Test of AU Alert System
On Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, at 1:25 p.m., the Office of Campus Safety will be testing the University’s emergency mass notification system, AU Alert.
The test can help users confirm that their individual settings are correct and ensure that automated processes are operating as designed. The test will not require any physical response from the campus.
The test will include messages sent via the following methods: text message, email, a banner on all University webpages, and posts to the University’s social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter.
The primary verbiage used in the alert will read as “AU Alert: TEST—This is a test of AU Alert system.”
Messages sent via email and posted to Facebook will include the following verbiage on reporting failures in the system:
While the Office of Campus Safety will be reviewing the alert report to identify any failures or users who did not receive a text message, they also ask anyone to report if they were unable to receive the test alert message. You can report any known failures to Campus Safety via email and inform them what part of the system did not work for you.
To receive AU Alert text messages, you can register as a University employee/student or as a member of the community.
For more information on AU Alert, please visit Campus Safety's AU Alert page.
