With a renewed focus on emergency preparedness at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Information Technology Services has developed a new system for communicating urgent, time-sensitive information to the campus. By signing up for PCT Alerts, students and employees will receive emergency text-message alerts such as building/campus evacuations, security threats and weather emergencies (including College snow closures). In addition to emergency alerts, students can choose to receive text-message notifications of individual class cancellations.
Students who have a cellphones with text messaging capabilities are strongly encouraged to sign up for this new service by following these simple steps (
different instructions were provided to employees last week through the myPCT portal):
- Log in to SIS
- Click on "Miscellaneous Information" in the left navigation area, then select the "Change Student Preferences" option
- In the Text Message Alerts section, enter your cellphone's e-mail address, which is your 10-digit phone number followed by "@" and the domain unique to your cellphone service provider. For example, Verizon Wireless customers would use "@vtext.com". If you don't know your phone's e-mail domain, consult your cellphone user's manual, check your provider's Web site or checkonline for common carriers.
- Click on the "Send a test message" button to send yourself a message and verify that you can receive an alert
- (Optional) Select "Subscribe to individual class cancellation notification" if you would also like to receive notification whenever one of your classes is canceled by the instructor
- Click on the Submit button to update your information
If you have any problems with the sign-up procedure, please contact the
Student Help Desk .
To unsubscribe from this service, simply follow steps 1-3 above and remove your cellphone's e-mail address from the box.
Watch PCToday for more information about this new service and about emergency preparedness at Penn College.
