What is UMD Alerts?

UMD Alerts is a software application used to send emergency alerts, notifications and updates to your cell phone, pager, BlackBerry, PDA and / or e-mail account. In the event of an emergency such as a fire, tornado, campus closing, a Virginia Tech or September 11th-type attack, important alerts and updates will be sent right to your cell phone or mobile device. All you have to do is sign up for a UMD Alerts account. (UMD Alerts is a free service offered by the University of Maryland. Your wireless carrier may charge you a fee to receive messages on your wireless device.)

What types of alerts will be sent?

Alert types may include life safety, assaults, fire, weather, accidents involving utilities or roadways, team activation notifications, or disaster notification such as a terrorist attack, tornado, hurricane, and more. A few examples of the types of messages that can be sent through UMD Alerts are:

Emergency Situations:

• Notify employees, and / or citizens of the location of the nearest emergency shelter, available bed space, hours of operation during a crisis
• Notify employees / citizens of available evacuation routes during an emergency
• Activate special teams within the community, based upon an event

Precautionary Warnings:

• Severe weather warnings
• Change in the Homeland Security Advisory System terror alert level
• Pre-cautionary evacuation order if on high alert

How to Register

• Register online at https://alert.umd.edu/index.php
• New users may also register by sending a text message to 411911 keyword: UMD. Click here to read SMS Terms of Use.

For more information about the UMD Alerts, see https://alert.umd.edu/faq.php

Administered by the College Park Housing Authority and the College Park City-University Partnership, the WORK & LIVE COLLEGE PARK program provides affordable home ownership opportunities for people working in College Park while minimizing the number of foreclosed homes in the area. Through this program, buyers may be eligible to receive 10% of the purchase price (up to $35,000) in down payment and closing cost assistance towards a foreclosed home in College Park. To learn more about WORK & LIVE COLLEGE PARK, please read the program guidelines.

Funding

The WORK & LIVE COLLEGE PARK Program is made possible through a Neighborhood Conservation Initiative grant from Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Development. The State DHCD grant is funded by the Federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). Matching funds have also been contributed by the University of Maryland, the City of College Park, the College Park City-University Partnership, and the College Park Housing Authority.

More Information

Details for homebuyers, realtors, and lenders are on the City of College Park site (.pdf).

For more information, contact Regina Mitchell (College Park Housing Authority) and Amy Neugebauer (College Park City-University Partnership) at worklive@collegeparkmd.gov or by phone at 301-345-3600.