"It made me realize that everything they were hearing about school safety was mainly getting that from media coverage of traumatic events and school crises, and school safety involves so much more than that." WATCH: Northern Kentucky University's new graduate course prepares educators for school safety threatsNKU launches school safety course to prepare educators for potential threats"Their firsthand accounts and experiences were great learning for us in the realm of this in making it all real," Campbell said. Akers said NKU has been ahead of the curve on school safety education, hosting safety consortiums for school districts in the Northern Kentucky and Southern Ohio region. He said he is not aware of other universities offering school safety programming at the same level. Educators interested in the course can visit the College of Education page on NKU's website or email Blackwell directly through NKU.