Finlandia Receives Grant For Added Security

Finlandia University has received $47,589 from the Michigan Department of State Police geared toward sexual assault prevention and technology upgrades.

The University will use these funds to add a new camera security system as well as an RFID card access system and enhance campus LED lighting in Finlandia Hall.

Michigan’s Campus Sexual Assault Grant Program and the Michigan Department of State Police distributed upwards of $1 million in grant funding to 23 Michigan educational institutions to help prevent sexual assaults on educational organizations campuses.

With the upgrade to a more advanced camera security system campus security will be replacing and/or adding 75 new cameras across all of the campus.

This new camera system will simplify personnel patrolling capabilities and efficiency.