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A New Name in College Safety
What’s in a name? In the case of renaming the Jeanne Clery Act, a name change could be a huge difference maker. In case you aren’t familiar with it, the Jeanne Clery Act was initiated by Howard and Connie Clery back in 1986 after their daughter, Jeanne, was raped and murdered in her college dormitory.…
Read MoreHow Do We Measure College Safety?
How do we begin to measure college safety? Is it the depth of a crack in a steep campus walkway? Is it the distance from the top of a bunk bed with no bed rail to the hard floor below? Is it how many miles the nearest Level l Trauma center is from campus? Maybe…
Read MoreCollege Safety Bill Headed to U.S. Congress
Jeanne Clery was 19 years old when she was raped and murdered in her college dormitory at Lehigh University. Her parents, Connie and Howard Clery, could not have known the danger she was in; standards for campus crime reporting simply did not exist in 1986. The Clery’s channeled their unfathomable grief into real change by…
Read MoreCOREY Safety Act Introduced in U.S. House
On July 18th, Representatives Joe Courtney and Jim Himes of Connecticut introduced H.R. 8406, the COREY Safety Act on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. The COREY Safety Act will amend the Clery Act of 1990 to expand required college safety reporting to include incidents resulting in death or serious injury. According…
Read MoreDon’t Be Scared; Be Prepared!
What do you get when you put together six parents who have all suffered immeasurable trauma and the devastating loss or permanent disability of their children due to preventable accidents at college? You get the College Safety Coalition! Co-founded in 2020 by Nanette Hausman and Mariellen Jacobs, the CSC is comprised of six separate initiatives…
Read MoreCollege911.net Founder Talks College Safety on Today.com
College911.net’s Founder, Nanette Hausman, has had an interview with Today.com to promote college safety initiatives that could have made a great difference in saving the life of her beloved son, Corey. In founding College911.net, Mrs. Hausman has launched a mission to prepare parents and students to handle emergencies on campuses and to enact laws that…
Read MoreWhen Housing Tells You They Have No Safety Rails, Show Them This!
Should Your University Be Held Responsible For Unsafe Beds?
This blog post by Atlanta attorney Robin Frazier Clark illustrates how difficult it is to sue a state university, even when a student almost died from their negligence. Read on and be enlightened. https://www.atlantainjurylawyerblog.com/should-your-childs-university-take-steps-to-make-their-bunk-bed-safe/
Read MoreSafety Rail Safety TIP
Over the past several years, mattress toppers and gel mattress pads have become all the rage at colleges and universities across the country. And it’s no wonder, some of those college mattresses are nothing short of inhospitable! There is one downside to this trend, though, and it’s one you need to be aware of as…
Read MoreThe One Thing We Didn’t Know At College Check-In That Almost Killed Our Son
A College Bunk Bed/Loft Bed Safety Rail Can Save Your Child’s Life Like most college parents, we were so excited to drop our son off at college and see him live his dream of pursuing his degree at Georgia Tech. When we saw the loft bed, we felt that protective twinge. “Shouldn’t this bed have…
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