to the AVP of Planning & Administration, Public Safety
Princeton University
James A. HyattSenior Vice President, Business & Finance and Chief Financial Officer
University of South Florida
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James A. Hyatt
Biographical Sketch
Mr. James A. Hyatt currently serves as the Senior Vice President for Business and Finance and Chief Financial Officer for the University of South Florida. Mr. Hyatt also serves as the Treasurer for the University of South Florida Research Foundation.
Mr. Hyatt is also the Project Director and Principal Investigator for the National Campus Safety and Security Project (NCSSP). This project is a joint effort of nine of the nation’s leading higher education associations and is funded in part from a grant from the Lilly Endowment of Indianapolis, Indiana.
From 2004 to January of 2008 Mr. Hyatt served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).Mr. Hyatt also served as Executive Vice President of the Virginia Tech Foundation and serves on the boards of other university related corporations. Mr. Hyatt was a member of the Hotel Roanoke Conference Center Commission and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Policy Advisory Board and is the President of the World Institute for Disaster Risk Management, Inc.
Mr. Hyatt received both his bachelor’s degree in English, and his masters in business administration degree, in accounting and operations and systems analysis from The University of Washington. He began his career in 1976 in the budget and planning area at the University of Washington at Seattle. From 1979 to 1987, he served in a number of positions at the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), the professional association for higher education business and finance officers, including Interim Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and as Director of its Financial Management Center, the association's research and policy arm. From 1987 to 1991, he served as Assistant Vice President and chief planning and budget officer at the University of Maryland at College Park. From 1991 to 2004, he served at the University of California at Berkeley as the Associate Chancellor for Budget and Planning, the Vice Chancellor for Resource Planning and Budget, and most recently as the Vice Chancellor for Budget and Finance and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Hyatt is the author of a number of books on higher education financial management and is a recognized authority on college and university budgeting and cost accounting. Richard D. LegonPresident
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
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Rick Legon was selected as the Association of Governing Board’s fourth president in January, 2006. He previously served as AGB’s executive vice president and has been with the association since 1983.
Rick has, with the AGB board of directors, developed a new and aggressive strategic plan for the association that emphasizes and supports the new work of boards – highlighted by the association’s focus on original research, expanded services and serving as the voice for higher education governance with policymakers.
Rick has an extensive background as a student of and practitioner in not-for-profit governance. He has consulted broadly with higher education institutions and their boards, and other not-for-profit organizations. He has overseen the development of AGB’s portfolio of services for institution-related foundations and their boards, and has written widely on matters of governance. His most recent publication is “The Margin of Excellence: The New Work of Public Higher Education’s Foundations.”
He has served as a board member of the University of Charleston in West Virginia, and currently serves on the board of visitors of Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia.
Rick holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from George Washington University. Prior to joining AGB, Rick served on the U.S. Postal Commission, worked with former Mayor Daley in Chicago, and was director of development at Spertus College, in Chicago, Illinois. Daniel O'NeillPresident & CEO
Applied Risk Management, LLC
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Daniel M. O’Neill, is the Founder, President and CEO of Applied Risk Management (ARM), LLC. First established in 1997, ARM provides global risk management and security engineering services with offices in Stoneham, MA; Manassas, VA and a field office in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Dan is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and was a former Captain in the US Army. He was an honor graduate of US Army Ranger School and he was a recipient of the Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award. Dan is certified by Sandia National Labs to conduct risk assessments for water utilities, dams and power plants.
Mr. O’Neill is a co-author of the report, Campus Violence Prevention and Response: Best Practices for Massachusetts Higher Education. He is also the co-author of The Handbook for Campus Threat Assessment & Management Teams; ARM 2008 and the co-author of Security Design for Sustainable Buildings and Campuses; ARM 2009.
He has been the Principal in Charge of over 100 security consulting engagements including multiple large scale projects in the university, airport, biotech, military, government, financial, healthcare and manufacturing industries. Dan has been the Principal in Charge of consulting project with the following educations institutions: MA Department of Higher Education, Harvard University, Harvard Business School, MIT, Boston University Medical Center, UMass Amherst, Johns Hopkins University, UMass Lowell, Stonehill College, Simmons College, Bentley University, and others. He understands the complexities of managing risks in an open learning environment. Rodney Jay PetersenGovernment Relations Officer & Security Task Force Coordinator
EDUCAUSE
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Rodney Petersen is the Interim Head of the EDUCAUSE Washington Office and the Coordinator of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force. He has served as the Washington Office's Government Relations Officer for privacy and security policy these past several years. Prior to joining EDUCAUSE, he served as the Director of IT Policy and Planning in the Office of the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at the University of Maryland. He previously held the position of Campus Compliance Officer in the Office of the President at the University of Maryland. He is the co-editor of a book in the EDUCAUSE Leadership Strategy Series entitled "Computer and Network Security in Higher Education". He is also a founding member of the Association of College and University Policy Administrators and the author of "A Primer on Policy Development for Institutions of Higher Education" and "A Framework for IT Policy Development". He writes and speaks regularly on topics related to higher education cyber law and policy. He received his law degree from Wake Forest University. He also received a certificate as an Advanced Graduate Specialist in Education Policy, Planning, and Administration from the University of Maryland. Christopher RasmussenVice President for Research and Policy Analysis
Midwestern Higher Education Compact
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Chris Rasmussen is vice president for research and policy analysis at the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC). The mission of MHEC is to advance higher education through collaboration among postsecondary institutions, systems, and stakeholders in its 12 member states. Chris received his Ph.D. from the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan, where his research focused primarily on the phenomenon of college choice and policies related to higher education access. Chris previously held positions in student affairs administration at Valparaiso University and at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He received a master’s degree in college student development from Minnesota State University at Mankato, and a bachelor of arts from Gustavus Adolphus College. Carol A. ShelbySenior Director
Purdue University
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Carol is in her 18th year at Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus. As Senior Director of Environmental Health and Public Safety, she is responsible for Campus Emergency Preparedness, Purdue University Police, Purdue University Fire/EMS, Parking Services, Radiological and Environmental Management and Fire Protection Engineering and Special Services – a staff of about 200. She is currently a member of the Tippecanoe County Emergency Management Advisory Council, the Indiana Emergency Response Commission (chair of the training subcommittee), and a member of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security sponsored Higher Education Emergency Preparedness Committee. She is a past member and chair of the Tippecanoe County Local Emergency Planning Committee,
Carol has a B.A. in Sociology from Hanover College, and is currently enrolled in an M.S. program in Safety, Security, and Emergency Management at Eastern Kentucky University.
Carol will be presenting information highlighting Purdue University emergency preparedness programming, with emphasis on student involvement. Nancy TribbenseeGeneral Counsel
Arizona Board of Regents
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Nancy E. Tribbensee, General Counsel for the Arizona University System
Nancy E. Tribbensee works for the Arizona Board of Regents as General Counsel for the Arizona University System. Prior to this appointment, she served as legal counsel for Arizona State University for 17 years. Her research areas include student privacy, mental health issues, student affairs, free speech, intellectual property, technology transfer, research compliance, and risk management. She served as a board member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) from 2005 to 2008. She also sits on the Board of Directors for the Foothills Academy College Preparatory Charter School. Prior to joining Arizona State University, Nancy was an associate with the Evans, Kitchel, and Jenckes law firm in Phoenix, Arizona. She holds an M.A. and a B.A. in Philosophy, a J.D. and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Arizona State University. 
