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Most Colleges and Universities have now adopted an AMBER Alert like concept to protect college students.
Text messages will alert KU students, staff of emergencies
BY AMANDA O'TOOLE
The Wichita Eagle
Students and staff at the University of Kansas may soon be alerted to emergencies through their cell phones.
The university is in the beginning stages of setting up a system that will send emergency announcements through text messages to those who elect to receive the service.
University spokesman Todd Cohen said the shootings at Virginia Tech brought to light the need for an "Amber alert-type" system on college campuses.
"We used e-mail in the past, but obviously it has limitations as to who gets it and the speed," he said. "We have hotlines, we have Web sites, but we need to create a system that is efficient."
He said the system may be used in cases of severe weather or other issues that students and staff need to be aware of -- a hazardous spill, for example.
The text message alerts will be only one piece of an overall notification system, he said.
"The issue is that not one system will work for everything. There needs to be layers," Cohen said. "We'll do text messaging because we know lots of students come here with phones."
The messaging system won't be operational until fall, but the university sent out an e-mail today asking that students and staff update their emergency contact information and submit their cell phone numbers and service provider.
