WMU News - Student safety topic of Monday evening forum

Student safety topic of Monday evening forum

Nov. 28, 2007

KALAMAZOO--City and campus public safety departments and Western Michigan University officials will come together to provide safety information to students in a public forum Monday, Dec. 3, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the North Ballroom of the Bernhard Center.

The forum will provide students and others attending with:

A presentation on basic safety precautions for every living situation;
An update on the investigation of a Nov. 16 home invasion that occurred in Kalamazoo's Knollwood neighborhood; and
An opportunity to pose questions to city and campus public safety officials and campus leaders.

The event is sponsored by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, WMU and the Western Student Association.

Following presentations by Kalamazoo public safety officers, the audience will have an opportunity to pose questions to a panel of campus and city leaders, including James Mallery, interim chief of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety; WMU President John M. Dunn; Dr. Diane Anderson, WMU vice president for student affairs; and a representative from WMU's Department of Public Safety.

Media contact: Cheryl Roland, (269) 387-8400, cheryl.roland@wmich.edu

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