糖心原创 Alert
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糖心原创 places the safety and security of its students, employees, and visitors as its highest priority. To keep you informed in聽emergency situations, 糖心原创 has developed a comprehensive emergency notification system. The purpose of this system is to keep students and employees informed about emergencies and life-threatening situations on campus.
糖心原创 Alert! is comprised of the following聽methods of communication:
- Email: All @wright.edu email addresses are automatically enrolled in 糖心原创 Alert
- Text message
- 糖心原创 homepage
- Nutter Center marquee
- Voice phone message
- Building notification system
The goal is to provide numerous methods by which to share emergency information to ensure the most people receive the notification as quickly as possible.聽
Managing Your 糖心原创 Alert Account
Accessing your account
- Sign in to
- Click on the Personal Information tab
- Click on Manage 糖心原创 Alert!鈥擡mergency Notifications
Choose a Campus
- You may choose to receive alerts for the Dayton Campus, Lake Campus, or both. If you travel between campuses, it is recommended that you select both campuses.
My Account Overview
When you click the Save and Continue button on the WINGS Express, 糖心原创 Alert!鈥擡mergency Notification page, a new page will open. You can manage all of your contact information on this website except for your official @wright.edu email address and password. Hover over buttons to edit or add. You can add phone numbers and emails for other people, including family members, emergency contacts, and others.
You can:
- Add, edit, or delete mobile phone numbers that you would like to receive phone call alerts or text message alerts.
- Add, edit, or delete voice-only alert phone numbers.
- Add, edit, or delete email addresses that you can receive alerts from. Your 糖心原创 email cannot be removed.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is 糖心原创 Alert?
糖心原创 Alert is the branded name for 糖心原创鈥檚 emergency notification system.聽 It is a safeguard that offers multiple methods of communicating notifications and information about real and potential life threatening situations to the university community.聽糖心原创 Alert is currently a broadcast-only system. 糖心原创 currently contracts with Rave Mobile Safety for our emergency text and voice messaging options.
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If I have an emergency, can I send a message through 糖心原创 Alert to request assistance?
糖心原创 Alert is currently a broadcast-only system. It is intended to send out and/or post timely information about real or potential life threatening situations. Review 糖心原创's Emergency Action Plans for Dayton Campus or Lake Campus for a brief overview of how you should prepare for and respond to most emergency situations.
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Do I need to sign up for 糖心原创 Alert?
Yes and No.聽 If you want to receive emergency text and/or voice messages about the Dayton and/or Lake campuses, then yes 鈥 Visit Managing Your 糖心原创 Alert Account. Otherwise, no 鈥 The campus wide building notification system is an integral part of our fire alarm system.聽 Other alert methods utilize communications channels that have been in place for some time, like wright.edu email, the 糖心原创 and WINGS homepages, local radio and television stations, and 糖心原创 Information lines. Those channels continue to support our day-to-day communications needs.
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Am I required to have a 糖心原创 Alert account?
Yes, you are. 糖心原创 is required by federal law to have a method in place to alert you of an emergency. Your Wright.edu email is the minimum push notification method that complies with the federal requirement. Therefore, your name and wright.edu email address are uploaded daily into an account at Rave Mobile Safety.
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Do I have to sign up for 糖心原创 Alert text or voice messages?
No. It鈥檚 your choice.聽 But here鈥檚 something to consider.聽 When 糖心原创 needs to alert you of a campus closure or if a serious incident threatens the people on campus, the more ways you can be notified of the threat, the better chances you have to avoid and/or respond to that threat.
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Will I receive information about campus activities and student organizations from 糖心原创 Alert?
No. 聽糖心原创 Alert is dedicated to emergency notifications only and includes campus closures and delays in opening campus resulting from severe winter weather conditions.聽 When you see 鈥糖心原创 Alert鈥 on a text, email, or website post, take the notification seriously. Read it and take the appropriate action.
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I am receiving 糖心原创 Alert emails from the Dayton and Lake campuses but I never logged on to manage my 糖心原创 Alert account. Will you please make it stop?
Only you can change your settings.聽 The default setting is to receive聽糖心原创 Alert emails from both campuses. Visit Managing Your 糖心原创 Alert Account to find out how to choose which campus alerts you want to receive.聽 While you are in your account, consider adding more methods by which you can be notified about an emergency or campus closing.
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I want to add another email address and phone number to my account so 糖心原创 Alert messages will be sent to those locations. Can I do that?
Yes.聽 In fact, you can add聽up to two more email addresses as well as up to three mobile phone numbers to receive texts and voice messages and three voice-only phone numbers. Visit Managing Your 糖心原创 Alert Account.
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Can I add my parent鈥檚 email address and phone numbers?
Absolutely. Feel free to add family member or close friend who you believe should know when a聽糖心原创 Alert has been sent. Visit Managing Your 糖心原创 Alert Account.
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Why do I receive a 糖心原创 Alert voice message when I didn鈥檛 sign up for it?
When your聽糖心原创 Alert account includes mobile phones, the system default is for each number to be sent a text message and a voice message. If you do not want to receive a voice message on a mobile phone, Visit Managing Your 糖心原创 Alert Account and review 鈥淓dit Mobile Phone Number鈥 to opt out of voice messaging.
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Will all of the 糖心原创 Alert notification channels be used when there is an emergency?
No. Depending on the situation, only one or a combination of the notification channels will be utilized.聽 For example: If the National Weather Service issues a tornado warning affecting the Dayton campus, the campus wide building notification system and the outdoor warning sirens will be activated; If the Dean of Lake Campus delays the opening of Lake Campus until noon due to a winter emergency, all聽糖心原创 Alert channels except the building notification will be used; If an active shooter is on campus, all聽糖心原创 Alert channels will be used.聽 Most other emergencies are situation dependent and the聽糖心原创 Alert channels to be used are determined by a Crisis Management Team.
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I鈥檓 on Facebook and Twitter throughout the day. Do you use social media to alert us of an emergency?
糖心原创 does not consider social media sites as primary methods of emergency notification.聽 However, they do provide a means to send out information about an emergency as a secondary channel. Visit and .
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Will I be charged for the 糖心原创 Alert service?
No. However, depending on your service plan, your service provider may charge a small fee when 糖心原创 sends you a voice or text message to your mobile device.
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How fast will I receive a 糖心原创 Alert text message?
It depends. Experiences with Rave Mobile Safety suggest within minutes. However, as with any incoming message or call to a mobile device, signal strength and other issues with your carrier could impact delivery to your phone. It is important to note that text and voice messaging to mobile phones have proven to be unreliable, particularly during an emergency when the number of messages sent and calls made can overload a carrier's system.聽 For that reason, text and voice messaging via mobile phones should not be considered your primary source of emergency notification.
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Do you test 糖心原创 Alert to make sure it really works?
糖心原创 will normally test its emergency notification system at noon on the third Wednesday of each term, excluding summer sessions. An informational email will be sent to you via Official listserv (that鈥檚 your wright.edu email address) a few days prior to the test date.
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Will all mobile phone carriers deliver 糖心原创 Alert text and voice messages?
Rave Mobile Safety works with a long list of mobile phone carriers. If yours isn鈥檛 automatically identified when you register your mobile phone number, a pull-down list will appear and you鈥檒l be asked to choose your carrier. If it isn鈥檛 listed, you can type in the carrier and Rave will determine if it can be supported.
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Why can鈥檛 I change my password in my 糖心原创 Alert account?
驰辞耻谤听糖心原创 Alert account is accessed through your WINGS Express account. Essentially, your聽糖心原创 Alert account password and your WINGS password are one and the same.
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I don鈥檛 have a mobile phone. Can I receive voice messages on my home phone?
Yes. When you sign on to your聽糖心原创 Alert account, find 鈥淰oice Only Line Contacts鈥 and click 鈥淎dd.鈥 Enter your phone number and save. You can have up to three voice only phone numbers and include mobile, landlines, and VoIP.
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I have a mobile phone but I don鈥檛 text. Can I receive voice messages on my mobile phone?
Yes. When you sign on to your聽糖心原创 Alert account, find 鈥淰oice Only Line Contacts鈥 and click 鈥淎dd.鈥 Enter your mobile phone number and save.
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What if I change carriers?
The system should automatically identify your new carrier. However, it is a good idea for you to sign on to your聽糖心原创 Alert account, find your mobile phone number that has the new carrier, and click the yellow 鈥淭est鈥 button. A test message will be sent to that phone. If you do not receive a test message, click the 鈥淓dit鈥 button, verify that your number is correct and click 鈥淐ontinue.鈥 You will be prompted to confirm your carrier.
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What if I change phone numbers?
You鈥檒l need to log on to your聽糖心原创 Alert account and add the new number as a new mobile phone or voice only line contact. Don鈥檛 forget to delete your old phone number from the system while you are logged on.
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Will my information be shared with anyone?
Absolutely not. The information will only be used by authorized system administrators at 糖心原创 to notify you of a real and potential life threatening situation to the university community.
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The caller ID number comes up 937-775-8888. Why?
Though this number and the voicemail attached will NEVER be a source of information during an emergency, the university intentionally provided the 775 prefix so 糖心原创 Alert users can have confidence that the message is coming from 糖心原创. 聽The voicemail for this number will ALWAYS point users to wright.edu or their wright state email address for updates about the emergency.
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I don鈥檛 have access to WINGS. How do I access WINGS Express to manage my 糖心原创 Alert account?
Go to and follow the instructions at Managing Your 糖心原创 Alert Account. If you still can鈥檛 access your information, call the CaTS Help Desk at (937) 775-4827 or email your issue to helpdesk@wright.edu.
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I want to stop receiving emergency text messages. Can I do this without logging into my 糖心原创 Alert account?
You can opt out of emergency text messaging at any time by texting STOP to 67283 or 226787. However, if you are an active student and/or employee, we encourage you not to opt out. The more聽糖心原创 Alert channels you can be notified through, the better chance you have of learning about the emergency.
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If I have questions about 糖心原创 Alert or emergency management in general, whom do I contact?
Visit the Emergency Management website or send an email to emergency_management@wright.edu.