UNM to Change Emergency Text Messaging Systems

This fall, UNM will change emer­gency text mes­sag­ing sys­tems from TextMe to LoboAlerts. The new sys­tem, pro­vided by Rave Wire­less, Inc., will be an opt-out sys­tem rather than the cur­rent opt-in sys­tem. This means that every­one with an active Ban­ner record includ­ing stu­dents, fac­ulty, staff and oth­ers affil­i­ated with the Uni­ver­sity, will auto­mat­i­cally be enrolled in the sys­tem. Users are encour­aged to login to the sys­tem to con­firm their con­tact infor­ma­tion and pref­er­ences. If a user chooses to opt-out of the text por­tion of the sys­tem, they can do so at that site.

LoboAlerts is one piece of the multi-faceted cam­pus noti­fi­ca­tion sys­tem which also includes the warn­ing siren, email alerts and web page noti­fi­ca­tions. These sys­tems have been used to pro­vide safety and weather alerts, and noti­fi­ca­tion of events which have had the poten­tial to threaten the University’s abil­ity to con­duct reg­u­lar activities.

Both the LoboAlerts and TextMe sys­tems will run con­cur­rently until the fall semes­ter drill of the cam­pus warn­ing siren sys­tem, sched­uled for Sept. 14, 2010. That will be the last use of the TextMe system.

For more infor­ma­tion or to login visit: LoboAlerts

Media con­tact: Steve Carr (505) 277‑1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu