Policy Title: Emergency Notification
Policy Number: 7.7
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Purpose:
EWC maintains an emergency notification system that is used to notify students and employees who have opted in to the service via the CodeRed on the EWC website. This system is updated daily to reflect the current student data available so that any notification message will be delivered to the required student and employee list.
Use of CodeRed:
The EWC Emergency Notification System is to be used, at all times, for emergency purposes or purposes deemed necessary by the President or designee only. The notification system is to be used to send messages via text to email addresses and mobile phones, via voice to office phones, personal phones, and mobile devices, and via applications to desktops and office phones.
At no time shall this system be used for normal messaging, notifications, or otherwise standard contact as this would compromise the importance of these messages and may create an environment where students and employees are able to overlook these types of messages because of the frequency with which they could occur. Tests of this system shall be conducted once a semester at minimum to ensure the system is functioning properly. Additional tests may be conducted but are not required; however, more than four tests per semester may be too many to retain the importance of such messages when an actual emergency arises requiring the system to be operational.
Only users defined below shall be able to send emergency notification messages via this system:
- Director of College Relations
- Director of Housing
- Vice President of the Douglas Campus
- Vice President of Student and Academic Services
- Other designee deemed necessary by the President
Revision History:
Original Adoption Date: 11/09/21
Revision Date(s): 12/12/23
Date Reviewed, no change: