When the weather is bad — or if there’s an emergency event on campus — how will YOU find out what to do? Critical Alert is Central Piedmont’s emergency notification program. In case of urgent updates, we can send a text, phone call, and email to the contact details listed on your college account.

Central Piedmont uses a mass notification system to send urgent alerts to you via text, phone call, and email. As of June 1, 2022, we will move to a new tool called Rave Alert to send out our Critical Alert mass notifications. You won’t notice any difference in the way you receive those messages.

This is a great time to make sure the college has all of your up-to-date contact information. That way, you’ll be the first to know if college operations are ever impacted by inclement weather, a power outage, or a campus emergency.

Here’s how to confirm, update, and add your mobile, work, and home phone number(s) – plus your mailing address and any non-Central Piedmont email addresses – for the Critical Alert emergency notification system:

• Use your college login and password to access your User Profile in MyCollege. 
  • Please review and edit your current address, email address(es), and phone number(s)
• Also take a moment to review your Emergency Information in MyCollege regarding whom we should contact if you have (or are involved in) an emergency.

Please note you cannot opt out of Critical Alert notification emails to your Central Piedmont account because your Central Piedmont email is the college’s official channel of communication. 

We strongly encourage you to keep your mobile number updated in your MyCollege user profile for emergency communications.