SUNY NY-Alert Initiative Allows DCC Students, Faculty, Staff to Quickly Learn
of Emergencies

Release date: July 23, 2008

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – Students, staff, and faculty members at Dutchess Community College now have the ability to be notified almost immediately of any campus emergency.

The SUNY NY-Alert system is a web-based emergency alert service that warns students, faculty, and staff of an impending emergency such as severe weather, and relates information and instructions about any other campus incident that could threaten the safety of students and staff. Messages are relayed through email, home telephone, cell phone, text messages, voice messaging, and fax.

Participants are required to submit contact information to be registered for the service. DCC students, staff, and faculty members can do so by clicking the link on their MyDCC web page. The system went live on the DCC campus at the beginning of the Spring 2008 semester. Students, staff, and faculty who do not register will not be able to receive the emergency alerts, so participation is strongly encouraged.

For more information about the SUNY NY-Alert system, call Bridgette Anderson at 845-431-8655.

Founded in 1957, Dutchess Community College is a two-year community college with more than 50 years of service to the residents of Dutchess County. It is part of the State University of New York and is one of 30 community colleges in the state system. The College offers a wide variety of associate degree programs, as well as career programs in major technical, human service and business areas. The College also offers non-credit courses through its Office of Community Services to meet the continuing education needs of civic, cultural, business and professional groups and the community at large. The main campus is at 53 Pendell Road in Poughkeepsie, while the Dutchess South extension site is in Hollowbrook Park, Building #4 at 31 Marshall Road in Wappingers Falls.

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