Dawg Alert
In the event of a campus emergency, weather-related delay or closing, Butler University will activate the emergency notification tool, Dawg Alert. This system gives Butler administrators the ability to reach students, faculty, staff, and affiliates on and off campus via text messages, voice and email alerts.
Helpful tips for entering your contact information
- Sign up is easy. Follow these simple steps.
- Go to my.butler.edu
- Login with your Butler email address and password
- Use the following navigation once in my.butler.edu > Employee Tools > Dawg Alert
- The following information can be added to your profile:
- Three email addresses in addition to your Butler email which is defaulted and cannot be changed or removed from your profile.
- Three phone numbers.
- One text message number or SMS
- Click “Save Contact Info” before exiting the page
Butler affiliates can now register for Dawg Alerts
- Follow these simple steps:
- Type in this link: https://www.getrave.com/login/butler
- Create an account by clicking “Register” in the upper right corner
Dawg Alert gives University administrators the ability to reach students, faculty, staff and affiliates on and off campus with a clear, consistent message. This system will broadcast information to any communication device – work phone, cell phone, home phone, email and PDAs. It can send up to 150,000 30-second phone calls and 125,000 text messages in 15 minutes.
Dawg Alert complements the tools the University already has in place to communicate during emergencies and weather-related delays and closings. These tools include: Alertus, RAVE text message and phone alerts, web alerts on www.butler.edu, all-campus email and voicemail alerts , and announcements through the news media.
All undergraduate and graduate students, and full-time and part-time faculty, staff, and affiliates can sign up.
Students entering in the fall can enroll starting August 1. Students entering at the start of the spring semester can enroll starting January 1.
A student’s information will stay in the system until graduation or he/she is no longer enrolled at Butler. Faculty and staff who have left the University will be removed automatically shortly after their departure. Since adjunct faculty come on and off payroll they will remain in the system until they personally remove their information.
If at anytime you don’t want to receive Dawg Alert messages just delete the information in your profile. Please know your Butler email is a default and cannot be removed from your profile. You will continue to receive messages at this address even after you remove your other contact information.
Go to ask.butler.edu and search for password. If you need additional assistance, submit a case for Information Technology.
Yes. You may enter contact information for parents or spouses in the phone and email fields. Please note that during any emergency, all the numbers/emails in your profile will be contacted.
You will receive a text message only if you enter information into the text message/SMS field.
While there is no charge for signing up for Dawg Alert, your cell phone provider may charge a fee for delivery of text messages based on your current calling plan.
First, check to see that your contact information is current. If your contact information is up-to-date and you are still experiencing problems, call 317-940-4357.
Yes, affiliates can now sign up for Dawg Alerts.
It is important to list a local phone number in case your cell phone is not operational.
You will receive a message anytime there is an emergency. The University also plans to conduct a full test of the system once each semester. However, the University reserves the right to conduct additional testing based on upgrades to the systems. The campus community will be notified about tests before they are conducted.
No. Currently, the University only intends to use the notification system for emergency situations and weather-related emergencies, delays and closings.
The contact information submitted is protected by multiple layers of physical and technological security. Access to that data is limited to authorized University staff in the Butler’s police department, Information Technology and University Relations.