What security measures are in place in the residence halls?

Residence halls are locked every night at either 9:00 p.m. or 10:00 p.m. Taylor is locked 24 hours a day. Students must then use their keys to enter the building. Any guest not living in the building must call up to the student’s room in order to be escorted into the building. In our larger halls we do have a “Nighthost Program” that requires students to show ID and sign in their guests.

Our staff conducts several nightly “duty rounds” in each residence hall to monitor our facilities and maintain the standards of the community.

We highly encourage students to lock their doors and to carry their keys with them whenever they leave their rooms. Most crimes on this campus are crimes of opportunity in which rooms are left wide open or doors are left unlocked.

There is a Knight Owls Safe Walk Program on campus. This service provides an escort for those students who do not wish to walk alone after work or class.

University Police are highly visible on campus and provide a great deal of support to our students.

Emergency “blue lights” are installed all around campus. These stations have emergency phones for contacting the University Police directly.