September 28, 2007

To: The UMBC Community

Fr: Antonio Williams, Chief, UMBC Police

Re: Emergency Text Messaging Alert System

Recent tragedies like the ones at Virginia Tech and Delaware State are prompting colleges and universities across America, including UMBC, to reevaluate their emergency communications. Keeping our campus safe is of the utmost importance, and to ensure that accurate, timely information is communicated about emergencies, we have purchased an emergency alert text-messaging system, E2Campus. We ask that you sign up today at http://my.umbc.edu/notifications.

Signing up for E2Campus is easy, and will keep you informed about potential campus safety hazards and campus closures due to weather. It is compatible with mobile phones, Blackberries, “smart phones,” satellite phones, e-mail, wireless PDAs and pagers. Normal text-messaging rates apply. There are no additional charges.

Please sign up for E2Campus today. We also ask that you encourage your fellow classmates, faculty and staff to sign up as well.