{"id":154462,"date":"2019-09-20T10:10:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T14:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=154462"},"modified":"2019-09-20T10:16:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T14:16:19","slug":"test-emergency-communications-set-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2019\/09\/test-emergency-communications-set-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Test of Emergency Communications Set for Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Connecticut will test its emergency notification and alerting system, UConnALERT, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 12:25 p.m., on all campuses.<\/p>\n<p>The test involves multiple messaging platforms. A notice will be posted on the UConn Alert website (<a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Falert.uconn.edu&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cstephanie.reitz%40uconn.edu%7C3b55d91d4640411c274a08d691fe86e1%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636856919710662544&amp;sdata=RGr6qawQAgrmPl6tuzxL2HeorcpYGXGbt4DOjJx6BPM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">alert.uconn.edu<\/a>); an email will be sent to all students, faculty, and staff; and posts will appear on the University\u2019s Facebook and Twitter accounts.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, cell phone numbers registered with the UConnALERT system will receive text messages. On the Storrs campus only, outdoor sirens will be tested with an audible tone.<\/p>\n<p>This test includes emergency notifications at UConn Health in addition to the Storrs and regional campuses.<\/p>\n<p>Smartphone users who have downloaded the University\u2019s official mobile application, <strong>myUConn<\/strong>, will also receive an alert through the app during the test. To download the free <strong>myUConn<\/strong> app, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmobile.uconn.edu%2Fmyuconn%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cstephanie.reitz%40uconn.edu%7C3b55d91d4640411c274a08d691fe86e1%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636856919710672553&amp;sdata=FlVIetmzCDDJmp5QML9vR0mGWSEdjIlitrNqybPqpLQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/mobile.uconn.edu\/myuconn\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an actual emergency, information will be updated regularly through the UConn Alert website at <a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=alert.uconn.edu&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cstephanie.reitz%40uconn.edu%7C3b55d91d4640411c274a08d691fe86e1%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636856919710682559&amp;sdata=W628yNtGzGuLRUbyAuT9of1CqZE7%2BfOdtmIjNeDbSyk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">alert.uconn.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty, and staff should visit this site to register for cell phone text alerts, update their contact information, and obtain information related to emergency procedures and campus safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UConn will test its emergency notification and alerting system, UConnALERT, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 12:25 p.m., on all campuses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":79526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,92,174,2225,90,2234,2233],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1932],"class_list":["post-154462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-avery-point","category-uconn-hartford","category-uconn-stamford","category-uconn-storrs","category-uconn-waterbury","category-university-life","category-university-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 14:44:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154462"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154477,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154462\/revisions\/154477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/79526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154462"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=154462"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=154462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}