Western will sound the famous steam whistle, known as “Big Ole,” at 10:45 on the 18th as part of a quarterly drill to test its emergency notification system, known as "Western Alert."
Western will also send out a test notification to all students, faculty and staff through email and text messages, Facebook and Twitter, and through voice messages over the campus fire alarm system.
If this were a real campus alert, the messages would provide important safety information.
Western is also urging people on campus review their personal emergency plan as part of the drill.
