Overview
UIC Alert is the university's emergency notification system and enables UIC officials to quickly contact each member of the UIC community in the case of an urgent campus-wide emergency.
Before You Begin
Active UIC email addresses are subscribed to UIC Alerts automatically and cannot be changed or removed by subscribers.
- Students are strongly encouraged to additionally subscribe their mobile number to receive UIC Alert messages by SMS (text message) to receive emergency campus notifications.
- Students may add up to 3 phone numbers to receive SMS alerts.
Active UIC email addresses are subscribed to UIC Alert automatically UIC Alerts by email will be sent to the email delivery route for your netid@uic.edu address.
How to Enroll a Phone Number for UIC Alerts
New students can additionally subscribe a mobile number for UIC Alert notifications when setting their password and password recovery options for the first time in the UIC NetID Activation application.
New employees can similarly subscribe a mobile number for UIC Alert notifications when setting their password and password recovery options for the first time in the NetID Claim section of the UI New Hire application.
How to Enroll
- Navigate through the UIC NetID Activation steps to the Password Recovery Registration page
- Enter a mobile number option for password recovery in the SMS Mobile Number text box
- Check the box next to "Share this contact information with UIC Alert" (the box is pre-checked by default)
- Leaving the box checked will register the same SMS mobile number for both password recovery option and UIC Alert
- Select "Continue' and complete the remaining steps of UIC NetID Activation
Other ways to sign up:
NetID Center
- When reviewing or updating your password recovery options in the NetID Center, you can subscribe your password recovery SMS mobile number for UIC Alert notifications by checking the box next to "Share this contact information with UIC Alert".
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