Emergency Notification Alert Management: Students & Employees

*Rave is currently in deployment - Soon to be Available and Fully Supported*

The University of Maine System (UMS) uses the Rave Emergency Notification and Alert System to share critical information about weather closures and other emergencies with students, employees, and community members.

Instructions 

Students and employees are automatically registered to receive notifications for their home campus through the UMS emergency notification system, Rave. To receive alerts from additional campuses, follow the opt‑in instructions below. 

 

Step 1: Log into your myCampus Portal.

  • Sign in to your myCampus Portal with your maine.edu account.

 

Step 2: Open the Manage Emergency Notifications page.

  • In the LaunchPad, click the red triangle icon with the exclamation point labeled Manage Emergency Notifications.

  • This opens the UMS emergency notifications platform, Rave.

Screenshot of the myCampus portal LaunchPad showing application icons, with a red arrow pointing to the red ‘Manage Emergency Notifications’ triangle icon in the bottom middle of the grid

 

Step 3: Go to Opt-in Lists in Rave.

  • On the My Account page, click Opt‑In Lists in the top navigation.

Screenshot of the Maine’s Public Universities Rave “My Account” page showing sections for password, mobile phones, voice‑only line contacts, and email, with a large red arrow pointing to the “Opt‑In Lists” tab at the top.

 

Step 4: Choose additional campuses and alerts.

  • In the Subscribe column, check the box next to each campus or notification list you want to receive alerts from.

Screenshot of the “My Lists” page in the Maine’s Public Universities Rave account. A table lists multiple campus emergency and outreach opt‑in groups with checkboxes in a “Subscribe” column on the right, and a large red arrow pointing to the Subscribe column header.

That’s it—your opt‑in preferences are saved automatically.

Environment

  • Rave, UMS emergency notification and alert system.

 

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