Alertus

Alertus is an emergency alert system for our college.

Its system is implemented for a number of emergency situations, including armed shooter incidents, bomb threats, weather related events, terrorist threats, chemical spills, or any number of emergency conditions.

STEP 1: Download Alertus Mobile App 

STEP 2: After downloading Alertus Mobile App complete the following steps:

  1. Enter "mnwest" for the Organization Code
  2. Enter your Minnesota West College email address (you cannot use a personal email)
    Example: firstname.lastname@mnwest.edu (employees) and
    firstname.lastname@live.mnwest.edu (students)
  3. Open your Minnesota West email account. Locate an email from noreply@mobile.alertus.com. The subject line should say "Confirm your Account"
  4. Click on the email verification link to verify your account
  5. Select your campus location then click on Continue, set up complete