2008 Woodie Awards
President's speech highlights academic goals for new year
Safety an important issue for staff, faculty, students
By Amy Kelly
Rocket News Editor
Issue date: 9/7/07 Section: News
The Slippery Rock University faculty joined President Robert Smith in Swope Music Hall on Thursday for the first faculty meeting where the focus was on campus safety for the new school year.
Precautions such as the emergency notification text-messaging system and the hiring of Eric Holmes, the new director of campus safety, are just a few ways to help provide students and staff more security.
"This is the world we live in and the world we are preparing our students for," Smith said.
The new emergency notification system only costs the university when it is used.
"We are hoping we never have to use it, but it's there if we need it," he said.
Along with safety goals, Smith also addressed a few other issues, including:
•Raise the value of the SRU degree
•Provide premiere university residential housing
•Control faculty and staff financial destiny
•Institute a faculty grant program to diversify campus
•Introduce a new leadership development program, to be named "Compass"
Precautions such as the emergency notification text-messaging system and the hiring of Eric Holmes, the new director of campus safety, are just a few ways to help provide students and staff more security.
"This is the world we live in and the world we are preparing our students for," Smith said.
The new emergency notification system only costs the university when it is used.
"We are hoping we never have to use it, but it's there if we need it," he said.
Along with safety goals, Smith also addressed a few other issues, including:
•Raise the value of the SRU degree
•Provide premiere university residential housing
•Control faculty and staff financial destiny
•Institute a faculty grant program to diversify campus
•Introduce a new leadership development program, to be named "Compass"
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