Marshall University communications officials conducted a test of the MU Alert emergency messaging system at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30.
Marshall community members who are subscribed to MU Alert are asked to be sure that they have received the message that morning. If a message has not been received by noon, a subscriber should review and update his or her contact information in the myMU/MU Alert Web interface. If this contact information was already correct, but a message was still not received, then he or she should send an e-mail to mualert@marshall.edu with details on which contact method (text, e-mail, voice) did not work as expected.
“This test is a routine test of the system, as we do at least once per semester,” said Jim Terry, director of public safety for the university. “As always, our primary concern is protecting the safety and health of university community members.”
The last test of the system occurred Sept. 12.
The MU Alert system, which is operated by Marshall and delivered thru the Blackboard Connect® service, allows Marshall students, faculty and staff to provide several methods for the university to use when making emergency contacts. Most common are text messages, cell phone calls and e-mail. Those in the active Marshall community (faculty, staff and students) who would like to subscribe or update their information for this test are asked to visit the myMU page at www.marshall.edu/MyMU, log in, click on the MU Alert red triangle and complete their subscription or update. Others external to the campuses or centers (i.e. news media, alumni, campus neighbors) should watch other outlets, such as the Marshall website, Twitter, Facebook, etc., for relevant news releases.
