INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION OFFICE

Emergency Contact Information

For emergencies while abroad:

1. Call the local authorities (ambulance, police, etc.)
2. Contact your family
3. Contact the local foreign program coordinator
4. Contact the appropriate program coordinator at UMD, during office hours, 8:00-4:30 Central Standard Time Zone

After business hours, please call our on-call staff member:

+1 218 310 6946

What constitutes an emergency?

Emergencies are those that pose a genuine and sometimes immediate risk to, or that have already disturbed the safety and well-being of study abroad program participants. Emergencies include those situations involving a single program participant, multiple program participants, or all program participants.

These include:

• Physical assault
• Disappearance, taken hostage, or kidnapping of a student
• Robbery
• Sexual assault or rape
• Serious illness, physical or emotional
• Significant accident and/or injury
• Hospitalization for any reason
• Terrorist threat or attack
• Local political, natural or man-made crisis/disaster that could affect the students’ safety or well-being
• Arrest or questioning by the police or other security forces
• Any legal action (lawsuit, deposition, trial, etc.) involving a student