The Department of Public Safety (DPS) will conduct a test of the Orange Alert Campus Crisis Alert Notification System on Wednesday, April 20, at 3:40 p.m. ET. It will be a full test of the system which includes notifications sent via email, text message and voice call. The test will also include the Orange Alert outdoor siren system on the University’s North and South campuses. The sirens will be activated for two minutes at 3:40 p.m.
In addition to email, text and voice messages, the Orange Alert test message will also be sent via push notification to the Rave Guardian app, the main Syracuse University and DPS Facebook and Twitter accounts and will display on the University’s homepage and video monitors located in common areas in several buildings around campus.
The Orange Alert message will be sent to all Syracuse University students, faculty and staff, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) students and SUNY ESF faculty and staff who have signed up. Orange Alert will send a notice to all devices that are registered on the system.
“In the event of an emergency, it is critical that we can reach you. Please use this test as an opportunity to go into your MySlice account and verify that your contact information is up to date. This includes making sure that your cell phone is categorized as a mobile device, so that you receive our text messages,” says William Karnadi, director of emergency management and business continuity planning.
To review and/or modify your Orange Alert contact information:
SUNY ESF students can use the SUNY ESF emergency contact information page to update your information.
For additional information on the Orange Alert system, visit the DPS website. With questions, contact dpsadmin@syr.edu.
Thirty-five students have been chosen as the 2025-26 Syracuse University Remembrance Scholars. The scholarships, now in their 36th year, were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the students studying in London and Florence through Syracuse University who were killed…
Syracuse University is the proud home to multiple generations of red-tailed hawks who continue a remarkable lineage of these majestic birds on campus. Three hawk families—all descendants of the original mated pair SU-Sue and Otto—have established separate but adjacent territories…
Sustainability Management is hosting ’Cuse Collections, its end of semester donation event, Thursday, May 1, through Tuesday, May 6. Students will have the opportunity to drop off items between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at three different on campus locations. The locations…
A student in the master of arts in international relations program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs recently returned from a unique training exercise that brought together U.S. and Canadian troops in the Arctic. Connor McNeil participated…
Join the Syracuse University Wellness Initiative—and everyone’s favorite mascot, Otto!—on Tuesday, June 10, at 6:45 p.m. for the Syracuse WorkForce Run at Onondaga Lake Parkway. The annual 5K event features a relatively flat, down-and-back course [PDF] and is a great…
If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.
