**June 28, 2007 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Report**

\(1\) 10th ANNUAL FEMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE
\-- MATERIALS:

Received following breakout session reports, which have been forwarded
to the EMI Webmaster for upload to the EM HiEd Project website \-- Hi Ed
Conferences tab \-- Higher Education Conference 2007 section \--
Conference Agenda (where the reports are embedded in the appropriate
locations). Also forwarded to Admin Support which is collecting material
for the production of a CD ROM containing all conference materials:

Risk Perception and Communication \-- Understanding Risk Perception\'s
Role in the Four Phases of Emergency Management, by Jeanne Neipert,
North Dakota University Graduate Program; and How to Create a Disaster
By Saying Things the Wrong Way (Risk Communication Techniques), by
Theodore J. Hogan, PhD, CIH, Instructor, Coordinator of Master of Public
Health Disaster Management Program Benedictine University, Lisle, IL.
(Reporter: Leslie Little, C.E.M.A., L.I., Jacksonville State University
IEP Masters Program (MPA), Jacksonville, Al.

Also received report on the ArcGIS for Emergency Management Workshop,
June 4th, by Shane Hubbard, Professional Education and Outreach, The
Polis Center, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.

Received a note from Brad Wilson, Vice President of the International
Emergency Management Students Association, who gave a presentation on
IEMSA (also IAEM Student Region XII) at the conference, noting that he
has just accepted a job in Athens, GA \-- as an Emergency Management
Specialist for the Northeast Georgia Public Health District \-- starting
this August. Congratulations, Brad.

\(2\) BUILDING A DISASTER RESISTANT UNIVERSITY:

FEMA. Building a Disaster-Resistant University (FEMA 443). Washington,
DC: FEMA, August 2003, 53 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.fema.gov/institution/dru.shtm]{.underline}](http://www.fema.gov/institution/dru.shtm)

\(3\) FEMA HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM:

FEMA. Hazard Mitigation Grant Program: Building Stronger and Safer.
Washington, DC: FEMA, June 2007, 2 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=2058]{.underline}](http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=2058)

\(4\) NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM:

FEMA. NIMS Implementation Tips of the Week, June 27, 2007. FEMA,
Incident Management Systems Division, 3 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=2733]{.underline}](http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=2733)

\(5\) RISK MANAGEMENT SERIES:

FEMA. Risk Management Series (Brochure). Washington, DC: FEMA June 13,
2007 (2 pages). Accessed at:

[[http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=2676]{.underline}](http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=2676)

\(6\) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA \-- PUBLIC HEALTH CERTIFICATE IN
PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY:

The Project Assistant, Barbara Johnson, drafted a description of the
University of Minnesota\'s new \"Public Health Certificate in
Preparedness, Response and Recovery\" for upload to \"The College List\"
on the EM HiEd Project Homepage \-- Health and Medical Programs section
\-- where it should be accessible shortly. The purpose of this program
is to focus on public health knowledge, skills and attitudes to protect
the health of the community in times of bio-terrorist incidents,
infectious disease outbreaks and emergent public health threats. For
additional information, the program point of contact is Anne Ehrnberg,
who can be reached at: <php@umn.edu>

B.Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM

Higher Education Project Manager

Emergency Management Institute

National Emergency Training Center

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of Homeland Security

16825 S. Seton, K-011

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

\(301\) 447-1262, voice

\(301\) 447-1598, fax

wayne.blanchard@dhs.gov

[[http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu]{.underline}](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu)

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