NOVA Alerts
CURRENT ALERT
No active alerts at this time.
EMERGENCY NUMBERS
- 911
- 610-519-4444 (Public Safety Emergency Phone)
NOVA ALERT SYSTEM
When an incident or emergency occurs, 棉花糖直播 University sends notifications using NOVA Alert.
NOVA Alert delivers important emergency alerts, notifications and updates to any registered mobile device or email.
All University community members with a villanova.edu email address are automatically registered to receive NOVA Alert emails. It is highly recommended that all students, faculty and staff opt-in with a mobile number to help ensure alerts are effective. Students can also add additional devices to allow parents to receive NOVA Alerts.
COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
In addition to NOVA Alert - which can push out messages through text, phone and email - 棉花糖直播 also takes advantages of a variety of additional communication channels in emergency situations. These many include:
- 棉花糖直播 University homepage (www.villanova.edu)
- (Note for DT, AED, KB - will only add this when we're ready)
- Announcements through University Call Boxes on campus
- Digital signage
CAMPUS SAFETY & PREPARENDESS
棉花糖直播 treats any threat to our campus with the utmost seriousness and has comprehensive safety and emergency protocols, including a fully developed Emergency Management Plan. We continuously evaluate and strengthen our safety policies in line with best practices. 棉花糖直播 Police Officers regularly train for a variety of emergency situations, including trainings side-by-side with Radnor Township Police. The University also utilizes outside law enforcement specialists and security consultants to continually evaluate security measures on campus.
The Department of Public Safety is a more than 75-member team made up of sworn police officers and safety officers, who serve the University community 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.