Students sometimes find themselves on campus after dark. They’re studying, they have classes or they’re involved in extra-curricular activities.
Walking to their car or the bus late at night can make them anxious.
The Campus Walk program is provided by trained student teams. On request, they will walk students to their car, residence or other campus locations on weeknights.
Peter Trimble is the manger of Public Safety and Security. Trimble says the goal is to ensure everyone feels safe.
“You can call up security, ask if the Campus Walk program is available, if they will give a walk or wherever you need to go,’’ Trimble says.
It’s a student-led program that is free to students, faculty, staff and visitors.
People go to the security desk in either the Gordon Willey Building, the Student Centre, or the Student Services Building, and ask for the Campus Walk program.
“What’s important is if the program is not available this service is provided by security,” Trimble says. “24 hours a day, if your feeling apprehensive, give security a call and will take care of you.”
Virul Abeuisuriya is a second-year Astrophysics student at Ontario Tech. He says he would use the program if he was working late on an assignment.
“I would because sometimes I forget where I parked my car,” Abeuisuriya said. “I would definitely use the program at night.”
Meet Patankaur is a first year Cyber Security student at Durham College. Patankaur hadn’t heard of the program, but understood why students, staff, faculty, and visitors used this program.
“There are things that are happening here late at night,” he says, “and people on campus would feel better if someone walked them to their car late at night.”