Campus Alert Archive

Institution

Wayne State University

WSUMIPublic R1WSU Alert~24,000 students

Cases: 5
Alerts: 11
Verbatim: 55%
Span: 2018–2026

Official alert policy

How WSU says it will alert — when and how WSU Alert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.

Case log

Every documented incident

5 cases · 6 of 11 alert messages verbatim-confirmed

2026

fire: 2026-04-01An Electrical Fire Sends Smoke Pouring From Albert Kahn's Historic Maccabees Toweremergency notificationverbatim
shooting: 2026-01-27Former Students Storm the 8th Floor: Shot Fired at Wayne State's Chatsworth Suites Triggers Two-Hour Shelter-in-Placeemergency notificationverbatim

2024

civil unrest: 2024-05-28WSU Started Spring Semester Online Citing 'Ongoing Public Safety Issue': The Encampment That Wouldn't Meet With the Presidentadvisoryverbatim

2018

By incident type

What WSU has alerted about

Active Shooter · 1 Civil Unrest · 1 Fire · 1 Property Crime · 1 Public Health · 1

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