Frederick Community College is a place of many qualities. It’s a place to learn, to make friends, to study, to do whatever it takes to push yourself further into a better future. It’s also a place that could become a target of the same horrible acts many other schools and campuses have been victims of.
Olga Cobozieva, 21, is an ASL major from Ukraine.
“I feel surprisingly pretty safe on campus,” Corbozieva said. They felt like campus security was doing the best they could to keep everyone safe.
“There’s a pretty good community around campus, so I feel pretty safe,” Cobozieva said.
On March 12, campus security dealt with a lockdown after a person reported they allegedly saw a gun on campus while evening classes were going on.
“I feel the way FCC handled it was the best way a school could, it was good they responded hearing there was even a possible threat on the campus,” Cobozieva said.
Amber Wenttag, 21, from Mount Airy, is a STEM major. They said they generally do feel safe and that FCC is doing a good job of making the campus a safe place. She also remarked on the community, and how it’s generally a nice place.
Wenttag hadn’t heard of the lockdown incident.
“Seeing as I haven’t heard of anything, yeah they’re doing OK,” she said.
Pandora Jafari, 19, a psychology major from Ashburn, Virginia, said she definitely felt safe on campus.
“I’ve left my computer unattended plenty of times,” she said. “I don’t feel like anything’s gonna happen when just standing around.” She added on saying “Yeah, everyone is really nice. I’ve never seen any hostility or any fighting.” Jafari said she only learned about the March incident through a friend.
“I was a bit confused, I was like, why didn’t I hear about this” She had only learned about the incident through a friend. “I felt like they don’t tell students that much, it was kept quiet.”
However, during the lockdown those who had signed up with FCC Alerts were made away of the lockdown and given updates in real time. FCC safety officers after a search on campus did not find any weapons and lifted the lockdown. No staff or students were harmed and no further incidents have been reported.
