Columbia College boosts campus safety with lights and cameras, additional security officer
Haley Swaino
COLUMBIA, Mo, (KMIZ)
As Columbia College students head out for the first day of classes Monday, enhanced security features across campus, including new lights and cameras, are in place to keep them safe.
Columbia College has about 8,000 students enrolled for the 2025-2026 academic year, according to spokesman Kevin Graeler.
The university has hired an additional campus safety officer. This comes as the Columbia Police Department said it was also ramping up its enforcement efforts downtown after students’ return to campus, according to previous reporting.
Campus safety is one of many improvements Columbia College said students can expect around campus this year.
Besides enhanced safety, $2.2 million from the college’s reserved building fund and donations paid for a remodel of the Atkins-Holman Student Commons, a refresh of the Stafford Library, and the relocation of the nursing program to Federal Hall downtown, which is still in progress.