About OnCampusText

OnCampusText was created in 2012 to help colleges and universities connect with students through the one tool they never ignore— their text messages. Since then, we’ve helped campus departments quickly share updates, reminders, and events using a simple, reliable platform built for higher education.

From student activities to orientation and intramurals to athletics, any office can use OnCampusText to engage students in real time. With features like polls and contests, plus easy setup and reporting, it’s never been easier to keep your campus informed and involved.

About OnCampusText

OnCampusText was created in 2012 to help colleges and universities connect with students through the one tool they never ignore— their text messages. Since then, we’ve helped campus departments quickly share updates, reminders, and events using a simple, reliable platform built for higher education.

From student activities to orientation and intramurals to athletics, any office can use OnCampusText to engage students in real time. With features like polls and contests, plus easy setup and reporting, it’s never been easier to keep your campus informed and involved.

Use SMS and/or MMS

Send SMS or MMS text messages communicating important campus and event information. Add audio clips, images and logos to add additional information.

Polling

Get insight instantly about what your students want to see on campus. BOOM! Instant feedback!

Contests

Run giveaways & contests to incentivize students to opt-in to your list and stay engaged! Easily create excitement on campus through a quick and easy sweepstakes.

Scavenger Hunt

Create quick and easy to use ice-breaker type events with this popular feature. Great for orientation, passive events and retreats!

Inbox

Send out a "reply to this text" for open-ended feedback from users on your list or use as a customer service tool.

Use SMS and/or MMS

Send SMS or MMS text messages communicating important campus and event information. Add audio clips, images and logos to add additional information.

Polling

Get insight instantly about what your students want to see on campus. BOOM! Instant feedback!

Contests

Run giveaways & contests to incentivize students to opt-in to your list and stay engaged! Easily create excitement on campus through a quick and easy sweepstakes.

Scavenger Hunt

Create quick and easy to use ice-breaker type events with this popular feature. Great for orientation and retreats!

Inbox

Send out a "reply to this text" for open-ended feedback from users on your list or use as an additional customer service tool.

How it Works

OnCampusText is a cloud-based messaging solution built specifically with higher education institutions in mind. Whether it's marketing student events, sharing event updates, emergency alerts, deadlines, or campus-wide announcements, the OnCampusText platform is a simple solution to reaching your student body quickly. Students opt-in by texting a campus-specific keyword to shortcode 71444, and from there they can start receiving whatever information you send them!

Once the keyword is active, every student who signs up remains subscribed until they opt out— ensuring a reliable and growing audience ready to receive timely information. Grow your list by marketing the keyword on social media, on posters, in emails, on campus-wide signage, and more.

The platform is designed for action and results. Setting up a text list takes less than five minutes and allows campuses to deliver immediate, targeted messages that bypass social media algorithms and email clutter. Beyond basic announcements, you can run engaging initiatives like text-to-win contests, scavenger hunts, and polls, all to motivate students and expand your contact list. Plus, you can import existing phone numbers to supplement opt-ins and reach even more of your campus community. 

For a quick and instant virtual demo, text DEMO to 71444. For a more thorough look, schedule a call.

How it Works

OnCampusText is a cloud-based messaging solution built specifically with higher education institutions in mind. Whether it's marketing student events, sharing event updates, emergency alerts, deadlines, or campus-wide announcements, the OnCampusText platform is a simple solution to reaching your student body quickly. Students opt-in by texting a campus-specific keyword to shortcode 71444, and from there they can start receiving whatever information you send them!

Once the keyword is active, every student who signs up remains subscribed until they opt out— ensuring a reliable and growing audience ready to receive timely information. Grow your list by marketing the keyword on social media, on posters, in emails, on campus-wide signage, and more.

The platform is designed for action and results. Setting up a text list takes less than five minutes and allows campuses to deliver immediate, targeted messages that bypass social media algorithms and email clutter. Beyond basic announcements, you can run engaging initiatives like text-to-win contests, scavenger hunts, and polls, all to motivate students and expand your contact list. Plus, you can import existing phone numbers to supplement opt-ins and reach even more of your campus community. 

For a quick and instant virtual demo, text DEMO to 71444. For a more thorough look, schedule a call.

Common Uses

Marketing and reminders for upcoming event and/or important deadlines relevant to students using SMS or MMS texts.
Offer seat upgrades via a contest for the big Spring Concert or other popular event on campus using the Text to Win feature.
Grow your list by rewarding the first 20 people at an event who show a specific text to get free pizza, a t-shirt or something else
Use the Scavenger Hunt feature to run a passive program on a weekend
Use the Poll feature to get students opinions when planning upcoming programming
Incentivize the student body with gift card or other exclusive prize to a random winner from those who join the list. You would use the Text to Win feature to choose the winner.

Common Uses

Marketing and reminders for upcoming event and/or important deadlines relevant to students using SMS or MMS texts.
Offer seat upgrades via a contest for the big Spring Concert or other popular event on campus using the Text to Win feature.
Grow your list by rewarding the first 20 people at an event who show a specific text to get free pizza, a t-shirt or something else
Use the Scavenger Hunt feature to run a passive program on a weekend
Use the Poll feature to get students opinions when planning upcoming programming
Incentivize the student body with gift card or other exclusive prize to a random winner from those who join the list. You would use the Text to Win feature to choose the winner.

What our school partners are saying

Augustana College

“Event attendance has improved drastically since we began using OnCampusText to advertise our events to students. The impact it had was extremely evident when we ran out of credits for a month and our event attendance declined until we returned to using OnCampusText again!” - Isabella

Saint Francis University

“OnCampusText is a super easy to use platform. Our Student Activities Eboard loves the quick ability to send out texts, collect feedback, and even send out Gifs to grab student’s attention. We even schedule our texts in advance, so we don’t have to remember during events. Our students love the texts as well, and it has increased our attendance at events. Stacey is always available if I need assistance or provides helpful tips to keep students opted in. I couldn’t recommend OnCampusText enough!”

- Meghan

Willamette University

"OnCampusText has been a useful tool for us to engage with our students in a new way. It is nice to be able to do a day of push to remind folks of an event that evening and we have had event attendees share that they came because they saw the text come in. It's also been nice to utilize OnCampusText as a tool to help my programming board think outside the box with their advertising and create a game plan to use it to its fuller potential. We plan to use it to incentivize and poll students to help garner further participation in future events." - Jodi

Eastern New Mexico University

"Our experience with OnCampusText at Eastern New Mexico University has been fantastic! This innovative platform has enabled our Campus Activities Board to engage with students more effectively through text messages instead of relying on emails or flyers. We especially appreciate how it allows us to connect people directly to important websites and our social media channels for our upcoming events. Our experience shows that this unique approach has significantly contributed to increased attendance!" - SirJustin

What our school partners are saying

Augustana College

“Event attendance has improved drastically since we began using OnCampusText to advertise our events to students. The impact it had was extremely evident when we ran out of credits for a month and our event attendance declined until we returned to using OnCampusText again!”

- Isabella

Saint Francis University

“On CampusText is a super easy to use platform. Our Student Activities Eboard loves the quick ability to send out texts, collect feedback, and even send out Gifs to grab student’s attention. We even schedule our texts in advance, so we don’t have to remember during events. Our students love the texts as well, and it has increased our attendance at events. Stacey is always available if I need assistance or provides helpful tips to keep students opted in. I couldn’t recommend OnCampusText enough!” - Meghan

Willamette University

"OnCampusText has been a useful tool for us to engage with our students in a new way. It is nice to be able to do a day of push to remind folks of an event that evening and we have had event attendees share that they came because they saw the text come in. It's also been nice to utilize OnCampusText as a tool to help my programming board think outside the box with their advertising and create a game plan to use it to its fuller potential. We plan to use it to incentivize and poll students to help garner further participation in future events. " - Jodi

Eastern New Mexico University

"Our experience with OnCampusText at Eastern New Mexico University has been fantastic! This innovative platform has enabled our Campus Activities Board to engage with students more effectively through text messages instead of relying on emails or flyers. We especially appreciate how it allows us to connect people directly to important websites and our social media channels for our upcoming events. Our experience shows that this unique approach has significantly contributed to increased attendance!"

- SirJustin