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The University of Missouri’s four campuses will expand their emergency notification capabilities to students, faculty, staff and administration through a new partnership with 3n (National Notification Network), the leading mass notification system provider.
Using 3n’s InstaCom Campus Alert system, the University will be able to communicate quickly and reliably in any situation. The 3n system notifies message recipients using a variety of notification systems, including phone, e-mail, text messaging, instant messaging, pager, fax and smart phones.
“The University of Missouri is committed to providing a safe and secure environment to learn, live and work,” said Dr. Gordon H. Lamb, interim president of the University of Missouri. “By partnering with 3n for its mass notification services, the University builds on that commitment in a significant and strategic way.”
With about 64,000 students plus thousands of faculty and staff spread statewide across four campuses, the University of Missouri’s crisis notification and communication needs are far-reaching and complex. The University needed the capacity to issue event-based alerts tailored to specific, targeted audiences, as well as the ability to communicate rapidly across a single campus or systemwide for large-scale emergencies.
“The incident at Virginia Tech reinforced the need for colleges and universities to adopt a crisis notification solution that communicates rapidly and reliably across newer technologies popular with students,” said Cinta Putra, CEO and co-founder of 3n. “We are excited to support the University of Missouri system and the state of Missouri in their proactive efforts to ensure the safety of their constituents with the most comprehensive and reliable notification solution available.”
The University identified several key criteria in its notification system selection process: ease of use; ability to integrate with existing systems; guaranteed infrastructure security and reliability; and ability to address challenges specific to a campus environment, including delivering messages using student-friendly contact paths, such as instant and text messaging.
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