One of the most important findings after the Virginia Tech tragedy was the need to be able to send a “mass alert” to the campus community. If we can’t reach you, we can’t alert you. Are you signed up?

At PPCC we use the ConnectED mass alert system. It provides the College the opportunity to send automated emergency messages to your email, work phone, home phone, and / or cell phone by both text (SMS) or voice. To date, we have used it to notify you about snow closures and other urgent matters. It was used last fall to notify you of campus security measures taken after an armed kidnapper was reported in the general area in northern El Paso County, near the Rampart Range Campus.

Our ability to contact you by your cell phone is most important. That’s what you have with you while you’re walking in the hallway, between classes, and away from your desk. During our next emergency, you’ll be hungry for information, and it’s likely the Public Safety staff will be far too busy to answer individual phone calls. Please take a moment to sign up and opt in for text and voice message to your cell phone in addition to your other numbers. Just go to www.ppcc.edu/alert.