The UW Tacoma Alert System provides current information on campus closures and delays due to inclement weather and emergency situations. To receive email and/or text messages, you must opt-in to this service — you won't receive alert messages if you haven't signed up.
Sign up for UW Alert. To update your contact information or unsubscribe from alerts, use Manage Account and click on the Services tab.
Note: Students automatically receive notification by email. However, faculty and staff must sign up with UW Alert in order to receive email notifications.
What should I do? Common emergency scenarios
The kinds of major emergencies or disasters that can impact our university include:
- Active shooter
- Winter Storm Impacts
- Thunderstorms
- Earthquake
- Fires
- HAZMAT Incidents
- Terrorism
- Extreme Heat
- Pandemic Flu/H1N1
- Are you ready? UW Tacoma Emergency Guide
- "Shots Fired on Campus" video from SafeCampus
Notification Methods
- UW Tacoma Homepage: tacoma.uw.edu
- UW Tacoma Information Line: 253-692-4636
- UW Alert System: Get text message alerts on your mobile device. Sign up for UW Alert now
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/uwtacoma
- Twitter: www.twitter.com/uwtacoma
- SchoolReport.org: Get current information about school closures at www.SchoolReport.org
- Local television and radio media outlets
- UW Seattle UW Alert Blog: emergency.uw.edu
- UW Seattle Information Line: 206.897.4636
Notification Schedule
Suspension decisions should be made prior to the following times, although unanticipated weather or emergency conditions may alter this schedule:
6:00 AM: Early morning classes (8:00 - 11:29 AM)
9:30 AM: Mid-day classes (11:30 AM - 4:29 PM)
2:30 PM: Early evening classes (4:30 - 7:59 PM)
6:00 PM: Late evening classes (8:00 - 10:00 PM)