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Timely Warning Notices and Hawkeye Alert Emergency Notification - System Overview

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Hawkeye Community College publishes timely warning distribution via ALERTUS, Hawkeye Alert, and telephone intercom with automatic student/employee contact loading into Hawkeye Alert for emergencies and weather.

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Institution

Hawkeye Community College

Community College · IA

~5,000 studentsHawkeye Alert

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

Timely warning multi-system distributionverbatim

Timely warning notices will be distributed using ALERTUS, Hawkeye Alert, or the telephone intercom system.

ALERTUS, Hawkeye Alert, or intercom for TW.

Hawkeye Campus Emergency Response - Timely Warning Notices

Automatic Hawkeye Alert contact loadingverbatim

All current credit students, non-credit students, and college employees have their primary phone number, and Hawkeye email address automatically loaded into Hawkeye Alert from their student or employee record.

Auto-load of primary phone and college email into Hawkeye Alert.

Hawkeye Alert contact information page

At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Timely warning when crime is reported that poses a serious or continuing threat to the campus community. Hawkeye Alert for emergencies, severe weather events, and campus closures.
Who decides: Public Safety department assesses case-by-case factors for aggravated assault and sex offense timely warnings. Hawkeye Alert operated as college emergency notification system.
Timeliness standard: Timely warnings distributed for serious or continuing threats; sex offenses assessed based on when/where incident occurred and report lag. Fixed minutes standard not stated.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: Public emergency response page Timely Warning Notices section and Hawkeye Alert system overview supporting Clery timely warning and emergency notification capacity.
Testing cadence: Not specified as a fixed cadence on the system overview pages reviewed.
Scope & limits: Hawkeye Alerts intended for people on or near campus. Auto-loaded contacts; users may add more. Text messaging rates may apply.

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Analysis

Reading the policy

Hawkeye Community College (Waterloo, IA) documents Timely Warning Notices on its official Campus Emergency Response and Immediate Notification page and Hawkeye Alert enrollment on the dedicated Hawkeye Alert page. A timely warning notice is distributed when a reported crime poses a serious or continuing threat to the campus community, typically for major arson, murder/non-negligent manslaughter, and robbery; aggravated assault and sex offenses are case-by-case. Distribution methods are ALERTUS, Hawkeye Alert, or the telephone intercom system. All current credit students, non-credit students, and college employees have primary phone numbers and Hawkeye email addresses automatically loaded into Hawkeye Alert from student/employee records. Users log in to verify contacts and add additional phones, text options, or emails. Users are removed when they leave or graduate. Hawkeye Alerts target people on or near campus for emergencies, severe weather, and closures. Complements Iowa community-college coverage.

Takeaways

Key findings

Hawkeye Alert with automatic student/employee contact loading.

TW via ALERTUS, Hawkeye Alert, or telephone intercom.

Alerts intended for people on or near campus; auto-removal on leave/graduation.

Policy, meet practice

When this system actually fired

5 documented times Hawkeye’s alert system was used, from the case archive.

Provenance

Sources

Official
Hawkeye Campus Emergency Response and Immediate Notification
hawkeyecollege.edu
archived copy
Official Policy
Hawkeye Alert signup and contact information
hawkeyecollege.edu
archived copy