NOVA Alerts
CURRENT ALERT
No active alerts at this time.
EMERGENCY NUMBERS
- 911
- 610-519-4444 (Public Safety Emergency Phone)
NOVA ALERT SYSTEM
When an incident or emergency occurs, ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ University sends notifications using NOVA Alert.
NOVA Alert delivers important emergency alerts, notifications and updates to any registered mobile device or email.
All University community members with a villanova.edu email address are automatically registered to receive NOVA Alert emails. It is highly recommended that all students, faculty and staff opt-in with a mobile number to help ensure alerts are effective. Students can also add additional devices to allow parents to receive NOVA Alerts.
COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
In addition to NOVA Alert - which can push out messages through text, phone and email - ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ also takes advantages of a variety of additional communication channels in emergency situations. These many include:
- ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ University homepage (www.villanova.edu)
- (Note for DT, AED, KB - will only add this when we're ready)
- Announcements through University Call Boxes on campus
- Digital signage
CAMPUS SAFETY & PREPARENDESS
¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ treats any threat to our campus with the utmost seriousness and has comprehensive safety and emergency protocols, including a fully developed Emergency Management Plan. We continuously evaluate and strengthen our safety policies in line with best practices. ¸ÌéÙÖ±²¥ Police Officers regularly train for a variety of emergency situations, including trainings side-by-side with Radnor Township Police. The University also utilizes outside law enforcement specialists and security consultants to continually evaluate security measures on campus.
The Department of Public Safety is a more than 75-member team made up of sworn police officers and safety officers, who serve the University community 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.