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North Greenville University in Tigerville, S.C. has grown from being a Junior College to a university with 2,550 students.

Terri Brown has been named Chief of Police at Florida State University. 

The University of Utah will hire a chief safety officer and will invest $1 million in campus safety initiatives.

Floyd County Schools (FCS) in Georgia has experienced a data security incident. Students’ first and last names were accessed. In some of the cases, birthdates were also exposed during this incident. A small number of staff members’ names and email addresses were also exposed.

Penn State has named Jennifer Santiago as its new assistant vice president of risk management and University risk officer. 

Joseph Milek, assistant chief of police at Oklahoma State University, has been named chief of police operations for Penn State University Police and Public Safety.

Purdue will soon roll out new identification cards for faculty, staff and students, featuring added technology and a new design. The student version of the IDs also will include an expiration date for the first time in Purdue history.

Kaylee's Law, named after Kaylee Sawyer, who was killed by a security officer at Central Oregon Community College in Bend during 2016, promises to change campus security laws for the well-being of students and staff at local Oregon colleges. 

A five-year, $4.63 million award from the National Science Foundation will enable a multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the University of Arkansas to recruit, educate and train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.

The University of Florida announced a new department in Business Affairs named Physical Security and has appointed Joseph Souza to lead it.