emergencies to help expedite this communication method. The current contacts for this type of message are John Mazariegos, Travis Salisbury, Daniel Hoenisch and Roneshia Smith in LITS.
• Phone Calls – Similar to text messages, this component relies on voluntary participation where a member of the University Community signs up to receive an automated phone call that will be sent in case of an emergency. The telecommunications department has pre-formatted messages ready for most types of emergencies to help expedite this communication method. The current contacts for this type of message are John Mazariegos, Travis Salisbury, Daniel Hoenisch and Roneshia Smith in LITS. • Email – All NLU faculty, staff and students have E-mail accounts. There are no restrictions on the length of the message. However, not everyone checks their emails on a regular basis and the NLU e-mail address is not the primary e-mail account for all students. As with text messages, pre- formatted messages exist in this area. The current contact for this type of message is John Mazariegos Travis Salisbury, Daniel Hoenisch and Roneshia Smith in LITS. With each of the above methods (text, phone calls and e-mail), each member of the University Community should be encouraged to sign up to receive these messages, which can be done at the following website: http://www.nl.edu/emergency/notificationsystem/. Emergency Notification System - NLU has an emergency notification system in place to warn students, faculty, and staff if an emergency situation exists at any of its campuses. For most of the members of our community, NLU has pre- entered a “primary” and “emergency” phone number in its system for each student, staff, and faculty based on what was provided when beginning enrollment or employment with the university. To check the numbers on record for yourself, make changes, or add any additional numbers, please go to the following link:
https://banner.nl.edu/BannerGeneralSsb/ssb/personalInformation#/personalInformationMain
• If you need to change the emergency phone number indicated, you can click the edit icon under the phone number and indicate the correct number.
• If you need to add an emergency phone number, click Add New next to the right of the phone numbers indicated.
• It is important that the “emergency,” as well as the “primary” number on file reflects your correc t phone number to ensure you receive all of the appropriate messages from the University.
Weather Related Closings - The University will alert faculty, staff, and students via the Emergency Notification System (above) regarding any campus closures or class cancellations during severe weather. Such information will also be posted via a ribbon on the NLU homepage and on the University Campus Safety webpage: https://nl.edu/campus-safety/. In Chicago, closures are also posted on the WGN Radio Emergency Closing Center™ web page: https://www.emergencyclosingcenter.com/. If there are no messages sent or nothing is posted on any of the channels indicated above regarding a closing at your campus, then your campus is Open .
Please feel free to contact the IT help desk at (312) 261-3700, or Ext. 3700 if calling from a campus landline, if you have any questions.
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