ÐßÐßÊÓƵ uses emergency alert systems to notify the campus community about urgent safety issues, weather emergencies, and other critical updates.ÌýStudents and employees are encouraged to download the university’s emergency response app and enable notifications to receive real-time alerts.
Campus Shield
ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Campus Shield offers 24/7 connection to the Cheyney Police Dispatcher and emergency response team, and it’s loaded with extra features to keep you informed of campus events and happenings.
Each member of ÐßÐßÊÓƵ student boyd, faculty, and staff are highly encouraged to download Campus Shield Mobile Safety App to keep you connected.
Campus Shield Mobile Safety App is a software panic button that also receives emergency alerts via push notification.
Campus Shield Mobile Safety App can be used for any kind of assistance, as well as for reporting incidents, including:
- Request Safe Tranport (Personal escorts)
- Report a crime
- Anonymous Reporting
- Suspicious persons
- Medical problems
- Fire
- Friend Watch
ÌýDownload the app here: Ìý |Ìý
e2Campus
e2Campus gives you info on the goâ„¢. A text messaging and e-mail emergency alert system for urgent situations and general information such as school closings due to inclement weather, e2Campus Subscriptions are free. Signup and then receive customized, up-to-date school information such as; emergencies and snow closings. All via cell phone text messages and e-mail.
SubscribersÌýcan self-manage their accounts to register or deactivate the service by logging in at the USER ACCOUNT LOGIN field. Validate accounts, update phone numbers or email addresses, and join available groups.
e2Campus enforces aÌýÌýwhich clearly prohibits unsolicited messages, and e2Campus does not sell the contact information of our subscribers to third party marketers.
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Local Area Reports
TV and Radio Stations
Weather-related school closings are also announced by:
KYW (1060) AM RADIO
CBS-3 Television (Channel 3)
KYW Radio Cancellation Numbers:
Main Campus (Cheyney, PA) …………………….Ìý#465ÌýDelaware County
Other Places Campus Safety Information is Reported
Online
Emergencies and weather-related school closings are posted atÌýcheyney.edu
(Notifications will appear at the top of the home page)
Social Media
Follow ÐßÐßÊÓƵ on our social media accounts.
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Frequently Asked Questions
E2Campus system can send messages to any device that can receive text message (SMS) through cellular service, such as cell phones, text pagers, BlackBerrys, and some wireless PDAs. In addition, you can also opt to have the messages sent to your e-mail address.
The University has created a well-defined set of situations that would prompt a E2Campus message. E2Campus only will be activated when there is a critical need to transmit urgent information to the campus community. Here are some examples:
- Ongoingsafety threats in which an armed or dangerous criminal is at large oncampus.
- Majorfacility emergencies or evacuations. This may include a large scale gasleak, fire, or hazardous material spill, occurring either on campus ornear enough to campus to cause a credible threat to members of the campuscommunity.
- Severeweather or illness. This may include a threat from a tornado requiringthose on campus to take shelter, a closing due to anticipated weatherissues, or an outbreak of widespread illness on campus.
- Timelynotification of crime. Though not all on-campus crime incidents will bereported via the E2Campus system in addition to CU usual methods, thosethat represent a possible threat to campus safety will be communicatedthrough E2Campus.
Due to the limitations of text messaging, E2Campus messages will be very brief and contain vital and immediate information. More information about a E2Campus message will be made available through the other forms of communication available to the University, including messages posted to www.cheyney.edu, broadcast e-mails, and announcements to local media.
No. E2Campus will not be used to deliver any kind of advertising content, and mobile numbers will not be shared with any third parties.
The University has arranged for a limited number of subscriptions only for CU students, faculty and staff members.
There is no cost to sign up for E2Campus. The only charges you incur would be the normal fees charged by your mobile service provider for receiving text messages.
The University has a wide variety of methods to communicate with members of the campus community. In recent years, the number of mobile telephones has dramatically increased, and text messaging has become a key method to reach people immediately. The E2Campus service allows the University to use the most up-to-date communication method to reach students, faculty and staff in the event of an emergency in addition to the University’s other established communication methods.
E2Campus is just one of the communication channels used in the event of an emergency. It is not replacing any of our other previous methods of communication. It is building on those existing methods to keep up with the latest technology used by many members of our community.