UCM Announces UCMAlerts Powered by Everbridge as New Alert System

The University of Central Missouri (UCM) strives to provide a safe campus environment for all students, employees and visitors. As part of these efforts, UCM is transitioning from TextCaster to UCMAlerts powered by Everbridge as its emergency alert system. 

UCMAlerts are notifications sent via email, text message and push notification to members of the campus community. They provide essential information about campus closures, safety alerts, emergencies, severe weather and other significant UCM updates.

 

“Communication is a vital part of creating a safe campus environment, and the new UCMAlerts system provides us with increased capabilities to share critical information with employees, students and the public,” said Chief Bill Brinkley, director of UCM Public Safety.

UCM students, faculty and staff are automatically enrolled in the new UCMAlerts system to receive notifications about campus closures, safety alerts, emergencies, severe weather and other significant UCM information. They can also choose to receive notifications from additional categories by visiting the UCMAlerts internal portal.

Parents, campus visitors, community members and others who wish to receive essential information from UCMAlerts can opt in to receive notifications by texting “UCMAlerts” to 333111. To subscribe to additional categories, the public should visit the UCMAlerts public portal.

UCM students, faculty and staff can also receive notifications through the Everbridge 360 app. The public can receive notifications through the Public Safety by Everbridge app by searching for “UCMO.” Both can be downloaded for free in the Apple App Store or Google Play.

As the academic year progresses, UCMAlerts will utilize additional Everbridge features. The campus community will be notified of these updates as they become available.

UCMAlerts is one part of UCM’s campus communications plan. Official university updates can also be found at ucmo.edu, via UCM email, on UCM social media channels and from area media outlets.

For more information, visit ucmo.edu/ucm-alerts.