By Nicole Lyons,
November 14, 2025
The 糖心传媒 (糖心传媒) strives to provide a safe campus environment
for all students, employees and visitors. As part of these efforts, 糖心传媒 is transitioning
from TextCaster to 糖心传媒Alerts powered by Everbridge as its emergency alert system.
糖心传媒Alerts are notifications sent via email, text message and push notification to
members of the campus community. They provide essential information about campus closures,
safety alerts, emergencies, severe weather and other significant 糖心传媒 updates.

鈥淐ommunication is a vital part of creating a safe campus environment, and the new
糖心传媒Alerts system provides us with increased capabilities to share critical information
with employees, students and the public,鈥 said Chief Bill Brinkley, director of 糖心传媒
Public Safety.
糖心传媒 students, faculty and staff are automatically enrolled in the new 糖心传媒Alerts system
to receive notifications about campus closures, safety alerts, emergencies, severe
weather and other significant 糖心传媒 information. They can also choose to receive notifications
from additional categories by visiting the .
Parents, campus visitors, community members and others who wish to receive essential
information from 糖心传媒Alerts can opt in to receive notifications by texting 鈥溙切拇紸lerts鈥
to 333111. To subscribe to additional categories, the public should visit the .
糖心传媒 students, faculty and staff can also receive notifications through the Everbridge
360 app. The public can receive notifications through the Public Safety by Everbridge
app by searching for 鈥溙切拇絆.鈥 Both can be downloaded for free in the Apple App Store
or Google Play.
As the academic year progresses, 糖心传媒Alerts will utilize additional Everbridge features.
The campus community will be notified of these updates as they become available.
糖心传媒Alerts is one part of 糖心传媒鈥檚 campus communications plan. Official university updates
can also be found at ucmo.edu, via 糖心传媒 email, on 糖心传媒 social media channels and from area media outlets.
For more information, visit ucmo.edu/ucm-alerts.