UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 11
November 14, 1996
Winter weather information
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 administration,
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 more
information on the extreme weather policy, employees should
contact their 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 am; WSER-1550 am; and WXCY-103.7 fm.
In southern Delaware and Maryland, the following radio
stations are notified: WAFL-97.7 fm; WYUS-93.0 am; WDOV-1410 am;
WDSD 94.7 fm; STAR 92.9 fm; WKEN-1600 am; WGMD-92.7 fm; WRKE-
101.7 fm.