Brent Barker, the  Global Travel Security and Information Manager at UW, spoke at a recent faculty meeting on important updates to the University's Global Emergency Management Plan. He said now faculty and staff can be added along with students to a Travel Registry. The registry allows the University to identify and help travelers in an emergency, including sending a message on things like warnings and where to take shelter. During the Japan earthquake, for example, the registry allowed the University to identify 30 students and four faculty. To be added to the Travel Registry, just send a traveler's netid, country, and dates of travel to barkerb@uw.edu. The University now has a 24-hour emergency number that can accept collect calls: 206.632.0153. The University also has an insurance policy with HTH Insurance that everyone can apply for and it includes emergency evacuation.