Jacksonville State University encourages all students, faculty and staff to update their emergency contact number(s) in the JSU Emergency Alert System, the University's primary emergency notification system. Although college campuses are usually safe places, emergencies and disasters do occur. JSU is committed to keeping the campus community as safe as possible through effective communication prior to, during and following emergencies. JSU Emergency Alert allows students, faculty and staff to receive emergency messages via cell phones or landline phone. Both voice and text messages may be sent to cell phones. To register, opt in/out, or update your information, a valid My JSU account and password is required. Registration, or updating your information, is simple and straightforward.

Other than periodic tests, this system will ONLY be used for emergencies requiring immediate action on the part of the JSU community.

Some Types of Messages and Their Explanation

To sign up for the JSU Emergency Alert System follow the steps below:

1. Log on to MyJSU ( http://my.jsu.edu/)
2. Look under Featured Links (far left column)
3. Under Banner Links, click on Self Service Banner
4. Click on Personal Information
5. Click on Update Addresses and Phones
6. Look for Mailing Address. Next to Mailing is Phones.
7. Under phones click on Primary
8. Enter today's date in the valid from this date tab
9. Scroll down to Phone type
10. Click on the pull down tab next to the first Select and choose cell phone (You must select cell phone to be notified.)
11. Now enter the phone number that you would like to have called during and emergency. (Even though you chose cell phone, any number can be put here; i.e. home, work, cell.)
12. Click Submit
13. The number you provided under cell phone will be the number called during tornado warnings and life threatening emergencies.