Planning

The safety of members of Wichita State University’s campus community – students, faculty, staff, and guests – is a university imperative. To that end, the university has developed a comprehensive Emergency Operations Plan. The EOP is a living document, constantly under review and revision to adapt to new threats and new technologies in a complicated world.
» Download the WSU Emergency Operations Plan (pdf format, 233KB)

Communication

In a crisis situation, timely communication of the existence of a threat is vital. WSU has a varied and far-reaching network of emergency communications assets in place which can be activated within minutes. They include:

• Shocker Alert System. SAS facilitates electronic emergency notification to individual faculty, staff and students within the University community though mass e-mail and cell phone text messaging. E-mail blasts are automatically sent to all wichita.edu accounts. To receive SAS text alerts via cell phone, university community members must elect to opt-in. See www.wichita.edu/alert in order to complete the steps necessary to receive emergency notification by text message.

• Wireless Emergency Mass Notification System. The WSU Wireless Emergency Mass Notification System is a network of scrolling message boards that are strategically located in campus classrooms, department offices, and in many building lobbies. The message boards normally perform as digital clocks. When emergency notification is activated, however, these digital displays immediately transition into message boards and provide a scrolling emergency text message.

• Web alerts. In the event of an emergency, the WSU Web site (www.wichita.edu) will disseminate time-stamped news updates and contact information about the crisis. The myWSU site, which is a portal for students and staff, also has emergency notification features.

• KMUW. The campus-based public radio station subscribes to the federal Emergency Alert System and is capable of broadcasting an emergency alert notification as initiated by its network.