The University of Oregon’s emergency notification system, “UO Alert,” has allowed students and employees to enter two additional mobile numbers into their accounts, to receive emergency messages about the UO campus.

The limitations of the mass-messaging system force the third number to be TEXT-TO-VOICE ONLY, which means those numbers have received not a text, but a phone call with an automated recording of the text content in spoken form.

Safety and Risk Services has received feedback that the text-to-voice system is not effective and creates confusion. Therefore, as of August 9, UO Alerts will no longer be sent to the third numbers entered into UO Alert accounts. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes. Another option for people who are not students or employees of the UO is to follow the UO Police Department on Twitter, @UOPolice, to receive simultaneous Tweets of UOAlert messages.

To make changes to the UOAlert account, go to https://duckweb.uoregon.edu, log in with UO ID and personal access code, select “Personal Information” from the main menu, then select “Enter/Update Emergency Alert Phone Number.”