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Campus Crisis Management in Times of Chaos
Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 09/26/2024 at 12:00 PM (EDT)
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- Non-member - $600
- Member - $495
Dates: September 23- October 25, 2024
The course registration includes the publication Campus Crisis Management: A Comprehensive Guide for Practitioners.
This course will give a broad overview of how student affairs professionals can best support their students and campus during crisis situations. Topics will include the foundations of crisis management, crisis management teams or emergency management teams, the creation of crisis management plans, communications during times of crisis, recovery following an incident, and relationships across the institution and with outside agencies. Participants will learn about best emergency management and campus crisis management best practices and see pragmatic examples of how they can implement best practices on their campuses.
This course highlights the timely landscape of emergency management and crisis action planning on college campuses. Instructors with extensive experience in this area will bring in topic experts to share best practices in campus crisis management to outline a variety of experiences and lessons learned.
Learning Outcomes
- Articulate and Implement an emergency planning process and steps for future actions/reflection.
- Contribute to and/or write a comprehensive emergency management plan to implement on their campus or program.
- Identify individual positions and departments critical to a holistic all-campus approach to emergency preparedness at their institution.
- Identify the key terms used in higher education emergency management.
Course Outline:
Week 1 -Intro - Historical Events, Crisis Management Teams/Emergency Management Teams
Week 2- Crisis Action Plans/Emergency Operations Plans
Week 3 -Crisis Communications
Week 4 - Coordination with Outside Agencies
Week 5 -After the Crisis / Recovery Planning and the Path Forward
Live Sessions
The five 60-minute live sessions will be held every Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET.
They are scheduled for the following dates:
Week 1: September 26
Week 2: October 3
Week 3: October 10
Week 4: October 17
Week 5: October 24
This course will be synchronous and asynchronous, with one weekly live session. Depending on the content and speakers of each live session, the session may be recorded for viewing at a later date. Attendance and participation in the live session are highly encouraged and offer an opportunity to engage in activities and knowledge sharing that will add to the learning experience.
Course Commitment and Expectations
The course will require 4-7 hours per week, with assignments, engagement, and live sessions. All participants are expected to contribute to discussions and be present during live sessions. The course requires participants to have access to a computer, Wi-Fi, and webcam. All live sessions will be via Zoom, which will provide presentation slides and closed captioning.
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Bryant Jackson, Ed.D.
Chief of Police
University of South Dakota
Bryant Jackson, Ed.D., serves as the Chief of Police at the University of South Dakota and as an adjunct graduate faculty member in the University of South Dakota educational leadership program. He graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigations National Command Course cohort #4 and the Northwestern School of Police Staff and Command. Before entering law enforcement, Dr. Jackson served in the US Marine Corps. He has completed an undergraduate degree in transportation and logistics management, a graduate degree in emergency and disaster management, and a Doctor of Education degree in adult and higher education leadership.
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Cindi Albrightson, M. Ed.
Title IX & Compliance Coordinator, Campus Safety Advisor
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Cindi Albrightson, M. Ed. serves as the Title IX & Compliance Coordinator and Campus Safety Advisor for Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU). She previously served as an Instructor and Interim Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology, teaching Safety and Environmental Regulations courses. Cindi serves on the Custer County Local Emergency Planning Committee and the Custer County Full Scale Emergency Response Team. She has experience with OSHA, PEOSH, EPA, and ADA. Cindi completed her undergraduate degree in Industrial Technology with a specialization in Industrial Supervision and her graduate degree in Education at SWOSU.