Eagle Alert notifies campus with immediate emergency information
Students, staff and faculty should update their phone numbers in my.unt.edu.
UNT uses a system called Eagle Alert to quickly notify you with critical information in an emergency.
Eagle Alert allows UNT administrators to quickly contact the campus community members by phone about emergency situations affecting the safety and well being of people on and around the UNT campus. The system sends voice messages to the phones, including cell phones, of all active faculty, staff and students. The system also can send text messages to cell phones if you grant the system permission to do so before hand.
"Whenever an incident occurs that affects the immediate safety and well being of the UNT community, the appropriate messages are sent by the system, informing the community of actions to take to insure their continued safety," says Joe Adamo, director of Communications Services.
What's an emergency?
Eagle Alert is only used for critical situations including:
- severe weather alerts such as tornado warnings affecting campus
- campus closings due to inclement weather
- public safety emergencies like chemical spills, fires or violence
Messages not only notify you about the situation but also let you know what kind of action you need to take.
Who decides what you will hear?
The decision whether to activate the Eagle Alert system for a message will be made by either the university's president or chief of police.
What will happen when the university closes?
When a decision is made to close the university, UNT will notify the you with:
- an Eagle Alert message
- provide the information to campus telephone operators
- post a message to the university web site
- send campus emails
- inform news media
If the university is closed for more than one day, you should check the UNT web site at www.unt.edu for the latest information. The university also will provide the information to campus telephone operators, and news media will be informed.
How can you make sure it works?
You should check your contact information regularly and update it as soon as it changes by logging in at my.unt.edu.
- on your My Page, you will find a green Eagle Alert banner that includes a link to take you directly to a page where you can update three phone numbers – cell, home and office phone numbers. In case of an emergency, a message will be sent to all your phone numbers
- on the Phone Numbers page, you also will be able to indicate if you would like text messages sent to your cell phone
A message will be sent to all the numbers you provide anytime Eagle Alert is used.
Like other emergency alert systems, Eagle Alert is tested once each fall and spring semester by sending test messages to the university community and may conduct limited additional tests if needed.
Who runs the service?
Eagle Alert is operated by Connect-ED, a service that NTI Group provides to other universities and schools including Texas Tech, Baylor, University of Dallas and the Richardson Independent School District.