Ithaca College

A test of the Ithaca College Emergency Notification System (ENS) will take place on Thursday, Sept. 15, during the noon hour. It will include a test of the Outdoor Warning System, which features a siren tone and a loudspeaker message. There is no need to take any action in response.

The college schedules these tests once per semester to ensure that the systems are working properly and to encourage members of the campus community to sign up for the ENS, which uses voice, e-mail, and text messaging to provide information and instructions in the event of a campus emergency. By default, ENS messages go to all active Ithaca College e-mail accounts and to faculty and staff office telephones that are listed in the campus directory.

It is important to have multiple ways to receive alerts in order to ensure access to essential notices, such as the Sept. 8 delay in opening the college due to the flooding. To receive alerts using all three methods, members of the campus community need to enter their contact information by going to www.ithaca.edu/emergencynotification and logging in using their Ithaca College Netpass username and password. It takes one full day for additions/revisions to contact information to take effect.

Please be aware that, because of system capacities, not everyone will receive an alert message by each method at exactly the same time.