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Remote Learning and Work: Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026.

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 will be a remote learning and remote workday for main campus and Wayne campus due to the extreme cold.

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Department of Disaster Science and Emergency Services news stories

School in the news

Dr. Jeffrey Pellegrino named first non-Canadian member of Canada's Order of Red Cross
Dr. Jeffrey Pellegrino leads group in authoring first aid updates for American Heart Association and American Red Cross
Dr. Stacy Willett answers questions from Wallethub about states' responses to coronavirus
Dr. Stacy Willett describes Flight 93 investigation during WAKR Radio interview
Dr. Stacy Willett interviewed on WAKR Radio's Jasen Sokol Show about recent shootings
EMHS graduate puts degree to use at the Pentagon
WAKR Radio interviews Stacy Willett about Flight 93 investigation and hurricane evacuations
WAKR Radio interviews Stacy Willett about chemical plant explosion
Katherine Shaffer is Ziptastic winner
Cybersecurity exercise provides students with field experience
Students gain experience at emergency exercise on Monday
FEMA expert Dr. Stacy Willett: Emergency response to Puerto Rico
EMHS grads are first responders in Texas
FEMA expert Dr. Stacy Willett: Interview on WAKR about Hurricane Harvey
Federal grant assures national conference opportunity for EMHS students
EMHS grads are first responders in Texas

Archived news stories

FEMA expert Dr. Stacy Willett interviewed on WAKR: Response to Puerto Rico

October 2, 2017

Listen to the interview here.

Dr. Stacy Willett in the College's Emergency Management and Homeland Security (EMHS) program was a guest speaker on a WAKR radio podcast this week regarding the emergency response to Puerto Rico hurricane.