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Savannah State University

SSUGAHbcuSSU Alert~3,600 students

Cases: 8
Alerts: 21
Verbatim: 5%
Span: 2015–2026

Case log

Every documented incident

8 cases · 1 of 21 alert messages verbatim-confirmed

2026

bomb threat: 2026-01-22Soft Lockdown at Georgia's Oldest HBCU: SSU Joins Multi-Campus Email-Threat Wave but Keeps Classes Open With FBI on Campusemergency notification

2024

hurricane: 2024-09-26Three Days Without Power and Criticism of Communication: Savannah State's Hurricane Helene Response Leaves Students in the Darkadvisory
hurricane: 2024-08-05Tropical Storm Debby Cancels Faculty/Staff Institute as Georgia's Oldest HBCU Suspends Operationsemergency notification

2023

infrastructure failure: 2023-11-01HBCU Students at Savannah State Went Nearly a Month Without Hot Water as Boilers Kept Breaking Downadvisory

2022

shooting: 2022-04-23Late-Night Shooting Near SSU Stadium Wounds Two, Triggers Campus Lockdown During Spring Semesteremergency notification2 injured

2017

hurricane: 2017-09-07A Coastal HBCU Evacuates: Savannah State Empties Its Dorms Twice in One Yearemergency notification

2016

hurricane: 2016-10-04Cars Parked on Higher Ground, Students Bused Out: How an HBCU on the Georgia Coast Evacuated for Matthewemergency notification

2015

shooting: 2015-08-27A Football Player Shot Dead in the Student Union, and the Killer Evaded Arrest for Nearly Three Yearsemergency notification1 killedverbatim

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Weather · 4 Active Shooter · 2 Bomb Threat · 1 Infrastructure · 1

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