Keep up with Closings, Delays and Urgent College News with Tyler Alert

Want to quickly learn if the College has to close or open late because of bad weather or be notified directly if an emergency situation arises on campus? Then you’ll want to sign up for Tyler Alert. Tyler Alert is a notification system that allows those who’ve registered to receive urgent text messages and e-mails. Tyler Alert is a voluntary system, so you must sign up to receive these important notifications. The process is simple, and it is free to subscribe (some carriers charge fees for messages received on wireless devices). To learn more about Tyler Alert or to register, click here. If you’ve already signed up for Tyler Alert, you may want to log in and check to make sure your phone numbers and e-mail addresses are current.

It is important to note that Tyler Alert is one of the many tools used by the College to notify students, faculty, staff and the community about emergency situations and about inclement weather closings and delays. The College also uses student e-mail, employee e-mail and voicemail, the College web site, the public address system, security staff, area emergency coordinators, fire alarms, indoor emergency call boxes, electronic bulletin boards and media outlets to communicate urgent information. To learn more, check out the College’s Emergency Guide and the College’s Closing Policy.

People Like Us, They Really Like Us

It’s official. Faculty, staff, students, alumni and members of the community “like” John Tyler Community College, and they want to know more about admissions, alumni, registration, events, student activities, transfer opportunities and the people the College – all through Facebook.

The New Media & Communications Standing Committee at the College sent a survey to all students at the end of the spring 2010 semester asking for feedback on Facebook. More than 300 students responded, and close to 90% of them said that they currently have a Facebook page. More than 80% said they log on to Facebook daily.

The best part? The majority – 78% said they would join a John Tyler Facebook group. More than 80% said they wanted to learn about events at the College on Facebook. 61% wanted to know more about the admissions process, and 75% said they wanted information on the schedule of classes and registration.

So the College has created a page – and team of folks to update the page – and more than 300 people have “liked” John Tyler already.

Want to see what’s happening at the College? Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/johntylercc.