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Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu

April 24, 2007

UNM To Implement Emergency Notification System With e2Campus
Emergency system to be in place by Wednesday, April 25

The University of New Mexico will implement a new campus-wide emergency notification system designed to send instant alerts to all students, faculty and staff. UNM has contracted with e2Campus, a self-service, selective mass notification system that empowers schools and colleges to send instant alerts and time-sensitive messages to parents, students, faculty and staff – wherever they are – all at once from one easy-to-use interface.

“Any student, faculty or staff member at UNM can opt-in,” said Paula Loendorf, director, Telecommunications. “There will be an area on UNM’s home page to subscribe. It takes about a minute to fill out the form and to signup. Initially, the system will only be for emergency notifications.”

UNM officials expect the service to be operable beginning Wednesday, April 25. Students, faculty and staff will be able to sign up for the new service, which will be for Albuquerque campus notifications, via UNM’s homepage at www.unm.edu.

Instant alerts can be sent to cell phones, e-mails, pagers and web pages. Any UNM subscriber will be allowed to enter up to two cell telephone numbers and two e-mail addresses. However, there is no system that is 100 percent effective.

”There is no one fool proof method for notifying individuals in an emergency situation,” said Loendorf. “The University is continuing to explore other communication methods for emergency conditions.”

UNM is also considering using the system to send group messages with specific information targeting topics such as enrollment and registration deadlines. Users will have the option of subscribing to the other services UNM plans to implement in the future.

The e2Campus service is provided by Omnilert LLC, a Washington D.C. based company that develops and markets the leading selective mass notification system. In 2004, the Onmilert developed the patent-pending Omnilert Network and the e2Campus service specifically designed for schools. For more information about Omnilert visit: www.omnilert.com.

The 100 percent web-based system enables administrators to instantly send messages at a fraction of the cost and complexity of existing emergency notification solutions. There is no software to install and no hardware to buy. A school can setup a secure notification system in minutes to send routine, urgent or emergency alerts to their campus community.

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