UpDate - Vol. 14, No. 14, Page 6
December 8, 1994
Tune in for weather reports

     If snow and ice storms arrive in the Delaware Valley, University
employees and students should listen to local radio stations for news
of late openings, early closings or cancellations at the University.
Channel 2 on the UDTV cable system also will carry any weather-related
announcements.
     Those individuals who miss radio announcements can call 831-2000
to receive weather-related information. In addition, early closing
information will be presented to the campus community in system
announcements on MVS and UNIX e-mail. Each department also will be
contacted by Employee Services using a telephone tree.
     Members of the campus community are asked not to call the
Department of Public Safety so that telephone lines there can remain
open for emergency calls.
     According to Maxine Colm, vice president for employee relations,
the University's policy is to remain open whenever possible during
extreme weather conditions. If no formal announcement of closing, late
opening or early dismissal is made, employees who decide for personal
reasons not to report or to leave early must take vacation time or
leave without pay.
     Employees in essential positions are required to report to work
during extreme weather conditions. These employees will be designated
by their directors in Dining Services, Facilities Management, Housing
and Conference Services, Student Health Services, Public Safety and
Information Technologies.
     For additional information on the extreme weather policy,
employees should contact their department supervisors.
     Radio stations in the Newark vicinity advised of emergency
closing bulletins by the University include: WVUD-91.3 fm; WSTW-93.7
fm; WJBR-99.5 fm and 1290 am; WDEL- 1150 am; WNRK-1260 am; WILM- 1450
a.m.; and WSER-1550 am.
     In southern Delaware and Maryland, the following radio stations
are notified: WYUS-930 am; WDOV-1410 am; WKEN-1600 am; WGMD-92.7 fm;
WWTR-96 fm; and WRKE-101.7 fm.