AlertNU Registration
Students, faculty and staff automatically have their Northwestern email entered into the emergency notification system.
To receive notifications via landline, cell phone and text message, you must enter contact information in the records system.
- Students: will begin to receive emergency notifications after activating their Northwestern email account and will stop receiving emergency notifications 148 days post-graduation or withdrawal.
- Faculty and staff: will begin receiving emergency notifications shortly after their appointment is made in myHR and a Northwestern email account is issued and will stop receiving messages and alerts 14 days post separation.
Sign up to Receive Temporary Alerts
- For 365 Days: Members of the larger community (including parents, visitors, contractors, vendors and external community members) can enroll in AlertNU for 365 days by texting "AlertNU" to 226787. You will receive a confirmation text indicating that you have successfully subscribed. To be removed from the system, simply text "stop" to the same number.
- For 7 Days: For those that will be on campus for a shorter duration of time, you may subscribe for 7 days by texting "AlertNU7" to 226787 or for 30 days by texting "AlertNU30" to the same number.
Text (SMS) subscriptions will expire as follows:
- AlertNU: 365 Days
- AlertNU7: 7 Days
- AlertNU30: 30 Days
Just prior to expiration, you will receive a notification on how to resubscribe.
Crime Notice Registration
Students, faculty and staff are automatically entered into the email notification system. To ensure that you will receive Crime Notices, students should update their contact information in the student records system, and faculty and staff should update their contact information in the myHR system.
Members of the larger community (including parents, visitors, contractors, vendors and external community members) are not eligible to enroll.