From Swatting to Smiling: The Power of Playful Outreach

Christine Rickabaugh (cr097@uark.edu)
It was nearly lunchtime on Monday during the second week of classes for the fall semester. I was chatting with some colleagues when the University community text alert sounded. An active shooter in the library? Wait a minute... I thought the practice drill was scheduled for tomorrow morning. We all looked at each other. Was this real? We were in the library. We immediately began to