UNI Legislative Update
The Office of Governmental Relations provides legislative updates to the campus community through online communication and bimonthly campus presentations. These updates will inform faculty, staff and students of hot topics facing the legislature and legislative actions affecting UNI and the Regents institutions.
March 13, 2008
Reaction to the UNI campus alert
As most of you probably know, there was a situation on campus this week that required use of the new emergency alert system. By all accounts, the system worked extremely well as students and parents received text messages and emails detailing the emergency with instructions.
Dancer Hall was locked down as a result of the threat to campus and the suspect was apprehended in Windsor Heights (just outside of Des Moines).
Yesterday, Rep. Bob Kressig of Cedar Falls and Senator Jeff Danielson of Waterloo took to the floor of the House of Representatives and Senate and applauded the actions taken by UNI in response to the threat. Listen to Rep. Kressig's and Senator Danielson's comments on the floor at the end of this post.
View the Des Moines Register article detailing the campus response.
Rep. Kressig:
Senator Danielson: