Winter storm warning issued; UD administrators monitor weather

10:41 a.m., March 2, 2014--The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Delaware from 9 p.m., Sunday, March 2, through 4 p.m., Monday, March 3, and University of Delaware officials are monitoring the weather situation. 

Rain is expected to begin late Sunday afternoon, changing to sleet or freezing rain before turning to all snow early Monday. Snow accumulation of 8 to 14 inches is predicted for New Castle County. 

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Information on closing or late opening will be available on the UD home page and on UDaily. News also will be available through the UD telephone information line at 302-831-2000. In addition, information will be shared with the state Department of Education's School Closings and Delays website. 

Members of the campus community should not call UD Police so that telephone lines there can remain open for emergency calls.

UD Policy

Members of the University community are reminded that safety is UD's highest priority. Faculty, staff and students should not put themselves at risk, and employees who expect difficulty traveling should contact their supervisors.  

Faculty members unable to hold class should notify their departmental offices, and students unable to attend class should contact their professors. In such cases, UD policy states that students should be allowed to make up missed class time and canceled classes should be rescheduled when possible. 

The University's policy is reprinted below:

Faculty and students are not expected to take unnecessary risks to meet their teaching and learning obligations due to inclement weather. When classes have not been canceled, it is a matter of personal judgment whether traveling to campus is hazardous. Faculty should notify their departmental offices when weather precludes them from meeting their teaching obligations; similarly, students should notify their professors when inclement weather precludes them from class attendance. In such cases, students should be allowed to make up missed class time and, whenever possible, canceled classes should be rescheduled.

Cancellations, postponements (updated at 8:50 p.m., March 2, 2014)

ª  The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Wilmington will be closed on Monday, March 3.

•  The Early Learning Center will be closed on Monday, March 3.

•  The Serafin String Quartet concert, scheduled at 8 p.m., March 2, at the Roselle Center for the Arts, has been postponed and will be rescheduled.

•  An emergency planning training program set for Monday, March 3, has been canceled and will be rescheduled.