How do I sign up for EWU Alerts? (faculty, staff, or student)

All current faculty, staff, and students are automatically enrolled with their EWU email address. By logging into your EWU Alert account, you can additional notification methods, including other email addresses or phone numbers.

Note: You are not able to opt-out your EWU email address and, if you are a university employee, your office phone number or university-supplied cell phone number.

If you are not a current faculty, staff, or student, you can still sign up for EWU Alerts by text message. See this article and text EWUALERT to 77295. Current faculty, staff, and students do not need to use this signup method.

Note: EWU Alerts may be sent from any of the following short codes: 226787, 67283, 78015, 77295 and 81437.

Important information about EWU Alerts

The "EWU Alerts" service is provided by Eastern Washington University to EWU faculty, staff, students and other campus community members as a method of communicating timely announcements via cell phone text messaging, e-mail, and other electronic communication channels. There is no cost or subscription fee for users of this service. However, standard text messaging fees and data rates may apply depending on your cell phone service provider. EWU is not responsible for any costs incurred by users whom subscribe to this service. Eastern is committed to using this service for only those announcements which it deems crucial for instant notification to the campus community. Please check with your cell phone service provider regarding possible rates and fees. Review EWU's privacy policy for additional information regarding the personal contact information you supply when signing up for this service.

This service is provided per the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: