3rd Annual Risky Business Week Held at DSU
Delaware State University’s Office of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) held its 3rd annual Risky Business Week Nov. 2-6. Risky Business Week activities are held each year in an effort to raise awareness of risk and safety to the University community.
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Michelle Shorter, DSU's chief risk officer, said this year's Risky Business Week was a success.The week began with a DSU campus emergency tabletop exercise in which a safety crisis situation was simulated.
On Nov. 4, a breakfast meeting was held by ERM with the University’s Safety Committee in attendance for a keynote address by DSU President Harry L. Williams. Under the theme of “What Does Safety Mean at DSU,” Dr. Williams affirmed that the safety of students, faculty and staff is among the highest priorities of the institution.
Throughout the week, there was active shooter training for faculty and staff along with sessions on cyber security, traveling risk and laboratory safety, as well as a “State of Risk Summit” that engaged attendees in a discussion with panelists that included David Sheppard, University general counsel; Jackie Malcolm, executive director of Marketing and Communications; DSU Police Chief Harry Downes, Jr.; and Dr. Stacy Downing, vice president of Student Affairs.
Students also participated in Risky Business Week with a Nov. 4 “Play it Safe” event that featured multiple activities, games and prizes designed to educate them about risk and what can be done to make the campus safer.
A particular highlight of the week was a Nov. 5 evening event that featured guest speaker Judy Smith, a crisis management expert whose career inspired the hit television series “Scandal.” At the event, Ms. Smith spoke on the topic of “We are All Risk Champions.”
“Risky Business Week was a success and we look forward to growing the event each year to reaffirm the University’s ongoing commitment to a well-established risk culture,” said Michelle Shorter, associate vice president and chief risk officer of ERM.