In today's world, managing a campus crisis poses special challenges for an institution's governing board, which may operate some distance removed from the immediate events giving rise to the crisis. In its most challenging form, a campus crisis--a shooting, a natural disaster, a fraternity hazing death, the arrest of a prominent campus figure--arises with little or no warning and precipitates reactive institutional decision making that may not always be shared or discussed with the board in advance. While blame for the underlying event will rarely be placed on the board, pressure will be exerted immediately to find out what board members knew, when they knew it, and what actions the board plans to take in response. The television lights, metaphorically if not literally, will burn bright and hot, and the board may find itself in the atypical and uncomfortable position of having to make decisions that are instantaneously analyzed, dissected, and second-guessed by critics whose primary loyalty is not to the institution. In this article, the author offers a checklist of 10 steps for organizing the board's approach to the management of a serious campus crisis. (Lists 2 resources.)