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As we start a new academic year here at Western, we ask that you would join e2Campus, our emergency notification system. Active on more than 750 campuses around the country, e2Campus is the leading system of its kind. It takes just a few minutes to sign up online to receive important news in the event of an emergency.
We use e2Campus for a number of reasons. The U.S. Department of Education mandates that all schools which participate in the federal student financial assistance programs (which comes to you in the form of direct lending) implement and regularly test emergency response and evacuation procedures. As well, current events suggest to us that violence or natural disasters, while unlikely, may unfortunately occur on a college or graduate school campus.
A typical emergency warning could be received by your laptop, cell phone, Blackberry, land line, Facebook or Twitter account, personal email, or any of a variety of choices available during sign-up.
Notifications will only be sent in the event of a true emergency situation, as indicated by the following categories:
- Security incidents (e.g. theft, individual on campus threatening to harm others)
- Health alerts (e.g. H1N1 virus)
- Severe weather (e.g. blizzard, flood, severe thunderstorms)
- Campus closures (e.g. natural gas leak, chemical spill, non-routine building closure)
This service is free, and you may opt-out at any time. We ask that you would register with e2Campus today. It should take 5 minutes, and you may do so at:
http://www.e2campus.com/my/westernseminary/signup.htm
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our physical plant manager,
Cliff Stein, at cstein@westernseminary.edu. Thank you!
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