Connect-Ed sends students and employees emergency information and instructions on cell phones or landlines. Students and employees must register with the Connect-Ed system. Register Now >
Emergency Siren
In the winter of 2007-08 Colby installed a siren and public address loudspeaker atop Mayflower Hill. If the siren sounds, seek a secure location and await instructions (see below). Instructions may be broadcast over the public address loudspeaker.
Emergency Notification
Telephones
Colby subscribes to a telephone messaging service, Connect-Ed, that allows students and employees to receive emergency information and instructions on cell phones or landlines. Students are required to register with the Connect-Ed system.
Follow-Up Information
Connect-Ed - Additional information can be sent to telephones
www.colby.edu - Colby's home page will have specific instructions if an alert has been sounded.
E-mail - Emergency instructions can be sent to all students and employees as e-mail
Security Officers - Security and law-enforcement officers and other emergency responders equipped with radios can be dispatched to deliver follow-up information
