Categories: General, Preparedness, Response, Zombies
November 27th, 2012 1:46 pm ET - Blog Administrator
By Kara Stephens
When I offered to coordinate CDC/PHPR’s participation at this year’s Dragon*Con, I truly did not grasp how big of an event it is. Dragon*Con is considered the largest pop culture convention in the universe – and while trying to navigate through the crowd of roughly fifty two thousand sci-fi, fantasy, gaming, and science enthusiasts the enormity of the event quickly became apparent.
Categories: General, Zombie Nation, Zombies
May 19th, 2012 8:00 am ET - Blog Administrator
By Devan Tucking-Strickler, Kansas Division of Emergency Management
When people hear “Kansas,” many think of a yellow brick road, ruby slippers, and a cute little dog named Toto. I’ve never met anyone that heard “Kansas” and thought of zombies… until a year ago. That’s when we started the “Prepare for the Unexpected” campaign. Who would have thought that zombies could bring so much attention to disaster preparedness?! Throughout October 2011 the Kansas Division of Emergency Management and other county Emergency Management offices used brain-eating, decaying sci-fi monsters to get Kansas citizens thinking about disaster preparedness, and it worked!
Categories: General, Zombie Nation, Zombies
May 18th, 2012 10:30 am ET - Blog Administrator
By Carol Okupniak, RN, MSN, BC, Drexel University College of Nursing & Health Professions
CDC’s Zombie Preparedness Campaign was the catalyst that inspired Drexel University’s College of Nursing & Health Professions, Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Simulation and Practice, to prepare medical professionals for ANY disaster by creating a Zombie Apocalypse in our own lab.
Categories: General, Zombie Nation, Zombies
May 17th, 2012 11:43 am ET - Blog Administrator
Yesterday we heard about a Michigan State Professor using zombies to make course work compelling. So who else is incorporating zombies into the curriculum? The University of Rhode Island has also realized students can learn a thing or two from the undead.
Categories: General, Zombie Nation, Zombies
May 16th, 2012 9:58 am ET - Blog Administrator
By Glenn R. Stutzky
Glenn Stutzky is a clinical instructor of social work at Michigan State University. He recently made headlines for his unusual course syllabus, which, you guessed it, included Zombies! We asked Glenn to share his story and are looking forward to hearing his students feedback at the end of the semester.
Categories: General, Zombie Nation, Zombies
May 15th, 2012 1:05 pm ET - Blog Administrator
By Sandy Mackey, Zombie Expert, Delaware County EMA
I have never in my life come face to face with a real live zombie, or would that be a real dead zombie? Either way, last Halloween I got my chance when the Delaware County, Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management hosted a “Zombie Exercise” to test how we’d respond during a disaster.
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