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RICAlert is a text message notification system designed to provide timely and accurate notification to the campus community. We urge all members of the cam​pus community to register for RICAlert.

Our Emergency Notification System

This emergency notification system allows the college to send an emergency text message through any mobile device to members of the college community for whom it has a mobile phone number and will only be used in the event of an emergency, including when classes would need to be delayed or cancelled. 

Please Note: There may be a short delay before your subscription to RICAlert is activated.

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RICAlert Frequently Asked Questions

Rhode Island College will only send you messages related to official college business. You will never receive advertisements and your information is never provided to advertisers.

All students, staff and faculty members of Rhode Island College are urged to subscribe to the RICAlert service via MyRIC at https://my.ric.edu. All faculty and staff and those students registered for the current and/or upcoming semester will receive text alerts.

Yes, please enter your full 10-digit cell phone number, including area code.

All U.S. mobile carriers are supported.

If your mobile number ever changes, please login to MyRIC at https://my.ric.edu and update your contact details.

If you keep the same mobile number, and simply change cell phone provider, you do not have to change anything however it may take some time for your mobile provider to update the RICAlert system. During that time it is possible that you will not be able to receive messages.

Based on your contract with your cell phone provider, you may be charged a fee for delivery of text messages.

No, never. We respect your privacy, and you will never receive anything besides official Rhode Island College communications.

If you need assistance, please contact the Help Desk at 401-456-8803 or helpdesk@ric.edu.

You will be sent messages from what are known as short codes. The messages will come from either 67283 or 226787. We encourage you to save these numbers into your phone so you will recognize them when messages are sent. Some smaller carriers do not support short code messaging. For these carriers, you will receive messages from @getrave.com.​

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