Safety and Security

UNC Charlotte’s Environmental Health and Safety unit recently decided to proactively complete environmental air quality testing for polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, across all campus buildings built prior to 1979, the year in which the material was banned. The testing revealed no detectable levels of PCBs in any of the 25 buildings, based on Occupational Safety […]

As a new semester begins, it is important to review or learn the difference between the two types of notifications the University can issue during an emergency situation or ongoing disruption to campus safety. NinerNotice A NinerNotice is issued when information needs to be shared about incidents that do not pose a direct threat to […]

As part its ongoing commitment to campus safety and security, the University established the Office of Threat Assessment and Management within the Department of Safety and Security, under the direction of Heather Kloeker-Webster.

As part its ongoing commitment to campus safety and security, the University established the Office of Threat Assessment and Management within the Department of Safety and Security, under the direction of Heather Kloeker-Webster.

To further demonstrate and reinforce UNC Charlotte’s commitment to ensuring that students and employees experience a welcoming campus, the University is launching a new Office of Civil Rights and Title IX.  This new office will provide faculty, staff and students with a centralized reporting structure for receiving and resolving reports of sexual misconduct, racial discrimination and other forms of discrimination and harassment. The changes will be effective July 1, 2022. 

UNC Charlotte’s Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHS) is sponsoring a mass training of hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on Thursday, Oct. 3. Three training sessions will be held in the Cone University Center, Room 210.

Shawn Kiley, business continuity analyst in the Office of Emergency Management, recently earned the Business Continuity Planning Professional certification from the Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International. The weeks-long process included a four-day seminar, a qualifying exam and a series of subject-matter-expertise essays that were reviewed by the organization’s governing commission.

Nationally, one in four women have reported being assaulted during their time in college, impacting their emotional and physical health and academic success.

UNC Charlotte is collaborating with the University of Kentucky to implement a campus climate survey to all undergraduate students aged 18-24.

Annelise Mennicke, a faculty member in the School of Social Work, is principal investigator at UNC Charlotte working with researchers at the University of Kentucky to conduct the online survey of University students.

UNC Charlotte officials are offering a free mobile device application for students, faculty and staff to instantly share safety and security concerns with the University Police and Public Safety Department. The free app, called LiveSafe, is now available as campus safety officials introduced the new technology earlier this month.

Students and employees can download the free app on their smart phones and tablets through iTunes and Google Play.

UNC Charlotte continues to grow, and it welcomes countless visitors to administrative and academic offices, performances venues and Charlotte 49ers athletics events throughout the year. As part of ongoing efforts to protect the campus community, the Environmental Health and Safety Office (EH&S) recently purchased four automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for campus buildings.