Campus response to Virginia Tech incident

Fort Worth, TX

4/16/2007

Dr. Don Mills, vice chancellor for student affairs, today sent the following message to campus community members in light of the tragic occurence at Virginia Tech

Dear Campus Community,

It is with great sadness that we learned today about the tragic shootings on Virginia Tech’s campus. While our hearts go out to that campus community, we are also mindful of perhaps some feelings of concern on our own campus. To that end, I want to reassure the entire community that TCU employs security measures that we consider to be among the best. Those measures include:

-- A campus police force that patrols the campus 24-hours a day, seven days a week
-- Regular training for TCU Police officers through the Fort Worth Police Department
-- A national, best-practice security strategy to address the type of incidence that occurred on Virginia Tech’s campus

TCU has an emergency response team, which it deploys during emergencies. In addition to this team, TCU uses a variety of communication tools to provide the campus with emergency information including bullhorns, campuswide e-mails, the TCU home page and the recorded information line. TCU also can send information to students living on campus via residence hall telephones.

TCU also has many resources available for faculty, staff and students who might need assistance during this time. If you have such a need, please contact the Counseling Center at 817-257-7863/7864 or University Ministries at 817-257-7830.


Sincerely,

Dr. Don Mills
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

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