GC Alert

The Gaston College Emergency Alert Notification System will transition to a new provider as of October 1, 2025. Below, you will find information for signing up with both the current and new providers.

GC Alert 

Gaston College uses an alert service that notifies the campus community if an emergency situation occurs or is imminent. The service provides important information to your gaston.edu email account and, if you entered your mobile phone information, as a text message to your mobile phone. Because text to a mobile phone is limited in size, the email will often contain additional information. 

You may sign up for GC Alert if you are:

• Full-time temporary or regular faculty
• Part-time curriculum instructors
• Full or part-time regular staff
• Part-time temporary staff
• A curriculum student (this does not include students taking continuing education classes)

How do I register for GC Alert?

To receive alerts prior to October 1, 2025, follow the below instructions. For alerts from October 1, 2025, and after, please scroll down to the next set of instructions.

1. Click to subscribe through RAVE (ends September 30, 2025).
2. Type in your username, which is your Gaston College email address.  (For employees, this is typically the [email protected])
3. Click “Forgot your Password?” which will take you to the “Forgot your password? page.
4. Type your Gaston College email address, then click Submit.
5. On the Success page, click “OK”.
6. You will receive an email from [email protected] with the Subject “Rave Password Reset Authorization”.
7. Click the “Reset” link.
8. On the “Reset Password” page, type your username and new password.
9. Login with your username and new Password.
10. On the “My Account” page, you will be able to set your password and update your personal profile with additional contact information. 
11. On the “Opt-In Lists”, you will need to Subscribe to “GC Alerts – SMS Opt In” in order to receive text messages. You can also Opt-In to other Lists.

If you did not receive an email from [email protected] after following the steps above, please check your spam folder. 

Starting October 1, 2025, all alerts will come through a new notification system. Follow the instructions below to set up your new profile in this system.

1. Click to subscribe through Regroup. (begins October 1, 2025)
2. Fill out the subscription page form. As you begin to type your Gaston College email address, you will be redirected to a page to verify your email address using a code sent to your Gaston College email. 
3. After email verification, complete the rest of the subscription page form. Make sure to check the boxes for receiving email, SMS text and TTS/Calls. Click the “Subscribe” button to finish.
4. Click the “Proceed” button to be redirected to the Regroup login page, then click on “Contact Login” to review and update your contact profile. 
5. Complete the multi-factor authentication using your Gaston College login credentials.
6. Review your contact profile. You will automatically receive GC Alert messages to your Gaston College email. If you wish to receive GC Alert messages through SMS Text and TTS/Calls, ensure your cell phone number is correct and the box authorizing Regroup to send you GC Alert text messages is checked.
7. After reviewing and updating your contact profile, click “Save Finish”. You will receive a green message box indicating your contact profile has been updated successfully.

Please note that in addition to GC Alert, the College also uses a variety of other notification methods such as Public Address (PA System), website, and College email.

Emergency Numbers and Locations

• Emergency – 911
• Campus Police (all campuses) – 704.922.6480