Emergency Communication Tools

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Emergency and Weather-Related Communications

WKU employs a variety of methods to communicate with our internal and external community during an emergency, weather-related event or any time events may cause disruptions in the normal campus routine. These include:

• Emergency text alerts - sign up to receive text alerts
• After you sign up to receive text alerts, you may also wish to download our WKU Emergency Alert contact card on your mobile device. The contact card allows you to quickly add the multiple SMS short codes used by our emergency alerting system, combining them under a single contact so that you can better recognize who they are from, and know that they are from a legitimate source.
• Outdoor warning system (voice alerts and sirens)
• Mass emails to students, faculty and staff
• WKU News
• Messages posted to the WKU website
• Messages posted to social media: WKU Police on Facebook, WKU Police on X.com and WKU Police on Instagram. 
• Local news media

Note: All official communication will originate directly from WKU News or the WKU Police Department.  We encourage students to be cautious with where they obtain their information during emergency situations, especially via social media.