Gallaudet University provides an ALERT system to the campus community via an email-enabled listserv. The sole purpose of this service is to announce any campus-wide emergencies such as unexpected closing because of snow, for example. In the event of campus-wide emergency, the University President or his designee will notify the Department of Public Safety who will send out the announcement via the listserv.

The announcements can be sent to any device that is capable of accessing an internet-enabled email address, including pagers, cell phones with text capability, and Palm Pilots.

The ALERT system is a voluntary program. Therefore, if you want to be alerted, you must subscribe to the listserve.

How to subscribe to the listserve:

Remember: You must be using the email address to which you want the alert sent. The Gallaudet Alert will automatically subscribe you with the email address that you use to send your email to the listserv. For example, if you want Gallaudet Alert to go to your pager instead of your
Gallaudet address, you must send a blank email from your pager instead from your Gallaudet account. You can also subscribe to the listserv from more than one address such as your pager, your home email address and your Gallaudet email address.