Emergency Notification System

Mesa State College has contracted with an emergency notification provider to send alert text messages to cellular phones and distribute voice messages in the event of an emergency situation. While the College encourages you to participate in the emergency notification system, opting to receive these emergency notifications is completely voluntary and only one of the ways the college will attempt to alert the campus community to an emergency event.

The contact information you provide for the notification system will not be sold or released to any other party. The College intends to only use the provided contact information to alert the campus community of emergency situations or an event that directly poses a life-safety risk to the campus community. In addition, the emergency notification system will be tested once per term, not to exceed three (3) times per calendar year.

Mesa State College does not warrant the successful delivery of each message to each individual recipient. The service depends on the individual cellular and mobile phone carriers to deliver Simple Messaging System or SMS/text messaging to each recipient. There may be a charge by your cell phone provider to receive text messages.

Alert Channels

In the case of an emergency, students, faculty, and staff will be notified through the following channels:

• Text
• Voicemail
• Mesa State Email
• MAVzone
• Channel 2

Signing up to Receive Text and Voicemail Alerts

If you have not signed up to receive voicemail or text alerts and would like to, please do the following steps:

1. Log in to MAVzone.
2. On the Home tab scroll down to the Channel titled "Emergency Warning System".
3. Click on the "Mesa State Emergency Warning System Contact Information" link.
4. Update your contact phone number and select your mobile service provider.
5. Click the "Opt-in/Info Correct" button to complete your registration.