Downtown Center evening classes, two evening talks canceled for March 3

Editor's note: This article was updated at 4:05 p.m., March 3, 2015.

3:14 p.m., March 3, 2015--Evening classes at the University of Delaware Downtown Center, 13 East Eighth St., Wilmington, are canceled for Tuesday, March 3, due to anticipated inclement weather this afternoon and evening. 

Additional cancellations:

•  A talk by Rita Landgraf, secretary of Delaware's Department of Health and Human Services, scheduled at 5 p.m., March 3, in 127 Memorial Hall, has been canceled. The talk, which is part of the spring series on contemporary issues in public policy and administration, will be rescheduled.

•  A talk by artist Colleen McCubbin Stepanic, scheduled at 5 p.m., March 3, in 130 Smith Hall on the Newark campus, has been canceled. 

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Members of the University community are reminded that safety is the highest priority, and individuals should not put themselves at risk if they expect difficulty traveling.

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.

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The University Policy and Procedures Manual includes a section dealing with personal safety considerations for faculty and students. Please note the policy, which is reprinted here:

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.