AV俱乐部

For the AV俱乐部 community, important campus messages can be just a text message away.

Dal Alert is an integrated messaging service provided by the university to inform students and staff of campus hazards, significant campus closures and other events that need to be communicated to a large portion of the campus community. These events may include school closures due to adverse weather, power outages, fires, or accident.

Dal Alert includes messages sent by email and posted on the AV俱乐部 website homepage, but among its major tools is a text messaging service that students and staff can subscribe to.

There will be a test of the system on Thursday, September 29. Those who haven鈥檛 signed up for Dal Alert text messaging should do so prior to the test. It鈥檚 easy: visit and click the 鈥榮ubscribe鈥� link. After entering your NetID, password and cell phone number, you鈥檒l receive a confirmation number via text to enter through the website.

With 9,417 subscribers and growing, the service has been well received by the Dal community, with the number of subscribers increasing significantly each year. 聽

鈥淎t the very least, this is a convenient service to allow students, faculty and staff to receive early alerts as to weather-related closings,鈥� says Dwight Fischer, assistant vice-president, Information Technology Services. 鈥淗owever, while not likely, if there is an emergency or an urgent need to communicate to our community, Dal Alerts go right to your cell phones.鈥�

He also adds that a lot of people like the alerts for weather closings, in particular, so they can turn over and go back to sleep 鈥撀爏omething everyone can relate to.

For more information, visit or email dalalert@dal.ca