{"id":127284,"date":"2025-08-21T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=127284"},"modified":"2025-08-21T08:09:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T12:09:44","slug":"did-you-get-the-aug-19-owu-alert-if-not-read-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/did-you-get-the-aug-19-owu-alert-if-not-read-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Get the Aug. 19 OWU ALERT? If Not, Read This!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Aug. 19, Ohio Wesleyan shared an OWU ALERT notification about a crosswalk light problem on Liberty Street. (It&#8217;s been fixed.) You should have received an email sent to your owu.edu email account as well as a text message sent to your cell phone. If you have the CampusShield app on your phone, the OWU ALERT appeared in the app, too.<\/p>\n<p>If you didn&#8217;t receive the cell phone alert, please check your phone&#8217;s spam folders. If the text message was discarded, please mark it as &#8220;not spam.&#8221; It may appear to be coming from 58843. Please also add 740-737-8880 to your contacts as OWU ALERT to help you recognize urgent voice calls when they are sent. (We did not send a voice message Tuesday.) You are able to download the free CampusShield app here: (<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.campus_shield&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US\">Android<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/campusshield\/id1019136154\">iOS<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>If you need to change your cell phone number in your OWU record:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Students<\/strong><\/em>, please email cell phone corrections to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:registrar@owu.edu\">registrar@owu.edu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Employees<\/strong><\/em>, please log into the ADP Portal and use the \u201cMyself,\u201d \u201cMy Information,\u201d and \u201cProfile\u201d links to update cell phone information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you have an owu.edu email issue<\/strong>, please contact the Information Systems Help Desk at <a href=\"mailto:helpdesk@owu.edu\">helpdesk@owu.edu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Parents or guardians<\/strong> <strong>of students<\/strong> who wish to sign up for OWU ALERT text messages should text\u00a0<strong>OWUalertFamily<\/strong> (not case sensitive with no spaces between words) to <strong>58843<\/strong> to receive notifications and STOP to the same number to discontinue receiving them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spouses or partners<\/strong> <strong>of OWU employees<\/strong> should text <strong>OWUalertPartner<\/strong> (not case sensitive with no spaces between words) to <strong>58843\u00a0<\/strong>to receive emergency notifications and STOP to the same number to discontinue receiving them.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the OWU ALERT system and other Public Safety notifications on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.owu.edu\/student-life\/department-of-public-safety\/owu-alert-system\/\">Public Safety section<\/a> of the OWU website. For unanswered questions, please contact Cole Hatcher in Marketing &amp; Communications at <a href=\"mailto:cehatche@owu.edu\">cehatche@owu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your time and attention.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Public Safety\/Marketing &amp; Communications.<br \/>\nContact: Public Safety at psafety@owu.edu or Cole Hatcher at <a href=\"mailto:cehatche@owu.edu\">cehatche@owu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Aug. 19, Ohio Wesleyan shared an OWU ALERT notification about a crosswalk light problem on Liberty Street. (It&#8217;s been fixed.) You should have received an email sent to your owu.edu email account as well as a text message sent to your cell phone. 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