Campus officials work to prepare for potential emergency
By Abigail Allen
Staff Writer
Trevecca’s faculty and administration participated in active shooter training over the summer in response to the reality of mass shooting incidents.
Roughly 500 mass shootings have occurred so far in 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The archive also reported that the number of mass shooting incidents in the U.S. has increased by 46 percent from 2019 to 2020.
Lena Hegi Welch, dean of the school of arts and social sciences, was among those who participated in the training.
“They took us into different classrooms on campus and talked about how a teacher in each classroom could protect students,” said Welch. “It heightened my awareness of what to do if I were on campus with an active shooter.”
The training was designed to suppor...