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announces Pioneer Alert emergency notification system
8/03/09
August 3, 2009
– DENTON/DALLAS/HOUSTON — Texas Woman’s
University students, faculty and staff can now receive emergency
communications via text message as part of TWU’s “Pioneer
Alert” emergency notification system.
Beginning Aug.
3, students, faculty and staff can add their cell phone numbers
to the Pioneer Alert system by clicking the “Pioneer
Alert” icon at www.twu.edu or visiting www.twu.edu/dps/pioneeralert.asp.
The text messaging
option is the newest feature of TWU’s Pioneer Alert
emergency notification system, which includes the TWU website,
inclement weather telephone hotlines and messages posted to
all university computers, office phones and voice mails.
The Pioneer Alert
system only will be used to send emergency alerts, which include
campus safety situations that involve shelter-in-place, evacuation
or other action; or campus closings due to inclement weather
or other circumstances. All cell phone information will be
stored in a secure database.
A TWU Portal account
is required to be included in the text messaging system. Participants
can choose to receive alerts for one or all of TWU’s
three campuses. Cell phone numbers will be stored for one
school year and must be updated each August. Participants
also can update their cell phone numbers in the system at
any time.
“All TWU
students, staff and faculty are strongly encouraged to add
their cell phone numbers to the TWU Pioneer Alert system as
soon as possible,” said John Erwin, TWU director of
public safety.
For more information,
visit www.twu.edu/dps/pioneeralert.asp.
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