Bluefield

RamAlert Wireless Emergency Notification System (2025 Main Campus ASR)

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Bluefield University's 2025 Main Campus Annual Security Report brands RamAlert as the wireless emergency notification system operated by trained and authorized Bluefield administrators, with automatic enrollment of faculty, staff, and students (opt-out) and MyBU/Jenzabar registration paths for text and email delivery.

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Institution

Bluefield University

Private Bachelors · VA

~1,000 studentsRamAlert

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

RamAlert brand and authorized administratorsverbatim

Bluefield University’s RamAlert is a wireless emergency notification system created in an effort to enhance communication to students, parents, faculty and staff during times of crisis on campus. Through RamAlert, trained and authorized Bluefield University administrators are able to warn the campus community of an impending emergency and provide timely information to minimize disruption and potentially prevent harm or protect lives.

Branded RamAlert with trained/authorized administrator activation.

Bluefield 2025 Main Campus ASR RamAlert description

Text and email crisis details and action planverbatim

In the case of an emergency, RamAlert subscribers will receive a text and/or e-mail message with details of the crisis and any necessary action plan.

Local delivery channels and action-plan content expectation.

Bluefield 2025 Main Campus ASR RamAlert channels

Automatic enrollment with opt-outverbatim

All Bluefield University faculty, staff, and students are automatically placed into the system to receive alerts and must opt-out to be removed from the system. Messages sent through a secure web portal are received via cell phone (text) or e-mail.

Auto-enroll/opt-out model for faculty staff and students.

Bluefield 2025 Main Campus ASR RamAlert enrollment

MyBU / Jenzabar subscription pathverbatim

To subscribe to RamAlert, visit MyBU, the intranet portal for Bluefield University students, faculty, staff and alumni. You must log in to MyBU with your username (Jenzabar ID) and password.

Institution-specific MyBU/Jenzabar portal path.

Bluefield 2025 Main Campus ASR RamAlert registration

Director of Campus Safety evacuation authority with Crisis Management Teamverbatim

Modification to evacuation procedures during an emergency will rest with the Director of Campus Safety in consultation with the Crisis Management Team.

Named Director of Campus Safety and Crisis Management Team.

Bluefield 2025 Main Campus ASR emergency evacuation authority

At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: RamAlert is used during times of crisis on campus to warn of an impending emergency and provide timely information to minimize disruption and potentially prevent harm or protect lives. Campus Safety aids providing timely warning notices to the community when appropriate for reported crimes.
Who decides: Trained and authorized Bluefield University administrators operate RamAlert. Modification to evacuation procedures during an emergency rests with the Director of Campus Safety in consultation with the Crisis Management Team.
Timeliness standard: RamAlert is framed for impending emergencies and timely crisis information; ASR does not state a separate numeric without-delay clause in the RamAlert description beyond the emergency purpose of the system.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: ASR presents RamAlert as the wireless emergency notification system and separately notes Campus Safety's role in timely warning notices for crime statistics and community warning when appropriate.
Testing cadence: Not stated as a fixed test schedule in the extracted RamAlert section of the 2025 Main Campus ASR.
Scope & limits: Main-campus RamAlert targets the BU family on the main campus in Bluefield; faculty, staff, students, and parents may receive messages. Automatic enrollment with opt-out.

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Analysis

Reading the policy

Bluefield University (Bluefield, Virginia) is a private bachelor's institution. Its 2025 Main Campus ASR brands RamAlert for crisis communication: trained and authorized Bluefield University administrators send text and/or email with crisis details and any necessary action plan. All faculty, staff, and students are automatically enrolled and must opt out to leave the system; MyBU (Jenzabar ID) hosts the registration path. The ASR also references Campus Safety's role in timely warning notices when appropriate and places emergency evacuation modification authority with the Director of Campus Safety in consultation with the Crisis Management Team. Parent inclusion as RamAlert recipients is an institution-specific audience choice.

Takeaways

Key findings

RamAlert is the branded wireless emergency notification system.

Trained and authorized Bluefield administrators issue RamAlert messages.

Faculty, staff, and students are auto-enrolled with opt-out; parents may subscribe.

Director of Campus Safety consults Crisis Management Team on evacuation modifications.

Policy, meet practice

When this system actually fired

1 documented time Bluefield’s alert system was used, from the case archive.

Provenance

Sources

Clery ASR
2025 Bluefield University Main Campus Annual Security Report
bluefield.edu
archived copy