SJC Alert Me

Providing a safe and secure environment for our students, faculty and staff is a top priority at San Jacinto College. In light of the tragic situations in recent years at other colleges, the College has partnered with Dialogic to create SJC ALERT ME, which will contact members of the campus community through voice and text messages in the event of an emergency situation.

SJC ALERT ME will provide San Jacinto College with another communication tool to keep students, faculty, and staff informed during threatening situations and weather-related closings. In order to receive voice and text messages, you must provide your telephone and/or cell phone number to the College by logging into your account on SOS and clicking on the SJC ALERT ME tab. For more information on how to subscribe to SJC ALERT ME click here.

SJC ALERT ME will be activated when the College determines a serious threat exists and the College community must take immediate action to remain safe and secure. The system will also be used to announce an unscheduled College and / or campus closing, or cancellation of classes due to severe weather or any other reason deemed necessary by College administration.

SJC ALERT ME can make up to three attempts to call each phone number in the call distribution list. For those phone numbers not reached because of a busy signal or no answer, the system will attempt to reach those phone numbers up to two more times. Once a call is answered by a human or voice mail, the system will not attempt to reach that phone number again. Text messages will only be sent once.

There is no cost to sign up for this notification service. However, when the system sends a message to your personal phone, you are responsible for any charges from your phone service provider associated with receiving voice or text messages. If the phone number you enter in SJC Alert Me is not set up to receive text messages, you will not receive a text message through this system.

In addition to SJC ALERT ME, the College will continue to use its well-established communications methods including:

• The San Jacinto College web site (www.sanjac.edu)
• College / Campus broadcast e-mails
• The College emergency hotline (1-866-504-5853)
• Local media

Sign up for SJC ALERT ME or visit our Frequently Asked Questions for further details.