Emergency text system: sign up for service

August 30, 2007

University Communications in Oxford has released the following important message for students, faculty & staff:

Miami University has contracted with e2Campus to provide emergency notification to students, staff and faculty via cell phone text messages and e-mail. The system, "Miami Emergency Text Messaging System," will be available to all three Butler County campuses.

Registering is voluntary, but you must sign up in order to participate. If you don’t have a cell phone, you can register to receive an emergency e-mail instead.

Messages will only be sent for situations that pose immediate danger or the closing of an entire campus. This notification service will not eliminate or replace existing emergency reporting procedures, but will add to them.

To register, go to the Miami University police Web site or, from myMiami, find Emergency Text Message System in the Miami Web Page Index.

Note to infrequent text message users: the validation code that comes in your confirmation message may appear on a second page in your cell phone screen.