The Bucks mass communication system
alerts students of school closings
and other emergency information.
The online notification on the Bucks
homepage alerts students of school
closings or delays due to inclement
weather. A message appears as a red,
scrolling alert at the top of the page.
Students can also call the college’s main
phone line to find out about any potential
closings.
“For the college, the first and best way
to alert students is the college website,”
said Chris Lloyd, director of safety and
security.
Lloyd wakes up as early as 4 a.m. to
review weather conditions and accident
reports from various sources like Penn
Dot and the PA state police.
If he finds it necessary to delay opening
or close Bucks, Lloyd makes the recommendation
to Karen Dawkins, dean
of student affairs, who then relays her
opinion to the final decision-maker,
Bucks president Dr. James Linksz.
If Linksz decides to cancel or delay
classes, Lloyd then moves to alert students.
Students can also tune into other local
broadcasting stations to find out if it’s a
snow day, for example, radio stations
like KYW-AM 1060, 97.5 WPST and TV
news stations like CBS 3, Fox 29,
69News, NBC 10 and MyPHL 17.
Students should be advised not to
tune into 6 ABC, because they only
cover K-12 schools.
Shortly after the Virginia Tech shootings
two years ago, college campuses
established emergency alert systems.
Bucks’ system is called e2Campus.
Through this free system, students can
be notified by e-mail or text of any
potential dangers or school closings.
Immediately, 1,500 students signed
up. According to security officials, the
current count is just above 2,000.
“I received a text last time [school was
closed],” said Vlad Ayzenberg, 18, a
psychology major from Newtown.
Not every student is aware of
e2Campus. Lindsay Degorski, 19, a
nursing major from Levittown, said, “I
did not know there were any options.”
But, Degorski agreed it would be beneficial
to sign up.
“I go to the internet and look for that
scroll,” said Kelly Gredone, associate
professor of business.
“It’s always late,” said Jessica Bond,
20, a communication major from
Morrisville. She uses other websites like
MSNBC.com to find out about school
closings.
To find out more information about
e2Campus, visit bucks.edu
/life/security/ or sign-up for text alerts
at e2campus.com/my/bucks/signup.