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Register Now for UM Alert—The University of Maryland's Emergency
Text Messaging System
The University of Maryland is urging all students, faculty and staff to quickly
register for UM Alert—the university's new
emergency text messaging system.
UM Alert is now available to all members of the university
community. UM Alert is a software-based web application
that allows the University of Maryland to send emergency text messages
to cell phones, pagers, BlackBerries, PDAs, and/or email accounts.
When an emergency occurs on the campus, the university will now be able
to send a text message within minutes to all registered devices. UM
Alert is a connection to real-time updates, instructions on where
to go, what to do, or what not to do, who to contact and other important
information.
The university recently identified funding and support to purchase and implement
the new text messaging technology as a complement to its comprehensive emergency
notification system, which already includes an early warning siren system,
the UM homepage, email, radio and television, and phone systems.
The service is free and simply requires members of the University to register
online for a UM Alert account. Alerts are sent to all devices listed in
your UM Alert account.
How can you register?
Students, faculty, staff, and visitors can subscribe by logging onto www.alert.umd.edu or
by sending a message from their cell phone to 411911, using the keyword UMD.
Then follow the prompts to quickly subscribe. Registration is instantaneous,
and you will receive a confirmation within minutes.
The University of Maryland is excited to be able to add this important service
to its inventory of methods used to communicate with the community
in the event of an e