Emergency Notifications

Voice, text and email communications will be sent to the individual’s cell phones and email addresses that have been registered with the University. To receive alerts or update contact information visit SVSU Campus Alert.

Saginaw County also has an emergency notification system that allows community members to receive alerts involving threatening situations. To sign up for this system go to www.saginawcounty911.com.

Most classrooms are equipped with a telephone. The University is capable of calling all classrooms to deliver emergency messages. In addition, in the case of a building-wide lock-down, classroom doors are equipped with an internal locking mechanism.

Wall-mounted notification beacons with sound, flashing strobes, and text displays informing building occupants of the emergency and instructing them how to respond.  These wall mounted units are installed in prominent public spaces, including;

• 1^st floor lobby of Arbury Fine Arts Center
• 1^st floor lobby of Wickes Hall
• hallway near Albert E’s in Zahnow Library
• 2^nd floor Curtiss Hall near the seminar rooms
• Groening Commons near the east revolving doors
• Dow Doan Science Building East near Starbucks
• Ryder Center near 2^nd floor fitness area
• Ryder north arena entrance
• Fieldhouse
• Doan Center near the Marketplace
• Student Center near the entrance
• lobby of Health & Human Services building
• lobby of Gilbertson Hall 

SVSU has systems that instantly override computer displays across the University network with critical alert messages and wall-mounted notification beacons with sound, flashing strobes, and large text displays informing building occupants of the emergency and instructing them how to respond. These wall mounts are installed in prominent public spaces.

The sirens on campus are activated by Saginaw County when a tornado warning has been issued for the county. You should immediately seek shelter on the first floor of a nearby building. Signs identify the location of tornado shelter areas near first floor entrances to our buildings. Please wait until you are informed via radio, television or other legitimate information sources that the storm has passed before leaving the shelter area.

Critical information, including instructions and important phone numbers, will be put on SVSU’s web site.

The University has installed an outdoor public address system. This system is designed to project voice announcements throughout the campus. Although primarily intended to alert the campus exterior, the tones and messages are audible in many University buildings.