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SU-Alert Emergency Notification System

SU-Alert is used to quickly alert you in the event of a crisis or emergency that poses an immediate and life-threatening danger to campus. Everyone is strongly encouraged to use this system to receive important alerts.

  • Secure, web-based emergency alert system for the entire University and its stakeholders. 
  • Opt-in system, which means you choose to participate, and you select the way you want to be notified. 
  • Notifications are sent to your registered email address, and/or text message or voice call to your registered phone number. 
  • Compliments other emergency notification system you may use, such as Citizen app or NOAA, and focuses immediately on the University Community. 

All students, faculty and staff are preregistered for this important service and can update/manage their account here.

Register a personal email if you don't have a ship.edu e-mail address

If you do not have a ship.edu email address and wish to receive SU-Alerts, you can register a personal email.

Once registered, you may enter up to 3 email addresses and 3 mobile phone numbers. To help ensure delivery, please add shipcom@getrave.com to the address book of your registered email account to prevent messages from possibly being marked as spam/junk.

Depending upon the severity of the incident, SU-Alert messages can range from specific instructions to general warnings. Primarily, you may receive messages for emergency events that have an immediate or direct impact to Shippensburg University. 

The SU-Alert system WILL NOT be used for general notifications of a non-emergency nature and its use will be strictly limited to emergency events. 

You will receive a bob threat/suspicious package alert, based on intelligence that indicates the threat is credible.

You will receive a civil disturbance alert if a large group is disrupting normal campus activities.

You will receive a fire alert if there is a fire threat to building(s), wildfires, local community or industry that endangers campus.

You will receive a hazardous material alert if there is a dangerous or hazardous material incident that may pose a risk to the campus community.

You will receive a Major Road Closing/Off Campus Incident alert if there is an unanticipated event that would disrupt safe passage to and from campus.

You will receive a Medical Emergency alert if there is a confirmed epidemic or event with mass casualties.

You will receive a Personal Safety/Physical Assault alert if there are active situations that include use of weapons, violence, perpetrator(s) at large, active shooter, hostage situation or missing persons. Any situation on or immediately off campus that constitutes an ongoing or continuing threat to persons or property on campus.

You will receive a Severe Weather alert if there are severe weather conditions that have the potential to cause injury to life or property. May include flooding, snow/ice/cold, thunderstorm, wind, tornado or hurricane. 

You will receive a Utility Failure alert if there is a major disruption or damage to utilities including gas, electricity or water.

You will receive an alert for any other condition where lives are in immediate danger and the Emergency Notification System has the potential to reduce the potential of harm.

ll-clear and/or additional follow-up messages pertaining to end-of-event. For example: When an alert has been issued due to a potentially severe storm in the area, an "All Clear" message could be sent when the danger has passed. 

SU-Alert text messaging is the primary notification method for immediate and urgent situations. Depending upon the nature of the emergency, secondary notification systems may include:  

  • this website
  • University computers via the preinstalled Alertus software

For extended situations, messaging may be delivered via: 

  • University digital signage 
  • SUTV, Comcast Community Access Channel 21 and Campus Cable Channel 1070
  • Local media
  • University Facebook and Twitter accounts

Contact the Shippensburg University Police Department (SUPD)

Reed Operations Center 1871 Old Main Drive Shippensburg, PA 17257 Phone: 717-477-1444