Sign Up to Receive PLU Emergency Text Messages

Throughout the 2008-09 Academic Year

PLU can alert you to emergency events on campus by sending a text message to your cell phone. To participate in the text messaging program, you must sign up for this service at the beginning of the academic year by registering here.  You may visit this site to update your registration at any time during the year.

Even if you were registered last year, you must register again in September.

After you register you will receive a text message asking you to confirm your registration. Text messaging fees may apply depending on your cell phone service agreement.

You don’t need to worry about receiving unwanted text messages. Text messages will not be sent for routine campus information. Only when a life-threatening emergency is unfolding in real-time will a text message be sent. For instance, a bomb threat might warrant a message.

An emergency message from PLU will always start with “PLU Alert”. It will very briefly describe the emergency, suggest a course of safe action and refer you to sources of further information.

Text messaging is just one way PLU notifies the campus of emergency events. Individuals who receive text messages or other means of emergency notification are encouraged and expected to use “word-of-mouth” to tell others what is happening and what to do. You are also encouraged to check for emergency updates on the university Web site, your official university e-mail account and campus phone system messages.

The text message system will be tested during a lock down drill in November. If you have successfully signed up to receive emergency text messages, you should receive a test message from PLU during the lock down drill. If you do not receive the message, you should sign up again using the Web site.

Please follow classroom policies on the use of cell phones in class.

If you have questions about emergency response and notification, please contact the Emergency Programs office at 538-6042.