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- Safety & Transportation
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Published:For the second year, the Pink Patch Project is back at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», raising awareness and funds for those affected by breast cancer.
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Published:Dear Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Community Members, The Clery Act is a federal law which mandates the reporting of timely, accurate, and complete information about crime and safety both on and off campus to members of the university community. This enables students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors to make informed decisions to keep themselves safe and to educate…
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Dear Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Community, As reported earlier, a shooting occurred at Stop & Shop on Cherry Valley Avenue, located 1/4 mile from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»’s Garden City campus. Out of an abundance of caution, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» immediately engaged shelter in place protocols to protect our community. The police have notified Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» that the suspect has been apprehended. Campus conditions…
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Dear Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Community, The safety, health and wellness of every Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» community member continues to be the top priority of our University and essential to meeting our commitment to academic excellence. I am pleased to announce that, upon approval by the board of trustees in March 2021, Gene Palma has been promoted to Vice President of…
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Published:Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» has brought a new face into its Department of Public Safety and Transportation, adding another voice to the climate of diversity, inclusion and tolerance that is a staple of University programming and operations.
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Published:Many colleges and universities were fully remote during the height of the pandemic. In Fall 2020, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» opened to our community. With exhaustive planning, regular testing protocols and almost 100 percent compliance from our students, faculty and staff, our University upheld our mission and provided a safe campus environment throughout the semester.
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Dear Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Community Members, In light of the challenges posed by COVID-19 and the reduced number of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» community members on our Garden City campus, the Department of Public Safety and Transportation has relaxed enforcement of the requirement to update your parking stickers until the beginning of fall term. It is still essential that students,…
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Holiday Shuttle Services
CategoriesPublished:Dear Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Community Members, I am pleased to bring you news that while most of our University will be closed from Christmas to New Years, we have made arrangements to offer Panther Express shuttle service from Saturday, December 26 through Thursday, December 31. During this time, service will begin at 9:00 a.m. and conclude at…
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Dear Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Community Members, A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the entire area for Wednesday afternoon 12/16 into Thursday morning 12/17. To allow for campus snow removal operations, ALL members of the AU community are directed to park all vehicles on campus, into either the Motamed Field garage or the Nexus garage by…
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Dear Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Community, While the vast majority of learning will be online through the end of 2020, the University still needs to plan for the possibility of winter weather that could impact travel for community members who do come to campus. After careful conversation, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s leadership team has made the decision to continue to utilize…
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Dear Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Community Members, The Clery Act is a federal law which mandates the reporting of timely, accurate, and complete information about crime and safety both on and off campus to members of the university community. This enables students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors to make informed decisions to keep themselves safe and to educate…
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Published:When Sergeant Gerry Lennon of the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Department of Public Safety and Transportation heard about the national Pink Patch Project breast cancer effort, he knew that was something he could launch right here on campus to help women suffering with breast cancer by raising money and awareness about the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» NY Statewide Breast Cancer…
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Dear Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Community, Throughout the past few months, members of our community have shared concerns and questions about the University’s process for intake, evaluation and follow-up on complaints. Complaints could include violations of the Code of Conduct and allegations of sexual assault and bias. They could also include academic or student life experiences related to…
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Published:On August 31, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» officially welcomed a reduced number of students, faculty and nonessential staff back to campus for the first time since the New York state lockdown began in March. Keeping our campus open for in-person learning and experiences until Thanksgiving break will require us all to do our part. Here are some initiatives in place to help keep us safe.
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» has appointed longtime public safety associate director Ray Hughes '82 as executive director of the Department of Public Safety and Transportation, effective September 1.
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Published:Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s decision to close campus to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus comes just after the University was cited as having one of America's top five safety departments.
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Published:On February 29, 2020 at approximately 1:30 p.m., Garden City police investigated a report of a female walking on South Avenue at Whitehall Boulevard when a white pick-up truck pulled up to her and the male driver made two hand motions to her to get in the vehicle.
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Published:On December 4th, 2019, the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society inducted new members. Two of the new members are from the Department of Public Safety.Â
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Published:One class of first-year students took on the challenge of giving up their smartphones for an entire week in an effort to do what Donna Freitas, PhD, visiting professor of English, calls “unplugging."
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On November 13th, 14th, & 15th, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and Nassau County Office of Emergency Management hosted a comprehensive (3) day training course titled Managing Critical Incidents at institutions of Higher Education: A Whole Community Approach.
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The Department of Public Safety and Transportation is honored to be represented as Lieutenant James Smith was awarded the 2019 Irish Echo First Responder Award at an event held Friday November 8, 2019 in Midtown.
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On November 7th, 2019, the Department of Public Safety gathered for a luncheon and plaque presentation honoring Public Safety Officer Ed Hennessy who served Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» for almost two decades!
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Monday, October 21, 2019 through Friday, October 25, 2019 was National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week. Every year, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Crime Prevention Sergeant, Gerard Lennon, conducts an intoxicated driver simulation for our students to help prevent drunk driving.
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On October 25th, 2019, the Public Safety Officers participated in the annual Department Training Day. This is an all day event where the Officers receive training in a variety of carefully selected training topics designed to enhance their ability to better serve the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» community.
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Published:For more than 10 years, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» has participated in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, which falls this year on October 26.
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October 1st, 2019 marks the end of National Campus Safety Awareness Month, but Public Safety will continue to provide awareness to the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Community so that they can remain mindful, not fearful of these safety topics.Â
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report includes statistics for the previous three years concerning Clery-reported crimes that occurred on campus; in certain non-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from campus.
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One of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»'s shuttle buses that was once used as a Panther Express vehicle, transporting Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» students to and from campus daily, is now a newly refurbished Garden City Police Department (GCPD) command post vehicle.
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On August 20th, 2019, in preparation for move in week Public Safety Captain Dennis O’Connell and Lieutenant James Smith conduct kickoff National Campus Safety Awareness Month early with a hostile intruder and fire safety training for the Residence Life staff.
