Ferrum College (Near Rocky Mount, VA) Under Lockdown

[Ian David]

Source: WRIC-TV

Ferrum College near Rocky Mount, Virginia is currently under lockdown after the school's emergency alert system was activated Tuesday morning.

Ferrum's Web site confirms an emergency alert was issued just after 8 a.m. Tuesday, and that the school is under a lockdown. Students are being asked to stay indoors.

There are preliminary reports that police are on campus searching for a suspicious person. School officials confirm there are NO injuries, but say the school will remain under lockdown until further notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION YOU MAY CALL: 540-365-4235, 4206, 4239, 4202



Read more: http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=7925955

[whistle]

1. Please keep us updated

[Midlodemocrat]

2. Gah. Just saw it on the news when I was getting a refill of coffee.

On a side note, Ferrum has been actively recruiting TeenMidlo. Offering her a full ride.

[underpants]

5. I went there for two years

at least that is what they tell me.

I haven't been back in a loooong time I hear that they really made huge changes to the campus and pretty much everything. When I went there it had just become a 4 year school and was mostly known as a Junior College for football players to get grades up before going to other schools.


Really nice place, in terms of outdoors but there wasn't much to do there except go to Tech and Radford on the weekends.

[soleft]

3. In a way, I'm heartened that security seems to be on top of things

BEFORE anyone has gotten hurt.

[bemildred]

4. When did we get in the habit of speaking about colleges in the same way as prisons?

I thought "lockdown" was something that happened in prisons, where they have cells and locks and guards.

[underpants]

6. 'Everyone safe' at Ferrum College, classes canceled

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-02-26-0174.html

10:16 a.m.: CONTINUE TO STAY INDOORS. AUTHORITIES ARE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL. EVERYONE IS SAFE.

10:39 a.m.: AS OF 10:30 AM, CAMPUS STILL ON LOCKDOWN. CONTINUE TO STAY INDOORS.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Emergency Information website

http://www.ferrum.edu/emergency/