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ASUAlert Emergency Notification System

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Angelo State University's ASUAlert page describes ASUAlert as the communication system for time-sensitive emergency notifications via voice, text, and angelo.edu email, with automatic email enrollment and optional voice/SMS via RamPort.

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Institution

Angelo State University

Public Masters · TX

~10,500 studentsASUAlert

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

ASUAlert system definitionverbatim

ASUAlert is a communication system that allows Angelo State University to send time-sensitive emergency notifications via voice messages, text messages and angelo.edu email to Angelo State students, faculty and staff.

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Automatic email and recommended voice/text signupverbatim

Emergency notifications will automatically be sent to your ASU email. However, we highly recommend you sign up to receive voice and text message notifications as well.

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Use limited to defined emergenciesverbatim

The system will only be used to reach you in the event of a campus or regional emergency as defined by university officials.

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At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Campus or regional emergency as defined by university officials; time-sensitive emergency notifications and warnings.
Who decides: University officials define qualifying campus or regional emergencies; operational ASUAlert program contact is asualert@angelo.edu on the public page.
Timeliness standard: Time-sensitive emergency notifications; exact Clery without-delay phrasing is not restated on the ASUAlert overview page.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: ASUAlert is the operational multi-channel emergency notification system supporting campus safety communications; formal timely-warning procedure details are addressed separately in ASUPD Timely Warning Policy materials.
Testing cadence: Not confirmed verbatim on the public ASUAlert page reviewed.
Scope & limits: Email is automatic for active ASU addresses; voice and SMS require RamPort registration and carrier opt-in confirmation; non-university email addresses are not supported.

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Analysis

Reading the policy

Angelo State University is a public master's university in San Angelo, Texas. Its ASUAlert University Police page is institution-specific: ASUAlert sends time-sensitive emergency notifications by voice messages, text messages, and angelo.edu email to students, faculty, and staff; emergency notifications automatically go to ASU email; community members are strongly encouraged to register phone numbers for voice and text through RamPort; the system is used only for campus or regional emergencies as defined by university officials; contact information is used solely for emergency notification; departments' main office phones are included automatically; TTY/TDD is supported. This record documents the ASUAlert system overview rather than a full Clery ASR rewrite.

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When this system actually fired

2 documented times ASU’s alert system was used, from the case archive.

Provenance

Sources

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angelo.edu
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