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Temple University, a Philadelphia-based higher ed institution, has increased campus safety measures following the shooting of a student near campus. A safety app, increased police presence and other strategies are being implemented on the urban campus.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department updated community service officer uniforms to improve approachability in response to a third-party review of the campus climate.

Mark Bullock, longtime law enforcement official and higher ed security officer, has been named Assistant Vice President, Director of Public Safety at the University of Iowa.

Tamara McCollough has been named the new Director of Public Safety at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

A new security partnership between King’s College and the Defense Academy of the U.K. will deliver academic support to command and staff provision at the Defense Academy and the Royal College of Defense Studies from September 2022.

The South Coast Cyber Center will open in Beaufort, South Carolina, thanks to a partnership between the city government, the University of South Carolina Beaufort and the center.

Derek Kruse, a former law enforcement officer, will join St. Olaf College as the university's new Director of Public Safety.

The Security Executive Council (SEC) will award scholarships of up to $7,500 to students who exemplify security leadership skills and are enrolled in select university partner programs.

Maureen Rush, recently retired Vice President for Public Safety and Superintendent of Police at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses her career in law enforcement and how to avoid burnout in the security field.

Physical security leader Keith Squires has been named Chief Safety Officer (CSO) at the University of Utah.