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Based on the seamless integration of the COVID-19 reporting option on the LiveSafe app, the University of North Georgia (¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ) was recently honored with an Excellence in Innovation award.

LiveSafe, which contracts with ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ to supply a public safety app, recognized the university with the highest accolade among its 400-plus clients. Some of those clients include other ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ institutions.

"We were highly impressed with ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ's commitment to leveraging the latest technology innovations to help get their students and staff back to campus safely," said Carolyn Parent, CEO of LiveSafe. "¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ's public safety and emergency preparedness leadership demonstrated a keen understanding of the capabilities LiveSafe brought to the COVID-19 challenge and they executed the rollout with dedication and precision."

Nick Parker, public safety systems specialist with ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Police, said LiveSafe collaborated with ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ to integrate the new reporting section into the public safety app. It helped make ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ's reporting and contact tracing a success, he said.

"We were ahead of the game of implementing this reporting process," said Greg Williams, associate director of emergency preparedness at ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ. "While other schools were talking about it, we pushed it and finished it before our students returned to campus."