VHEPC - Latest Headlines http://www.commonwealthpreparedness.virginia.gov/vhepc/rss.htm Virginia Higher Education Preparedness Consortium Office of Commonwealth Preparedness, (c) 2007 Commonwealth of Virginia 10 News and Advance article: After Virginia Tech, College Security a Priority, 13 April 2008 Local Virginia colleges and universities have made campus security a priority after the Virginia Tech tragedy. http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/after_vt_tragedy_college_security_a_priority/3849/ Tue, 15 April 2008 Virginia Tech News Release: Newly formed Center for Technology, Security, and Policy names former chief of staff for U.S. Department of Homeland Security as director, 05 Feb 2008 Sidebottom has been director of emergency preparedness for the U.Va. Health System since 1993. http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2008&itemno=64 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 Roanoke Times Article: State's colleges meet to exchange ideas on campus security, 14 Aug 2007 Virginia colleges have done "a tremendous amount of work" to improve security since the shootings at Virginia Tech, Gov. Tim Kaine said Monday after opening a statewide conference on campus security. http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/127963 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 UVA News Release: Marge Sidebottom, Health System Preparedness Official, to Become First Director of University-Wide Efforts, 06 Aug 2007 Sidebottom has been director of emergency preparedness for the U.Va. Health System since 1993. http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=2499 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 VDEM News Release: Virginia Hosts Campus Emergency Training, 26 July 2007 Now, a quality education can include more than just reading, writing and arithmetic ñ it can also involve learning how to get ready for and respond to a disaster. http://www.vaemergency.com/newsroom/releases/2007/misc/072607campus_cert.cfm Thur, 26 July 2007