ABOUT UA's Z-ALERT EMERGENCY TEXT-MESSAGING SERVICE
Students, parents, faculty and staff can sign up for the new Z-Alert service and receive emergency alerts on their cell phones or via e-mail or both. Alerts will be sent when campus closes or when a situation arises that immediately affects safety.
Sign up instructions for parents only:
- Go to the ZipLine log-in page
- Click on the Z-Alert Text Messaging icon
- Follow the instructions from there
Sign up instructions for students, faculty and staff:
- Go to ZipLine and log in with your UANet ID and password
- Click on the Z-Alert Text Messaging icon
- Follow the instructions from there
The University is not charging for the Z-Alert service; however, recipients will pay text-messaging fees as prescribed in their service agreements. The University will use Z-Alert for emergency messages only.
Even with Z-Alert, the University will continue to send emergency messages via e-mail.
Customers of Revol Wireless only: To subscribe to Z-Alert, send an e-mail to ewk@uakron.edu. We'll take care of everything else.
TO UNSUBSCRIBE:
Users may unsubscribe at any time via the ZipLine log-in page.
TESTS:
The University will periodically test the Z-Alert system to assure that it is working properly. We will announce the tests ahead of time by sending an e-mail to students, faculty and staff. The test Z-Alert message will clearly state that we are conducting a test.
CONTACT US:
Have a question? Contact us at safetyalert@uakron.edu.
