As part of the University of Southern Mississippi’s efforts to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff, the university has implemented a new component to its campus emergency notification system. Through Eagle Alert, students, faculty and staff will be able to receive time sensitive emergency messages via text and voice messages to cell phones and home phones, in addition to the existing avenues of e-mail, the Web page and news media and others.

This new system will enable the university to better inform the campus community of imminent danger situations and will not be used for any other purpose than emergencies.

Everyone who has a Southern Miss e-mail address will receive emergency alerts to their campus e-mail addresses. To also receive text and voice message alerts, students, faculty and staff are asked to provide phone contact information. Participation in this system is not mandatory, but enrollment is strongly encouraged.

Eagle Alert is a secure system and will not send advertising or spam to your personal phones. Messages will be sent through the system only in an emergency and for periodic testing.

The campus community can sign up for EAGLE ALERT through a web interface that is accessible via a link on the university’s Web site at www.usm.edu or at the Web address below.

Here’s how to sign up:

1. To access the EAGLE ALERT Dashboard, go to the following secure Web site: https://www.myschoolcast.com/go/usm/
2. Enter your Student or Empl ID: w________
3. Enter your SOAR Password: 
   The dashboard is a private and secure Web page where you can update and maintain your contact information as well as review all text alerts, voice messages and e-mails sent via Eagle Alert. (You will need to use this as the initial user ID/password combination when you log on to the Eagle Alert/SchoolCast Dashboard for the first time.
4. Enter Your Contact Phone Numbers
   Cell phones provide the most effective means by which Southern Miss can contact you in the event of an emergency. We ask that you strongly consider providing this information through the Eagle Alert system.Once you log onto the system dashboard, you have the flexibility to add other phone numbers and e-mail addresses to receive alerts. Please include all that would apply to communicating with you in an emergency. Depending on your cellular provider and plan, small charges may apply to text messages. Once registered, you may opt out of the text message alerts, but still be able to receive voice alerts.

Questions?
For assistance with technical issues, contact the iTech Help Desk at 601.266.4357. For other questions related to the Eagle Alert system, contact the University Police Department at 601.266.4986.