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On Thursday, Saginaw Valley State University will be certified as a "StormReady" campus by the National Weather Service.
The certification means the university has planned and prepared for severe weather, explained J.J. Boehm, SVSU's Director of Media Relations.
"Part of it is having a plan," said Boehm, "part of it is also meeting certain safety criteria, such as having a 24-hour station that can issue warnings."
That responsibility will fall upon the university's police dispatch center.
According to Boehm, SVSU has several different ways it can alert students and staff to bad weather.
"We can send out e-mails, text messages, voice mails," he said. "We also have warning sirens on campus. So there are a lot of ways that we can alert people."
Boehm said the certification is part of a broader effort to enhance safety at SVSU.
"Campus safety is something that is very important, especially to parents," said Boehm. "When they are sending their son or daughter to a university, they want to know that they are sending them to a safe place. So this is one more piece that we are adding to the puzzle to show what steps we are taking to take campus safety seriously."
SVSU is Michigan's second storm ready campus. The other is Siena Heights University in Adrian.
The certification means the university has planned and prepared for severe weather, explained J.J. Boehm, SVSU's Director of Media Relations.
"Part of it is having a plan," said Boehm, "part of it is also meeting certain safety criteria, such as having a 24-hour station that can issue warnings."
That responsibility will fall upon the university's police dispatch center.
According to Boehm, SVSU has several different ways it can alert students and staff to bad weather.
"We can send out e-mails, text messages, voice mails," he said. "We also have warning sirens on campus. So there are a lot of ways that we can alert people."
Boehm said the certification is part of a broader effort to enhance safety at SVSU.
"Campus safety is something that is very important, especially to parents," said Boehm. "When they are sending their son or daughter to a university, they want to know that they are sending them to a safe place. So this is one more piece that we are adding to the puzzle to show what steps we are taking to take campus safety seriously."
SVSU is Michigan's second storm ready campus. The other is Siena Heights University in Adrian.
