Your cell phone may think the alert message is spam. Here’s how to get the message.

Our alerts come from the following numbers:

• 226787 (CAMPUS)
• 67283 (MRAVE)
• 78015
• 77295

Apple/iOS Users

• On your iPhone’s home screen, tap the Settings menu to open it.
• Scroll down and tap Phone.
• Under the Call Silencing and Blocked Contacts list, tap Blocked Contacts to see which contacts are listed. Check for any of the numbers listed above.
• If you have Filter Unknown Contacts enabled, you will need to make a contact with the above numbers. Any missed alerts should appear in your unknown contacts filter.
• To view filtered messages, open the Messages app, then tap Filters. On the next screen, you’ll see folders for your text messages. Tap Unknown Senders to see messages from accounts not in your Contacts list.

Android 

• Open the Messages app
• Click the three vertical dots at the right of the search bar
• Select Spam & Blocked
• Any incoming alerts in this list can be opened select them and then a dialog to mark as not spam can be chosen.

RAVE Alert is the official emergency notification system Yakima Valley College uses to communicate with students and employees any time there is an emergency or safety issue for the campus community.

RAVE alerts are sent in the event of an emergency, a change in campus operations (e.g., delay or closure), or as a test of the RAVE system.

What if it snows? The college seeks to stay open to fulfill its mission whenever possible — so, most likely, it will be classes as usual for the college — but individuals should protect their own health and safety.

For closings, announcements apply to campuses and all learning center sites, unless otherwise noted in the message. All in-person classes, activities and other student services (both in-person and online) will be cancelled during closures. In case of campus closures, please note that online class sessions MAY continue depending on the course and section. Students should check their syllabus and course announcements for additional information. This includes both fully online classes and hybrid classes that have an online session scheduled. Students should plan to attend online sessions unless they hear otherwise from their instructor(s).

Students, faculty and staff are not expected to come to the college in the event of a closure. Exceptions include employees who have specific instructions from a supervisor to do so in order to provide crucial services (such as snow removal, security, food service, etc.)

The college normally opens at 8 a.m. A “delayed start” means that all classes, office operations, and other activities that normally start and stop before the delayed start time are canceled. Students and staff resume their normal schedule at the start time, missing whatever activities had been planned prior to the delayed start.

For example, if it is announced that the college is on a two-hour delay, staff and students should report beginning at 10 a.m. and follow their normal schedule from 10 a.m. through the remainder of the day. For example, 9:30 a.m. classes resume at 10 a.m. or when the college opens.

Employee questions may be raised with the Human Resources Office. Students are encouraged to work with your instructors if you need to make other arrangements in an emergency.

Listen to local media outlets including television and radio stations in Yakima and Tri-Cities for information on college closures. Be sure to listen for clarification on whether the closure is for Yakima or Grandview campuses if our Learning Centers in Sunnyside, Toppenish, or Ellensburg are included, and whether the closure involves day or evening classes. Evening students, please check the website in the late afternoon, as the status of the closure may change. Evening students, please check the website in the late afternoon, as the status of the closure may change.

The college operates independently from K-12 schools, YVC winter advisory information will be available online at Flash Alert Newswire.