College Messaging System / SSC ALERT

SSC ALERT was created to quickly inform the campus community of time sensitive or emergency situations.

This alert system has the capability to send messages by voice, email and text message. Messages will be sent for confirmed emergencies or dangerous situations that present an immediate threat to the campus such as a tornado, threat of violence, chemical hazard, or other significant events such as a school closing, snow emergency, or power outage.

Unfortunately, this new service is only as good as the contact information it contains. If you wish to receive timely messages regarding campus closures, for example, please make sure the contact information you have on file with the College is current.

If you are a student and need to make a change to your record, it can be updated at the Registration counter. If you are an employee that needs to make a change, please visit our department of Human Resources.

This alert system is provided in "good faith" by the College, and it is not a guarantee of notification in the event of an emergency. Test messages will be sent at the beginning of each semester to active students and employees.

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NEW FOR FALL 2010

With our migration to a new student management system this fall, our capabilities are expanding!

Students, faculty and staff will be able to list up to six phone numbers, one SMS/text messaging number, and two email addresses (one of which will be your ssc.edu/student.ssc.edu account) in our SSC ALERT database.

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It is important to remember:

• The caller id listed on messages from this system will be SSC ALERT.
• The College will automatically populate any information we have on file into the alert system. If you do not wish to participate in this service, complete our opt-out form. Please note, you will not be allowed to opt-out of any College provided phone number or email address.

• T-Mobile subscribers are no longer required to opt-in to receive SMS messages.  Previously, T-Mobile required SMS recipients to respond to the one-time confirmation message to affirm that they would like to receive SMS messages. The response is no longer necessary and the activation process will now coincide with that of other providers.

• Also, the process to opt-in and opt-out of SMS messages has changed slightly.   There will no longer be a “Reply STOP [KEYCODE] to opt-out” at the end of each sent SMS message; however, recipients will still be able to opt-out of SMS messages at anytime by sending STOP [KEYCODE] to 23177.  Our one-time confirmation message will still include the opt-out information.

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Next Scheduled Test:

Our next test message is scheduled for January 21, 2011 at approximately 12:00 PM.

You will have until January 19, 2011 at 12:00 PM to update your contact information for this test.