Contact University Safety

  • In an emergency, always dial 9-1-1.
  • While on campus, take your personal safety seriously.
  • Stay alert, avoiding the temptation to be distracted by your phone or other electronic device.
  • Program your cell phone in advance with our numbers and know where your class is being held by utilizing our online campus maps.
  • Make a point to familiarize yourself with the easily recognizable CODE BLUE and gray phones located in most facility entrances.
  • Report suspicious activity or unsafe conditions to University Safety using your mobile device or any of the emergency call devices provided on our campuses.

Program Your Mobile Phone

Enter the phone number into your mobile phone contacts for any University location where you'll attend classes or other activities.

University Safety phone number for each University location.
University Location Safety/Security Phone Number
New Castle Campus (302) 325-3333
Wilson Graduate Center (302) 325-3333
Dover Site (302) 325-3333
Athletics Complex (302) 325-3333
Brandywine Campus (302) 325-3333
Dover Air Force Base (302) 677-6666
Georgetown (302) 259-6241
Rowan College at Burlington County - Mount Laurel (856) 222-9311 ext. 2100
Rowan College at Burlington County - Pemberton (609) 894-9311 ext. 1100
Cumberland County College (856) 200-4706
Rowan College at Gloucester County (856) 464-5207 ext. 4444
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
(North Hanover P.D.)
(609) 758-2522 ext. 223/227
Cecil College (410) 287-1000 ext. 606

Emergency Phones and Locations

Gray Emergency Phones (building entrance/exterior)

Gray emergency phone boxes are available at most building entrances at the New Castle, Wilson Graduate Center, Dover, Brandywine, and Athletics Complex sites.

To reach the University Safety Officer on duty:

  1. Lift the receiver
  2. Stay on the line until the University Safety officer answers

Black Emergency Phones (building interior)

Designated emergency phones inside buildings–Emergency phones are available and marked at several locations on the New Castle, Wilson Graduate Center, Dover, Brandywine, and Athletics Complex sites. Emergency phones are located on building interiors.

To reach the University Safety Officer on duty:

  1. Lift the receiver
  2. Stay on the line until the University Safety officer answers

Code Blue Phones (parking lots and exterior)

Code Blue phones are located in parking lots at the New Castle, Wilson Graduate Center, Dover, Brandywine, and Athletics Complex sites. Code Blue phones are distinguishable by a bright blue light attached to a pole which identifies the location of these telephones.

To reach the University Safety Officer on duty:

  1. Hit the touch pad
  2. Wait until the University Safety officer answers

Emergency Phone Locations

Phone Type Phone Location

New Castle Campus

Doberstein Admissions Center
gray phone outside main entrance
black emergency phone 2nd floor lobby
black emergency phone 3rd floor lobby
Peoples Library Building
gray phone ground floor entrance
black emergency phone library
black emergency phone 2nd floor library
Alumni Center
gray phone front entrance
black emergency phone lobby
Pratt Student Center
gray phone north entrance
parking lots
blue phone 100 n. east corner of acc lot (exterior)
blue phone 101 pool lot (exterior)
blue phone 102 s. west corner/admin. bldg (exterior)
blue phone 103 rear of alumni center (exterior)

Wilson Graduate Center

31 Reads Way
gray phone main entrance
gray phone student lounge entrance
gray phone west entrance
gray phone east entrance
gray phone main entrance bld. # 47
black emergency phones main lobby
black emergency phone west wing
black emergency phone east wing
blue phone rear lot east side (exterior)
blue phone rear lot west side (exterior)

Dover Campus

(A) Building
gray phone north side entrance
gray phone east side entrance (main)
gray phone south side entrance
black emergency phone receptionist desk
(B) Building
gray phone north side
black emergency phone main lobby
blue phone # 1 east side parking lot (exterior)
blue phone # 2 east side parking lot (exterior)

Athletics Complex

blue phones (3) south end of parking lot
blue phone east end
blue phone west end
blue phone north end
blue phone south  exterior of the main building

Brandywine Campus

code blue #1 main entrance
code blue #2 south exit
code blue #3 south exit
code blue #4 east exit
code blue #5 east exit