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ɫ�����ֱ�� will test the ɫ�����ֱ�� Alerts system at 11:55 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16. The test will include text messages, emails, social media and website announcements. Annual testing of emergency notification systems is required by the Clery Act, a federal law.

“If there is a campus emergency, we want to alert our community as quickly as possible,” said Garry DeJong, ɫ�����ֱ��’s director of emergency management. “By testing the system each semester, we are able to ensure there aren’t technical issues during that emergency.”

Active ɫ�����ֱ�� student email addresses (@colorado.edu) are automatically registered to receive emails through the ɫ�����ֱ�� Alerts system, and the university encourages students to add mobile phone numbers in order to receive text notifications as well.

Faculty and staff with a��@colorado.edu��email address are also added automatically. Employees who have phone numbers listed in the “Cellular” and “Cellular 2” fields in your my.cu.edu (MyCUInfo) account will receive text notifications as well.

ɫ�����ֱ�� partners��with @cu.edu, @cufund.org, @cusys.edu,��@ucdenver.edu��or @cuanschutz.edu email domains must still .

Additional information on the ɫ�����ֱ�� Alerts system is available at��. During an emergency that affects the campus, critical updates, additional details and any necessary instructions regarding the nature of the emergency will be posted��, campus social media sites and on the campus emergency information line at 303-492-4636 (INFO).

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Any user who expected to receive an alert and didn’t, or who needs help signing up for the system, should call the IT Service Center at 303-735-HELP or email��help@colorado.edu.

For more details on how to sign up for alert systems in the city of ɫ�����ֱ�� and other local jurisdictions, .