Student safety on college campuses nationwide has become an increasingly serious concern. This week Rodger Desai, the CEO of Rave Wireless, announced during his panel at SXSW Interactive an initiative by Security On Campus, Campus Progress and Rave Wireless to make college and universities a safer place.

Purposefully launched during women's month, by texting the word "Safety" to the short-code 30644 users are able to sign a petition that will be presented to University CIO's around the country and help ensure that colleges and universities are doing all they can to keep students safe.

The service will also allow you to text in your email address in order to receive updates from Security on Campus and Campus Progress when action is needed to be taken around an issue of Campus Security. The campaign was then later marketing with interesting flyers shedding light on crime statistics (like the one above) and with banners and cocktail napkins at the Singlepoint, Rave Wireless, Mcommons and Distributive Networks party that night.

The campaign also helped shed light on Rave Wireless' mobile phone solution for campus safety with its Rave Guardian application, an application that allows a student to put a timer on their phone that will broadcast the phones GPS location to the campus police if it is not reset. Rave's Rave Guardian application propelled Montclair Sate University to win the 2006 Clery Award for innovation in Campus safety and is also a finalist in this years Wireless Innovation Contest's Taking Care of The Community category at CTIA.

Do your part now to ensure our kids are safe at school. Text "Safety" to 30644 now!

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