The University of Delaware's primary emergency notification tool, UD Alert, allows us to send emergency messages to students within minutes. These notices will be sent in a variety of ways: voice messages (to local, cell or home phone), e-mail and text message (to a pager or cell phone). Therefore, it is more important than ever to review your emergency contact information regularly and update it when necessary. The person you designate as your primary emergency contact will also receive these notices as well, so please keep their information current. The contact information you provide will be used to notify you and your primary emergency contact should an emergency arise.

See the UD Alert FAQ for additional information.

We suggest updating your emergency contact information AT LEAST twice a year, at the beginning of each semester. However, you can update your information at any time through UDSIS.

To update your information, go to the UD home page and log on to UDSIS. Go to the Personal Information section. If at any time you have questions, click on the “help” link directly under the heading Personal Information.

1. In the "Personal Information" section, click on "Phone Numbers".
   1. Be sure you have specified a permanent phone number (usually parent’s home number), local or campus phone number, and cell phone number.
   2. Remember, these are the numbers the University will use to contact you in an emergency, so make sure they are accurate.


2. In the "Personal Information" section, click on "Emergency Contact".
   1. An emergency contact is someone the University would contact should something happen to YOU. This person must be a related next of kin, such as a father, mother or legal guardian. We cannot legally communicate with step parents, so they are not the best emergency contact.
   2. Be sure you have specified a home, business and/or cell phone number at a minimum for your emergency contact. Make sure one of the numbers you list for your emergency contact is a 24 hour number, where the person can be contacted quickly.
   3. You can list multiple emergency contacts, but one must be designated, via check mark, as your “primary contact.” The University will contact this person first. If no contact is made, we will then call the others on your list one by one.


3. In the “Personal Information” section, click on “E-mail Addresses.”
   1. List any e-mail addresses you use on a regular basis, including your University of Delaware e-mail account.
   2. E-mail may also be used to contact you in an emergency, so make sure they are accurate.

For additional questions on items under "Personal Information," please contact the Registrar's Office at:
http://www.udel.edu/registrar/
Phone: (302) 831-2131
FAX: (302) 831-3005
E-mail: registrar@udel.edu