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Hutchinson Community College Launches Awareity’s TIPS Prevention Platform: A Community-wide Connection to Improve Safety and Security Hutchinson Community College recently implemented Awareity’s web-based incident reporting and prevention platform, TIPS (Threat Assessment, Incident Management and Prevention Services), to improve campus safety and increase efficiencies in threat assessment and investigation processes. A pioneering leader for their region, HutchCC is the first college in Kansas to take advantage of TIPS, and joins colleges nationwide in an effort to improve bias reporting and violence prevention. HutchCC is dedicated to maintaining a safe campus and secure learning environment for all students and employees, and launching Awareity’s TIPS empowers members ofRead More →

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Centralized and Secure Record-Keeping is Key for Virginia Colleges By now, most colleges and universities have taken steps to form threat assessment teams – groups providing consultation and assistance on campus regarding potentially dangerous situations. The teams investigate a range of possible cases, including threats made by students, employees, faculty members, and others in the community, and should be notified anytime someone in the college observes or learns about a threat of violence or a situation that appears to be threatening. Check out this recent article featured in Security Products Magazine discussing how several colleges in Virginia have taken advantage of TIPS to help manageRead More →

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As colleges across the nation continue to face growing challenges, dialogues about diversity, bias, safety and security are happening and pointing toward the need for change. As Secretary Duncan recently said, it is critical for college presidents to “lead from the top”, and “when an incident occurs, institutional leadership have a key role in assuring students of their commitment to a safe and welcoming environment for all students and faculty.” Rick recently sat down with William Nunez, Chief of Staff and Associate to the Chancellor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, to discuss how UNL is taking advantage of TIPS to monitor their campus climate andRead More →

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Although this interview was conducted before the recent tragedy in Oregon, this is great example of a community college working hard to improve student safety and prevention efforts ongoing. Rick spoke with George Okaty, Safety and Security Manager of Tidewater Community College. Okaty is a true leader who is dedicated to helping his staff become more efficient and keeping their campus safe. Tidewater Community College is using Awareity’s TIPS platform to provide all security officers a secure way to submit and keep track of all safety incidents on campus. The college will also be expanding use of the platform in the next few months toRead More →

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Southeast Community College (SCC) has launched Awareity’s anonymous reporting and prevention platform, TIPS (Threat Assessment, Incident Management and Prevention Services), allowing the campus community to confidentially report potentially harmful incidents, accidents or concerning behaviors and ensuring the appropriate campus personnel take immediate action. If someone is aware of conditions that adversely affect an SCC campus or has information warranting concern for the safety of students, faculty or staff, they can now easily access the TIPS REPORT INCIDENT button from SCC’s website. SCC encourages students and staff to report all types of information, whether it is an off-handed remark made by a student in class, aRead More →

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January 5, 2015 — Awareity’s TIPS Prevention Platform has been recognized for making a positive difference on college campuses by higher education leaders who named it to University Business magazine’s “Readers’ Choice Top 100 Products” for 2014. The winners, selected by University Business’ editors from hundreds of nominations, were products that received the highest number of nominations and best descriptions from higher ed leaders. The Readers’ Choice Top Products award program informs campus leaders about products their colleagues around the country are using to help their campuses excel in a variety of areas, such as technology, sustainability and academic instruction. TIPS (Threat Assessment, Incident ManagementRead More →

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Awareity has accepted the 2014 Campus Safety BEST Award from Campus Safety Magazine, for its Cawood Assessment Grids, winning in the Incident and Records Management Software category. The honor was announced at the ASIS International 60th Annual Seminar and Exhibits taking place in Atlanta, GA. As tragic stories of violence and suicide continue to mount nation-wide; schools, colleges and organizations must update their conventional approaches with next generation threat assessment solutions to proactively identify, investigate, assess and intervene with students and/or employees who show signs of distress, aggression and violence. Awareity’s TIPS prevention platform is taking threat assessment to the next generation level with theRead More →

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Beginning Sept. 3, UNL’s website will provide a link to a new reporting service. TIPS, an online reporting system that can be accessed via a new permanent link in the footer of the UNL.edu home page, expands the methods by which any member of the university community can share matters they feel need to be elevated or addressed. Reports can be made anonymously and confidentially about matters ranging from discrimination or inappropriate behavior to acts of kindness. Upon submission, the TIPS reports go to Awareity, an outside firm, to protect anonymity and confidentiality. They are then forwarded to a team of UNL administrators assigned toRead More →

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Lipscomb University has launched a new anonymous reporting and prevention platform called TIPS (Threat Assessment, Incident Management and Prevention Services), allowing students, faculty, staff and others from the campus community to confidentially report potentially harmful incidents or concerning behaviors. A private, Christian college in Nashville, TN, Lipscomb University, is dedicated to providing a safe and secure learning environment and protecting all students, faculty, staff and guests on campus. TIPS is an award‐winning suite of web‐based tools developed by the privately held organization Awareity, empowering individuals to anonymously report suspicious activities involving assault, weapons, illegal drug/alcohol use, harassment or intimidation, hazing, vandalism, threats of violence, suicideRead More →