Overview
- President Christina Paxson introduced Brown Ever True to coordinate mental health, wellness programming and a sense of safety for students, faculty and staff.
- All nine students injured on Dec. 13 have been discharged from the hospital, and a campus-wide memorial for Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov is planned for late January.
- Barus & Holley will allow general access starting Jan. 20, with the first-floor lecture halls where the attack occurred sealed behind new walls and emergency access doors and related classes relocated.
- Accelerated security measures include switching buildings to ID card access, adding cameras, installing more panic buttons and blue-light phones, increasing visible staffing and commissioning two outside safety assessments.
- Oversight and accountability efforts continue, with a federal Clery Act review underway, Public Safety Chief Rodney Chatman on leave and Hugh T. Clements Jr. serving as interim head; the recovery effort is reported to be coordinated by a team led by Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Matthew Guterl.