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MTSU plans Feb. 22 test for campus safety alert system via emails, texts, calls

MTSU will briefly test its campus emergency alert system Wednesday, Feb. 22, with a short message for the university’s 23,200-plus registered users via email, text and automated phone calls.

Rave Mobile Safety logoThe test of MTSU’s Critical Notification System, conducted each semester by the University Police Department, is set for 1:15 p.m. Central Wednesday.

The university’s website, www.mtsu.edu, its MTSUNews.com official news site, and all digital signage around the Murfreesboro campus will display the test message as they would during a real emergency.

MTSU’s primary social media channels, including its Twitter accounts, @MTSUNews and @MTSU, and Facebook page, also will share the test alert.

MTSU Police Department logoMTSU most recently used its Critical Notification System, provided by Rave Mobile Safety’s “Rave Alert,” Jan. 31 to update students, faculty and staff on the university’s two-hour opening delay Feb. 1 because of anticipated inclement weather.

All current MTSU students, faculty and staff can verify and update their Rave notification preferences by logging in with their usernames and passwords at www.getrave.com/login/mtsu.

Details on MTSU’s Critical Notification System and emergency preparedness plan can be found at www.mtsu.edu/alert4u. Information about “Rave Alert” and links also are available anytime on the university’s weather information page, https://mtsunews.com/weather.

MTSU tests and evaluates its Critical Notification System once each semester to pinpoint potential problems. Previous tests continue to show a near-100 percent message success rate, and digital signage in campus buildings displayed the test alerts within 30 seconds of transmission.

— Gina E. Fann (gina.fann@mtsu.edu)

 

Students gather outside for fresh air Jan. 17 on the first day of spring 2023 classes at Middle Tennessee State University. MTSU used its Critical Notification System two weeks later to inform students, faculty and staff about the university’s two-hour opening delay Feb. 1 because of anticipated inclement weather. MTSU will test the notification system, operated by Rave Mobile Safety, this Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 1:15 p.m with brief email, phone and text alerts to all 23,200-plus registered users. (MTSU file photo by Cat Curtis Murphy)

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