Emergency Communications

Columbia uses an emergency response communications system, SendWordNow, to immediately inform the campus community of emergency situations as well as cancelations and closures caused by severe weather.

Students will receive text messages, phone calls, and/or e-mails immediately as news pertaining to any form of emergency situation is issued. In order to receive these updates, students must provide the college up-to-date emergency contact information to ensure they are notified.

Starting in the fall of 2011, when students enter Columbia, they will be opted-in to the SendWordNow system with the contact information they provided Columbia during the admissions process.

To Update Emergency Information

1. Log in to OASIS.
2. Click the Students tab along the top.
3. Click Address/Emergency Update inside the Student Profile Portlet.
4. Update the appropriate fields with current emergency contact information.
5. If students are no longer interested in receiving emergency or severe weather updates from Columbia, they must select No to opt out of the service.