17吃瓜 Emergency Alert: sign up to receive text notifications for storm closures
17吃瓜 invites students and employees to fully make use of 17吃瓜 Emergency Alert鈥�17吃瓜's emergency mass notification system鈥攂y signing up to receive texts during an emergency or for storm closures.
All current students, faculty, and staff with an @upei.ca email have already been automatically entered into the 17吃瓜 Emergency Alert system and will receive email messages (the database is updated on a periodic basis to capture new students and employees). However, campus members need to opt-in to receive text notifications.
Visit for instructions on how to login, update your profile, and opt-in to receive texts, or read the updated
If you think you have already updated your 17吃瓜 Emergency Alert profile with your cell/smart phone number but still are not receiving texts, email Mark Pharand, Manager, Security Services. 17吃瓜 Security Services will also be set up in various locations across campus to assist people in updating their profile and opting-in to receive texts. A schedule and locations will be posted in the coming days via Campus Notices ().
