As all of you know, there were some incidents regarding students getting jumped, pistol whipped, and robbed on and around Rowan’s campus earlier this week. One of the incidents took place in the off campus apartment’s known as Campus Crossings, while the other one took place over by the dorm rooms on campus. I’m sure that the security and police in the area are doing anything that they can to try to prevent incidents like these from happening again, but to be safe, all students should definately sign up for the “Rowan Alert.”
Rowan Alert is a system in which students, in case of an emergency, recieve either e-mails, text messages, phone calls, or all three, it’s up to the student. The text/e-mail/phone call informs students when there bad incidents on or around campus. It informs students about what has happened, and will inform students to stay inside their apartment/dorm/house when necessary.
This is a very good idea from Rowan, because it informs students as soon as they find out. This is also very helpful to avoid incidents like that of Virginia Tech, in April of 2007. Some of the Virginia Tech students had no idea that anything was happening, and actually attempted to go to class, having no idea that there was a crazed gunman on the loose. Had the students have had a system such as Rowan Alert, danger could have been easily avoided.
It’s very easy to sign up for, too. All you need to do is go to the Rowan website, click on the current students link on the left side of the screen, and click the link that says “Rowan Alert Sign-Up.” From there on it is self explanatory. It only takes about a minute to complete, so if you are not already signed up, do it ASAP. Rowan Alert is a great thing, and a must have for all students that attend Rowan.
