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Richmond, VT, August 24, 2011
Margolis Healy & Associates (MH&A), a leading professional services firm specializing in higher education safety and security, today announced its annual Top Five Tips for Campus Safety.
1. Review the institution’s Annual Security Report and attend programs presented by the university, including campus safety orientation programs, sexual & gender violence awareness programs, and those that focus on high-risk activities, including alcohol and drugs.
2. Take advantage of the programs offered by the campus public safety agency such as campus safety escorts, personal safety strategies, valuables-registration programs, and other initiatives aimed at student safety.
3. Safeguard against a false sense of security; lock your door; orient yourself to the campus using maps and daytime exploration; travel about campus smartly; always let a friend know where you are going, and protect valuable personal items.
4. Enroll your personal email and cell phone in the institution’s emergency notification system.
5. Accept your responsibility to contribute to community safety by reporting hazards and crimes. If you see something, say something. Don't be a bystander - tell someone.
"As a consultant to the nation's top institutions for higher education, we see and hear about many incidents and we understand the importance of educating students about the facts at this time of year, as well as year-round," said Dr. Gary J. Margolis, managing partner of Margolis Healy and Associates, LLC. "While our top five tips are certainly not the end-all, be-all, they are at least the basis for a critical discussion that should take place between parents and their students during this back to school period."
About Margolis Healy and Associates, LLC:
Margolis Healy and Associates, LLC, is a professional services firm specializing in higher
education safety and security. With more than 15 years each of providing consulting services to
clients in the education, public and private sectors, Dr. Gary J. Margolis and Mr. Steven J. Healy
have positioned MH&A as a leading professional services firm for safety and security needs at
universities and colleges.
For more information about MH&A, please visit
http://www.margolis-healy.com
MH&A Contact: Nicole C. Twohig, 802-864-6710
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Vice President
For Immediate Release - March 30, 2011
Vice President Biden to Visit University of New Hampshire to Discuss Issue of Sexual Assault at our Nation’s Schools and Colleges
Vice President, Secretary Duncan to announce new guidance for preventing and responding to sexual violence in school and on campus
Washington, D.C. – On Monday, April 4, Vice President Biden will visit the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to call attention to the high rates of sexual assault and violence committed against young women in schools and on college campuses across the country. During their visit, the Vice President and Secretary Duncan will introduce new guidance to help schools, colleges and universities understand their civil rights obligations to better prevent and respond to sexual assault.
For over 20 years, Vice President Biden has led the fight to combat violence against women. As the author of the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994, then-Senator Biden exposed high rates of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking experienced by women every day in this country – redefining the way domestic violence is handled through changes in law enforcement, improvements in the criminal justice system and the establishment of shelters and services for victims. As Vice President, he has continued the cause, creating unprecedented coordination and cooperation across the federal government to combat violence against women.
Yet in spite of the significant progress made since the passage of VAWA, the threat of violence and abuse continues for a new generation of women. Young women aged 16-24 experience the highest rates of rape and sexual assault, while 1 in 5 will be a victim of sexual assault during college. With Secretary Duncan, the Vice President will highlight the Administration’s commitment to raising awareness and promoting policies to prevent violence and sexual assault against women of all ages.
Steven J. Healy to Moderate Discussion on "Campus-Community Partnerships: Making Campuses and Surrounding Neighborhoods Safer"
Margolis Healy & Associates (MH&A), a leading professional services firm specializing in higher education safety and security, today announced that it has received a Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) 2010 Competitive Grant for Enhancing Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention. BJA received 42 applications and made six awards for a total of $3,194,243 in funding.
232 Administrators at U.S. Institutions of Higher Education Help Assess and Measure Safety and Security on Campus.
Dr. Gary Margolis, managing partner at Margolis Healy & Associates, a recognized leader in higher education and K-12 safety and security, will participate in a series of violence against women response training Webinars hosted by Campus Outreach Services. The Webinars will focus on technology-related violence against women crimes to include sexual assault and stalking. The first Webinar in this series will be held on Thursday, August 26, 2010 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm (EDT).
MH&A Managing Partner, Dr. Gary J. Margolis, will be moderating a webinar on behavioral threat assessment for the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA). Statistics continue to show that college and university campuses are among the safest environments in the country. Nonetheless, violent crime does occur on and near college campuses every year and recent events in particular have focused attention on campus crime and the responsibility of college officials to assess and potentially predict the threat of violence by members of the campus community. Threat assessment teams play a critical role in an institution’s ability to determine if an individual poses, or may reasonably pose, a threat of violence and to intervene to avert the threat and maintain the safety of the situation. Panelists include NACUA member Linda Schutjer, Senior Associate Legal Counsel for the Colorado State University System, Dr. Jeff Pollard, Director of George Mason University’s Counseling and Psychological Services Center, and Lianne Tuomey, Chief of Police for the University of Vermont. Presented in conjunction with KRM Information Services
Managing Partner at Margolis Healy & Associates Advises College Auxiliary Services Professionals on Role in Higher Education Safety and Security
Dr. Gary J. Margolis, managing partner at Margolis, Healy and Associates, LLC (MH&A) and a recognized expert in violence against women crimes, will teach in the National Law Enforcement Leadership Institute on Violence Against Women, hosted by The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and sponsored by the US Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
MH&A was awarded a second round of funding to provide additional program support for campus behavioral threat assessment.