EMU's Crisis Management Preparedness Team meets regularly to review policies, discuss crisis scenarios, work through communication plans and process all things related to potential campus crises.
In summer 2007, members of the team participated in a staged shooting drill planned by Harrisonburg City Police. Here, Lt. Kurt Boshart of the police department, confers during the drill with Ken L. Nafziger, EMU vice president of student life, and Eldon Kurtz, EMU physical plant director and manager of campus security measures.
In spring 2006, EMU President Loren E. Swartzendruber gave a mandate to Ken L. Nafziger, vice president for student life, to create a comprehensive crisis preparedness plan. The resulting Crisis Management Preparedness Team (CMPT), includes:
- Ken L. Nafziger, chair, vice president for student life
- Joni Baughman, student life
- Jim Bishop, public information officer
- Marcy Engle, human resources
- Ann Hershberger, nursing department (liaison)
- Eldon Kurtz, facilities management
- Jan Kauffman, housing and residence life
- Ron Piper, vice president of finance
- Jack Rutt, information systems
- Margaret Upton, FNP, health services
- Andrea Wenger, marketing and communications
The team has been updating its crisis response and safety plans for the past year in preparation for a possible pandemic flu outbreak or other crisis. Click here to view the crisis response and safety plan.
To contact the crisis management team:
- Email:
- Phone: Joni Baughman, student life, extension 4135
