Institution
Michigan State University
MSUMIPublic R1MSU Alert~50,000 students
- Cases
- 15
- Alerts
- 43
- Verbatim
- 95%
- Span
- 2014–2026
Official alert policy
How MSU says it will alert: when and how MSU Alert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
15 cases · 41 of 43 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- power outage: 2026-09-19Campuswide power-plant outage; remote instruction the next dayemergency notificationverbatim
- threat of violence: 2026-09-03Berkey Hall closed Thursday over a reported potential threatemergency notificationverbatim
- tornado: 2026-07-03Tornado warning for East Lansing campus; take shelter then all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- severe storm: 2026-05-18Severe thunderstorm with destructive winds; seek shelter then liftedemergency notificationverbatim
- hazmat: 2026-04-27Evacuation over an 'unidentified chemical' later tied to meth-making materialsemergency notificationverbatim
- police activity: 2026-02-10Live 'ACTIVE VIOLENCE INCIDENT' alert sent during a system test; corrected in two minutesemergency notificationverbatim
2024
- gas leak: 2024-10-29Construction crew struck a gas pipe at the center of campus; leak sealed within hoursemergency notificationverbatim
- robbery: 2024-05-30Delivery driver robbed at gunpoint outside a residence hall; two arrested within hourstimely warningverbatim
- motor vehicle theft: 2024-04-14Hyundai vehicle thefts and attempt reported in Lot 91timely warningverbatim
- bomb threat: 2024-03-07Campus bomb and weapons threat call confirmed as a hoaxemergency notificationverbatim
By incident type