Timely Warnings

The Wake Alert system was created to enhance and promote safety on campus by providing students, faculty, and staff with timely access to important information. The system sends two types of communications to the campus community, Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications, as required by the Jeanne Clery Campus Security Act. The Clery Act requires federally-funded universities to share information about campus crime and safety, and requires issuing alerts for certain incidents that happen on campus or on campus-associated property.

Emergency Alerts

Wake Forest’s approach to communicating in emergencies is using numerous notifications to quickly and promptly communicate with faculty, staff, students, parents and families, the public and news media.

Wake Alert, the University’s emergency notification system, provides information and advisories through various communication channels.