Natalie Kushner

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Stories from Natalie Kushner

Funding Shortfall prevents campus generator use
Natalie Kushner
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

University officials say an ONCOR electrical-grid problem forced the information technology department to shut down online student services Monday to keep the resulting power outage from damaging the system.

Tim Crouch, networks and operations associate director, said on-campus generators could have prevented the power outage from affecting the campus for the eight-hour period if the University received funding to install them.

New PatriotALERT signals emergencies
Natalie Kushner
Monday, November 16th, 2009

University emergency management officials plan to use a new mass communication system next month to alert students, faculty and staff about emergencies requiring immediate action, such as a shooter on campus.

The PatriotALERT Emergency Notification Service is designed to simultaneously alert students and staff through e-mail, text and voice messages. 
PatriotALERT is expected to replace the TextCaster system, initiated to include emergency notifications since the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, Peyton Low, emergency management coordinator, said.