Closed Friday
University of Delaware is closed Friday, March 6
Editor's note: This article was updated at 2:15 p.m., March 6, 2015.
5 a.m., March 6, 2015--The University of Delaware -- including the Newark campus and other UD locations throughout the state -- is closed for the day, beginning at 5 a.m., Friday, March 6. Essential personnel should report to work.
Classes will not meet, and offices are closed. Dining halls will operate on their normal schedule.
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UD's Newark Campus, Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes, Georgetown Campus and Wilmington Campus are all closed today, and the Associate in Arts Programs at Delaware Technical Community College in Wilmington, Dover and Georgetown are closed.
UD Facilities staff have been clearing campus parking lots and treating sidewalks since early Thursday, March 5, and will continue to work through the day on Friday, March 6. The University is expected to resume its normal schedule Saturday, March 7.
Members of the campus community are reminded to take care when traveling today.
Schedule updates
Information about any additional closings or schedule changes will be posted on this page. Please check back for updates. To submit information for inclusion in this list, please send email to publicaffairs@udel.edu.
• The schedule for the Lights, Camera, EARTH! Environmental Film Festival has been modified. No films will be screened on March 6. Breathing Earth, a film that was originally scheduled for March 6, will now be screened at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 8.
• The UDairy Creamery is closed March 6.
• The UD Chamber Orchestra program "The River," scheduled at 8 p.m., March 6, in the Roselle Center for the Arts, has been postponed. A new date will be announced soon.
• The REP production of Juno and the Paycock will be presented as scheduled, at 7:30 p.m., March 6, in the Thompson Theatre of the Roselle Center for the Arts. The box office will be open normal hours today from noon-5 p.m. and one hour before curtain.
• University Student Centers are closed today, with all events canceled.
• Student Health Services has canceled all appointments for March 6, but it is open for urgent care only.
• University of Delaware Ice Arenas will operate on its normal schedule March 6. Public skating will be held as scheduled from 8-10 p.m. in the Fred Rust Ice Arena. The DSHA All Star Hockey Game, scheduled for 6 p.m., March 6, has been canceled, and no make-up date has been determined at this time.
• University and Unicity buses will not operate today, March 6. Bus service will resume on its regular weekend schedule on Saturday, March 7.
• The Barnes and Noble UD Bookstore and cafe will be open from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., March 6.
• The Carpenter Sports Building will open from 1-6 p.m., March 6. Lap swim and fitness classes are canceled. The rock wall is closed.
• The 87ers vs. Fort Wayne basketball game at the Bob Carpenter Center will be held as scheduled, beginning at 7 p.m., March. 6.
Personal safety
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.