# Presentation: 261446

## Emergency Management Needs: A Student’s Perspective 

**Emergency Management**
**Higher Education Conference**
**June 6-7, 2001**
**Karen Adkins**

## The Voice of Emergency Management Students

**EADP Student Survey**
**EM Student Needs**
**IEMSA Closing The Gap**

## EADP Student Survey

**Conducted Spring 2001**
**124 Students Surveyed**
**Focus on 5 Questions**
- What is your major?
- Are you currently working in the EM field?
- In which sector do you hope to work?
- What other courses would you like to see EADP offer?
- How did you learn about the EADP program?

## EADP Student Survey

**What is your major?**
- 94 EADP
**Are you currently working in the EM field?**
- 21 Yes
- 99 No
**In which sector do you hope to work?**
- 62 Public
- 49 Private
- 15 Non-Profit

**Notes:**
What is your major?
94 declared EADP and 8 minors in EADP.

Are you currently working in the EADP field?
The results reflect that more and more students enrolling do not have a community service background and are new to the field of Emergency Management.

In which sector do you hope to work?
Because students feel differently about what sector they wish to work in, the program must offer a variety of courses to satisfy multiple career areas.

## EADP Student Survey

**What other courses would you like to see EADP offer?**
- Over 40 courses
**How did you learn about the EADP program?**
- 37 Catalog
- 36 Another student
- 19 Advisor
- 19 Web-site

**Notes:**
What other courses would you like to see EADP offer?
I like this question because I think it amplifies that students have different needs and have different educational goals and career objectives.

How did you learn about the EADP program?
I think the number of students who found out about the EADP program from another student reflects highly on the satisfaction of the students enrolled in our program.

## EM Student Needs

**Additional Full-time Faculty**
**Theory -vs- Practitioner Orientation**
- Adjuncts
- Guest Lecturers
- Local EM Conducts Table Top Exercise
**Certifications**
**Networking**
**Additional Information Resources**
**Diverse Course Selection**

## IEMSA Closing the Gap

**Information Resources**
- EADP Student Library
- Organize & Collect Additional Material
**Certifications & Training**
- Professional Development Workshop
- Skywarn Training
- Red Cross Classes
- Introduction to Disasters
- Damage Assessment
- Mass Care
- Shelter Simulation & Shelter Operations

## IEMSA Closing the Gap

**Certifications & Training **
- Incident Command Training
- 8 Hour HAZMAT Awareness Certification
**Networking**
- Annual Party at the Lake
- Annual Alumni BBQ
- Attend EM Conferences
- IAEM Conference
- State DEM Conference

## IEMSA Closing the Gap

**Community Service**
- Adopt-a-Highway
- Disaster Day
- CHER-CAP Exercise
**Fundraising Events**
**Future Goals**
- Student Disaster Action Team
- UNT Volunteer Center and Red Cross
- Expand IEMSA Chapters

## IEMSA Closing the Gap

**Future Goals**
- Masters of Disaster
- Train the Trainer
- EADP Alumni Association Partnership
- EMAT Partnership

## Contact IEMSA

**International Emergency Management****Student Association**

**iemsa@yahoo.com**
**www.iemsa.org**