Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO
25,000 students
Rave Mobile Safety client since 2007
Products: Rave Alert, Rave Guardian
From Campus Technology Magazine:
The campus implemented the system from Rave Mobile Safety school-wide in September 2007. The program enables CSU to send text messages to subscribers in the event of an emergency.
At that time, the school said that participation for faculty and staff with university-issued cell phones would be required, but that students would have to volunteer to receive messages. Students sign up by registering on a secure Web site and adding a cell phone number.
In a discussion forum posting, CSU said it had several reasons for selecting Rave over other solutions in the emergency notification space. The decision was based on the best price/performance/management combination as well as the options to integrate Rave Alert with its Banner software implementation and add landline notification.
An article that ran in the CSU student newspaper quoted CSU's associate director for telecommunications, Jose Valdes, as saying, "There's a myriad of ways to communicate with people. One way won't reach everyone. But we do think that text messaging is one of the best ways to reach students."
