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Hurricane Florence: Preparing for and Responding to a Campus Emergency

Hurricane Florence: Preparing for and Responding to a Campus Emergency

Includes a Live Web Event on 04/10/2025 at 11:00 AM (EDT)

In light of increased expectations for severe weather events, housing professionals must be prepared for and ready to respond to campus emergencies resulting from natural disasters. The presenters will share the FEMA framework for emergency management and explore how the University of North Carolina Wilmington prepared for and responded to Hurricane Florence, contextualized within the emergency management framework. 

Learning Outcomes 

1. Describe the Five Phases of Emergency Management as part of the Preparedness Cycle 

2. Understand how UNCW was impacted by and responded to Hurricane Florence 

3. Identify successes, struggles, and lessons UNCW learned from Hurricane Florence

Donovan Smith

Director of Residential Education and Housing

Guilford College

Kevin Wickliffe

Director

Baylor University

Continuing Education Credits

This session counts for 1.0 CSAEd-CORE credit 

NASPA has been approved by the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification to provide CE credit for Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd). NASPA is solely responsible for all aspects of this program.

Guidelines for earning CE credit: 

No partial credit will be rewarded. 

Participants must also complete the feedback survey in the Online Learning Community.

1 Credit is available for attending the live session or viewing the on-demand recording. 

To receive CSAEd credit, attendees must complete the feedback survey that offers the certification in each session. Once you have attended all the live sessions or watched the on-demand sessions for which you would like to request credit, visit the Continuing Education (CE) website to fill out the Student Affairs Education Certification Request Form for all the sessions. All certificants must fill out one for the live session and a separate one for the on-demand sessions. Visit the Continued Education (CE) website to learn more regarding deadlines and receive your certificate of completion for the Virtual Conference.

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