A test of the MU Alert emergency messaging system will be conducted Wednesday, January 29th. Event information can be found at MU Alert Test – Marshall University.
What is MU Alert?
The MU Alert system allows Marshall students, faculty and staff to provide several methods for the university to use when making emergency contacts. Most common are text messages, phone calls and e-mail.
What’s needed from me?
Members of the immediate Marshall community (students, faculty and staff) who would like to subscribe or update their information for this test are asked to visit www.marshall.edu/MyMU, log in, click on the MU Alert icon and complete their subscription or update by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28th.
Marshall community members who subscribe to MU Alert are asked to be sure that they have received the message that morning. If a message has not been received by noon, please review and update your contact information through myMU. If this contact information was already correct, but a message was still not received, then an e-mail should be sent to mualert@marshall.edu with details on which contact method (text, e-mail, voice) did not work as expected.
Additional Information about MU Alert:
MU Alert is used solely for the purpose of alerting the Marshall University community in an emergency. Emergency notifications are limited to those concerning urgent health and safety concerns for Marshall University students, faculty or staff; or disruption of normal university functions due to weather, crime or other concerns. Alerts are issued to increase awareness about a criminal incident to promote safety and aid in the prevention of similar crimes.
Marshall University officials determine if and when alerts related to criminal incidents are issued based on a number of factors, including when information becomes known. Alerts are sent when a serious crime occurs that demonstrates an ongoing threat to the campus community.
More information about the MU Alert system is available at www.marshall.edu/emergency/mualert.