CSU Implements Emergency Messaging System
Charleston Southern University has adopted TechRadium’s Immediate Response Information System (IRIS) in order to communicate emergency messages to students, their families, faculty and staff. Within minutes, IRIS communicates emergency messages to cell phones, home phones, PDAs, e-mail, pagers and fax machines. “Charleston Southern needed a system that was reliable and easily administered,” said Rusty Bruns, CSU’s chief information officer. “The required system would use both e-mail and another method such as cell or home phone to contact students, faculty, staff and families to ensure the message had more than one avenue for information broadcast.” “Another feature was important – verification of notification. It was important for...