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Friday, April 18, 2008

K-STATE TO TEST ITS EMERGENCY TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE APRIL 29

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University will test its text messaging system for campus emergency notification systems starting around 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 29.

The test of K-State's text messaging service is to ensure that it is functioning properly.

Tom Rawson, vice president for administration and finance, encourages students, faculty and staff to sign up for the text messaging service.

"This is just one of the many ways K-State students and employees will be notified in case of an emergency, but we hope everyone will take advantage of text messaging alerts," Rawson said.

All current students, faculty and staff with active K-State e-IDs are eligible for the emergency text messaging service. The service is optional and only one cell phone number per user can be registered, said Rob Caffey, director of K-State's office of mediated education.

K-State students, faculty and staff can sign up for the text messaging service at http://www.eid.k-state.edu

After signing in, click on the "Manage your emergency contact settings" link.

Those who have signed up for the emergency text messaging service should receive the test message on April  29. K-State cannot guarantee that emergency text messages will be received or that they will be received in a timely fashion. Due to the nature of text messages, factors such as service provider, coverage area and total load on local communication towers can determine if users receiving text messages and the time text messages are received.

Alltel and T-Mobile users text messages will be sent from an international number with a different time stamp. More information is available on the Emergency Text Messaging FAQs: 
http://www.k-state.edu/infotech/helpdesk/etms.html

People who sign up for the service and do not receive the test message should contact the IT Help Desk at 800-865-6143 or 785-532-7722. Users are responsible for any messaging charges from their phone service providers and for keeping their emergency contact information up to date.

K-State also has several other emergency notification systems, including e-mail, postings on the K-State Web site and public address systems on campus police cars. More information on K-State notification systems is available online at: http://www.k-state.edu/safety/EmergencyInfo1.htm