Emergency Resources

Blinn College Alert System

The Blinn Alert System enables the college to quickly communicate important, campus-related emergency notifications to students, faculty and staff through text and voice messages and email.

The system is active and ready for use, and its effectiveness depends on having current contact information. Your information is confidential and will not be shared. Registration takes only a few seconds, and you can update your contact information at any time. Follow the instructions below to register or update your information and ensure you receive emergency alerts.

Registration Instructions for Students

1. Log into myBLINN.
2. Go to the Student Dashboard Card and click the link Student Self Service 8.
3. Click on the tab Personal Information.
4. Click on Update Addresses and Phones.
5. Choose Blinn Alert in the drop-down menu and then click submit.
6. To receive a Blinn Alert as a text message, add (or change) an entry for Text Phone number. To receive a Blinn Alert as a phone call, add (or change) an entry for Cell Phone number. Click submit to save changes.
7. Enter 89361 and 979-830-4654 in your cell phone contacts to identify an incoming Blinn Alert.

Registration Instructions for Faculty and Staff

1. Log into myBLINN.
2. Go to the Employee Applications Card, scroll to Self-Service Banner, then click that link.
3. Click on Personal Information.
4. Click on “Update Addresses and Phones.”
5. To update your existing Blinn Alert information, click on the “Blinn Alert” entry. If there is no “Blinn Alert” entry, you can add your information by choosing “Blinn Alert” in the drop-down menu and then clicking submit.
6. To receive a Blinn Alert as a text message, add (or change) an entry for the Text Phone number. To receive a Blinn Alert as a cell phone call, add (or change) an entry for Cell Phone number. To receive a Blinn Alert to your home phone, add (or change) an entry for Permanent Residence Phone number. Click submit to save changes.
7. You also can receive Blinn Alerts to an e-mail address other than your Blinn work e-mail. To do that, click on “Update E-mail Addresses” from the Personal Information menu.
8. Add (or change) the entry for Blinn Alert Alternate e-mail. Click submit to save.

If you have any questions contact blinn.alerts@blinn.edu.