Washtenaw Community College

	For up-to-date information, call the College's School Closing Information Line (734-677-5288) or check the WCC homepage.

WCC has implemented "WCC Alert", an Emergency Notification Service, which enables the College to send emergency notices regarding inclement weather, utility outages, and so on to credit students and college employees via:

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Voice messages to home, work, and cell phones. Text messages to cell phones, PDAs, and other text-based devices. Messages to email accounts. Messages to TTY/TDD receiving devices for the hearing impaired.

If you are a current WCC credit student or employee, you may log in to MyWCC for details and sign up for this voluntary service.

For other sources of emergency notices see College Closing Information.

Employees: See also Human Resources Emergency Closing Procedures.

Washtenaw Community College will immediately notify the campus community upon the confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health and/or safety of students, staff, or visitors occurring on the campus. Washtenaw Community College has implemented two comprehensive communication systems, "WCC Alert" and the "Emergency Mass Notification System" to provide prompt warning notifications and alerts of immediate threats to the health and safety of members of the campus community using a variety of methods, including but not limited to: email notices; phone, cellular phone, and text messages; and campus announcement speakers located in the majority of buildings on campus.

The Director of Campus Safety and Security or his designee, is primarily responsible for confirming that there is a significant emergency or dangerous situation on campus that could cause an immediate threat to the health and safety of the members of the campus community. On a case-by-case basis in light of all the facts surrounding the nature of the threat, Campus Safety will attempt to verify there is a dangerous situation through such means as camera systems and/or witness accounts. All reported dangerous situations will be treated as such until either verified or proven false.

The Office of Campus Safety and Security has the ability to notify the campus community of immediate threats that have occurred and necessitate evacuation, shelter, or other action on the part of students, employees, and campus visitors. The Director of Campus Safety and Security or his designee, have the authority to determine the appropriate segment or segments of the campus community that will receive alerts, to determine the content of the alert, and to initiate the notification system. You are asked not to call Campus Safety for updates. The college typically provides follow-up information to the community using the same systems that were used to send out the original alert.