Class Cancellations/Campus Closing
When conditions exist (poor weather, utilities interruption, etc.) which threaten the health or safety of students, faculty, and staff, one of three separate decisions will be made:
Delayed Opening or Early Closure
Will always indicate a time "on the hour" (i.e., The College will open at noon.). The "on the hour" time eliminates confusion, often projected by the media, when closing announcements are aired. Please understand, if the College opens at 12:00pm (noon), faculty and students should be at their first class, that day, which has a start time closest to noon, but not preceding noon (i.e., not a class with an 11:45am start time, but any class starting from noon on).
Classes Will Be Canceled
Which means that, although students and teaching faculty will not be required to report to campus, all others are expected to report for work. Non-teaching faculty responsibility is outlined in the Faculty-Staff Handbook. All athletic events will be canceled. The Library, Fitness Center, computer labs and all other facilities will remain open.
The College Will Be Closed
Which means that employees and students will not be required to report to campus. However, campus safety officers and maintenance personnel are to report to their regular shift schedules, unless otherwise notified.
The decision to cancel classes or close the campus will be made by the President no later than 6:30am, and will be communicated to local radio and television stations as soon as possible.
Radio stations carrying official notices will be
- WXUR (92.7 FM)
- WOUR (96.9 FM)
- WKLL (94.9 FM)
- WUMX (102.5 FM)
- WTLB (1310 AM)
- WRNY (1350 AM)
- WIXT (1230 AM)
- WIBX (950 AM)
- WLZW (98.7 FM)
- FROG (104.3 FM)
- WODZ (96.1 FM)
- KISS-FM (97.9 & 105.5 FM)
- WBUG (101.1 FM)
- WADR (1480 AM)
- WVHC (91.5 FM)
- WUTQ (1550 AM & 95.5 FM)
Television stations carrying official notices will be
- HCTV (Channel 99 in Southern Herkimer County)
- WKTV News Channel 2
- YNN
- WSTM NBC-3/WTVH CBS-5