Be ready for emergencies with a local contact data tool

MINNEAPOLIS — How do you contact students in case of emergency? Do you have accurate and current data on student local contact information, in case you can't locate them on campus? At the annual conference of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Jeff Armstrong, assistant registrar and administrative program specialist; Jeremy Traska, assistant registrar; and Keri Allard, assistant registrar, all from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, shared their experiences and best practices in putting together their student local and emergency contact information and the Emergency Response Data Tool, in conjunction with their campus security office.