Dr. Leigh-Ann Bedal, assistant professor in anthropology at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College, will present "Constructed Paradise: Conspicuous Consumption and the Petra Garden and Pool Complex" at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center.  Bedal received her degrees from California State University, University of California, Berkley (master's degree) and the University of Pennsylvania (doctoral degree), and specializes in Near Eastern archaeology, urbanization and garden archaeology.  She has excavated in Iraq, Syria, Israel, Italy and Jordan, and is the project director of the Petra Garden and Pool-Complex Excavation in Jordan.

Bedal’s appearance is a part of the Teaching the Middle East 2011-12 speaker series sponsored by Penn State Greater Allegheny’s Teaching International, Greener Allegheny, and honors programs.

A memorial service for Joe Paterno will be broadcast from the Bryce Jordan Center at University Park on Thursday, Jan.26 at 2:00 p.m. You can watch live coverage on the Big Ten Network, at BTN.com and BTN2Go.

You can also view the memorial service in the Cafe Metro dining room in the Student Community Center on the Greater Allegheny campus.

Students at Penn State Greater Allegheny held a candle light vigil to honor Joe Paterno last night in front of the Lion Shrine.

“Our students often do not realize all of the resources available to them, such as the Vault Online Career Library and My Plan, a career exploration product. These tools can help them through this exploration process,” said Bridgen. 

Founded in July, 2010, Three Rivers Theatre Company is a seasonal, self-producing, nonprofit theatre dedicated to engaging, entertaining, and fostering an appreciation in an audience of all ages for Shakespearean, classical, and contemporary live theatre, employing the finest theatre artists and students available to present first quality productions.

Other ways in which such information can be found include the following:

• Radio (KDKA-1020 AM); 
• Television (KDKA-TV Channel 2; WTAE-TV Channel 4; WPXI-TV Channel 11) or the Internet (http://www.kdka.com/, http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/, http://www.wpxi.com/); 
• The front page of the Penn State Greater Allegheny web site (http://ga.psu.edu/); 
• PSUTXT, which provides updates via text message and/or email. To receive PSUTXT messages for Greater Allegheny, go to http://newswires.psu.edu/ and follow the instructions to subscribe.

Cancellation of day classes does not automatically mean cancellation of evening classes or vice versa.

For information about individual class cancellations, you can also consult the cancellation list online.

Weather FAQ

Q. Why doesn’t the campus delay classes on the mornings local school districts announce delays?
A. Local school districts typically start classes for all students around 7:30 a.m. We have just a few classes at 8:00 during the winter semester. Also, K – 12 students must wait along the area roads in the bad weather to catch their buses. Area schools also have the ability to make up lost days. We are an institution of higher education, whose curriculum is supported by direct tuition; hence, cancelling classes eliminates the class time for which you have paid. We also have students living on campus who walk to class.

Q. If the campus is open, am I required to come to class?
A. It is your decision on whether or not you are comfortable driving on the roads to campus. If you do not make it to class, it is important for you to contact your professor as soon as possible to let him or her know why you were not in attendance. Ultimately, it is up to each professor to determine how he or she will handle these types of absences, but we believe they will be reasonable and understanding.

Q. Why isn’t the campus closed on some days when the news is reporting hazardous road conditions?
A. We view and listen to the weather and traffic reports, but we also depend on first hand reports of road conditions received through our campus maintenance and police persons to determine whether or not they are passable.

Q. If the start of classes is delayed, how do I know which class to attend?
A. We follow the existing schedule no matter what time we start. For instance, if the start of classes is delayed until 10:00 a.m., you would attend your scheduled 10:00 a.m. class at the regular time and follow your schedule through the rest of the day. Thus, on days when a delayed opening is appropriate, a two- or four-hour late opening will be announced through the normal emergency announcement procedures.
1. If there is a two-hour delay on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday schedule, classes will start with the class scheduled to begin at 10:00 A.M. We will keep the normal class times for the remainder of the day.
2. If there is a two-hour delay on a Tuesday or Thursday schedule, we will start at 10:00 A. M., one-third of the way through any classes that begin at 9:25. We will keep the normal class times for the remainder of the day.
3 . Similarly, if there is a four-hour delay, MWF classes would start at 12 noon and continue on a normal class schedule for the rest of the day.
4 . If there is a four-hour delay, a Tuesday, Thursday schedule would resume at common period (12 noon) with the next classes occurring at 1:35 pm.

Q. Are day and evening classes treated differently?
A. They are, with decisions made on day classes by 6:30 a.m. and for evening classes (starting times of 6:00 p.m. or later) by 4:00 p.m. It is possible to have any portion of the schedule cancelled.

Q. If my class if cancelled, will it be made up?
A. Some instructors may attempt to set a make up session when students are available, or use other means to make up the work. The form of make-up will depend on the nature of the class.

Q. What happens if there is problem during final exam week?
A. In the event that, during final exams week, weather causes the closing of the campus or the postponement of a scheduled final exam, make up exam procedures will be arranged by instructors in consultation with Academic Affairs. Stay in close contact with your instructors should weather problems develop during finals week..

Q. Why aren’t the sidewalks always clear?
A. If the snow is occurring during the day it is sometimes impossible to keep up with clearing the sidewalks. The maintenance crew will continue to make multiple passes to keep them as clear as possible. At times, the temperatures are low enough that salt* will not melt the snow and ice so it is important that everyone is careful when walking across the campus. As temperatures warm and/or the sun comes out, the salt is able to melt the snow and ice.
* “Uncured” concrete sidewalks, due to the nature of their recent pouring, cannot be salted. In these instances, sand is considered the best alternative, though it is not as good as salt in providing stable walking surfaces. All campus members are reminded to be very careful when walking about the campus during inclement weather situations.

On Monday, January 16, nine students from Penn State Greater Allegheny will travel to Penn State New Kensington to join students at New Kensington, Fayette, Beaver, Dubois, and Shenango for the Martin Luther King, Jr., NOT A DAY OFF, BUT A DAY ON community service.  Students will arrive at New Kensington about 9:00 a.m. After a welcome and keynote address, they will disperse to Habitat for Humanity Restore, the Alle-Kiski Valley Historical Society, Tri-City Life Center, Valley Community Services and other sites.  Students could be doing anything from cleaning, organizing, working with the elderly, and/or children. This is the fourth year that these campus’ have provided community service in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. day.  This year 62 students will participate.

The Accounting option provides "Preparation for positions in business with an emphasis on the areas of financial and managerial accounting, systems and controls, auditing, and taxation” (Undergraduate Degree Program Bulletin).

Joining Management/Marketing and Individualized Business as choices for students, the new Accounting option provides a third area of concentration possible in the business major.

For more information about the business major and the new option, contact the campus program coordinator, Dr. Andrzej Kobylanski, at 412-675-9455 or auk20@psu.edu.

An anonymous donor has made a $2.2 million estate commitment to Penn State Greater Allegheny. The bequest will institute a scholarship fund, two professorships and a chancellor’s excellence fund.

“This commitment is a tremendous gift to the campus,” said Curtiss E. Porter, chancellor of Penn State Greater Allegheny. “It is historic in its size and scope, as well as in the impact it will have on our students, faculty and community. Private philanthropy is a major driving force behind the growth and enhancement of our campus. Gifts from alumni and friends allow us to fulfill Penn State Greater Allegheny’s mission to care for the success of our students and communities.”

The anonymous bequest establishes a scholarship fund with an initial endowment of $700,000.

“This fund will help us address the growing need for student assistance,” said Porter. “Ninety-one percent of Greater Allegheny students qualify for some kind of financial aid. Most of this aid takes the form of loans. The scholarship fund will help us continue to keep a university degree accessible to future Penn Staters.” Annual scholarship awards will be made from the endowment’s income, which will total approximately $31,500 in support each year. Preference will be given to students from the Pittsburgh region who demonstrate financial need.

The bequest will also establish two professorships at Penn State Greater Allegheny, one in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology and an Early Career Professorship in the Department of Business. These two professorships will be the first faculty endowments ever established at the Greater Allegheny campus. They will provide the support necessary to recruit and retain some of the nation’s best faculty members. In addition, Early Career Professorships provide junior level faculty with a stable, dependable source of income for needs such as specialized teaching and research materials, library acquisitions, salary supplements, and travel assistance.

“The most innovative research initiatives must often produce results before greater funding can become available,” said Porter. “The professorships have the potential not only to support the careers of our faculty, but also to fund breakthroughs that will transform their disciplines.” The early career award will rotate every three years to a new recipient who has completed his or her terminal degree within the preceding decade.

In addition, $500,000 of the bequest will create a new chancellor’s excellence fund at the Greater Allegheny campus. These designated funds will provide the chancellor with flexible financial resources to respond to the evolving needs of the campus. The interest from the endowment, approximately $22,500 each year, will be directed to areas in need of support that enhance the campus’ academic and community environments, including faculty research, student projects, start-up funds for new community engagement programs, facilities support, or other steps toward enhancing education at the campus.

“This bequest is a tremendous asset to our campus. The donor’s generosity will enable us to strengthen the most important areas of Penn State Greater Allegheny’s land-grant mission,” said Porter. “Thanks to the incredible commitment represented in this gift, our donor helps us to ensure we keep a Penn State degree affordable during difficult economic times, launch the careers of our newest, most promising faculty members, and continue the Greater Allegheny campus tradition of excellence and engagement.”

For more information about supporting the Greater Allegheny campus or its students, contact Dale DiSanto, executive director of development for Commonwealth Campuses, at dad23@psu.edu. Gifts to Penn State Greater Allegheny count toward the campus’ goals in For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students. This University-wide effort is directed toward a shared vision of Penn State as the most comprehensive, student-centered research university in America. The University is engaging Penn State’s alumni and friends as partners in achieving six key objectives: ensuring student access and opportunity, enhancing honors education, enriching the student experience, building faculty strength and capacity, fostering discovery and creativity, and sustaining the University’s tradition of quality. The campaign’s top priority is keeping a Penn State degree affordable for students and families. The For the Future campaign is the most ambitious effort of its kind in Penn State’s history, with the goal of securing $2 billion by 2014.

The Fall 2011 Student Research Conference sponsored by Teaching International, the Honors Program, and Greener Allegheny, was held on November 17, 2011. Sixty posters were displayed and entered into the competition.

The winners are listed below.

Honors category

First Place

“Globalization” by Vallerie Frazier, Cody Scagline, Anthony Tyke, & Yu Wang; Bernie Cerasaro, ECON 104H.

Second Place

Three-way tie:
“A Tale of Love and Darkness: An autobiographical memoir written by Amos Oz” by Erika Vasques. Dr. Kathleen Brown, CAS 100H.
“UV-VIS Spectroscopy” by Ramon Rivera. Bittner, CHEM 210H.
“Health Care” by Samantha Clark, Myan Haviv, Megan Pastore, Mingkang Zhang; Bernie Cerasaro, ECON 104H.

Teaching the Middle East category

First place

“Violence in Yemen” by John Alligood, Dillon O'Hanlon, Cassandra Smith; Dr. Kathleen Brown, CAS 100A.

Second place

Millennium Development Goals category

First place

“Gender Equality in Turkey” by Andrew Pollman, Lauren Hawkins, Becky Perhach; Dr. Kathleen Brown, CAS 100A.

Second place

“Gender Inequality in Turkey” by Phillip Keib; Dr. Veronica Montecinos, SOC 110.

Sustainability category

First place

“Energy Sources of the Middle East” by Nicole Bacvinskas, Courtney Bailey, Si Zhao; Dr. Eric Lipsky, EGEE 101.

Second place

Two-way tie:

“A Dedicated Biodiesel Building” by Mark Render, Madeline Hamilton; Dr. Eric Lipsky, EDSGN 100.
“Energy: The United States vs. The Middle East” by Courtney Handlovitch, Shelbie McCurdy; Dr. Eric Lipsky, EGEE 101.

Penn State Greater Allegheny hosted its fall 2011 commencement on Thursday, December 15, at 7:00 p.m. in Wunderley Gymnasium. Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter presided as diplomas are conferred to individuals receiving baccalaureate and associate degrees. Keynote speaker was Margaret L. Signorella, Ph.D.

Signorella is Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies and Interim Director of Academic Affairs at Penn State Greater Allegheny. She previously served as Director of Academic Affairs for seven years and has coordinated the campus psychology program since 2003. Trained as a social psychologist, her major research focus is on the development and consequences of gender schemas, and she is collaborating on two grants aimed at understanding gender differences in cognition and career interests. She frequently uses meta-analysis to examine the developmental and gender-related trends in stereotypical schemas. In her teaching, which includes introductory psychology, research methods, and various social psychology courses, she emphasizes involving undergraduate students in research projects. Dr. Signorella was recently named a fellow of the American Psychological Association’s Psychology of Women Division. She serves as an Associate Editor for the multidisciplinary and international journal, Sex Roles, and recently co-edited a special issue of the journal on single-sex education.

On November 9 Dr. Charles was interviewed on the NPR program On Point with Tom Ashbrook. The interview is available as a podcast, along with more details about Hoover, at the program web site.

Charles also reviewed the movie from a historical perspective for the Boston Globe (November 24, 2011; boston.com).

More information about Dr. Charles and his research is on his personal web page.

By the end of the evening, the final tally was $101,293 which brings the overall total raised since 2004 for student scholarships to more than $475,000.

Performing on the William A. Seifert, Jr Stage, was the vocal quintet, 42Five, direct from Orlano, FLorida. Their unique brand of entertainment evolves from a street corner barbershop sound and draws on funk, rock, jazz, and blues. Unlike any musical experience around, 42Five recreates an entire instrumental band with nothing but their voices.

“The entertainment, food, and ambiance added to the excellent achievement of the evening,” said Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter.  “Everyone who contributed to this event should be extremely proud.  We will have the funds available to help students pursue their educational goals here at Penn State Greater Allegheny.”

Title Sponsors of the All That's Jazz Scholarship Benefit included Amy and Dave Michaliszyn and Nancy Seifert. Chancellor's Circle Supporters were McKeesport Hospital Foundation and UPMC.    

The lecture will be on November 29 at 12:15 p.m. in Crawford 104.

Professor Orbach’s teaching focused on the experience of modern Jewry in the 19th and 20th century in both European and Near Eastern settings.

He has published on Russian Jewry, Zionism and Israel and antisemitism. Currently, he studying aspects of Jewish politics in Tsarist Russia in the 1905-1914 period and the broader issue of dual loyalty as it has challenged modern Jewry in the post-Emancipation era.

As part of the Teaching International initiative, Penn State Greater Allegheny has adopted each year a country or region of the world, and a theme, as a common focus to inspire teaching and scholarship.  The region for the 2011-2012 academic year is the Middle East and the theme is the Millenium Development Goals. Teaching International works closely with the campus sustainability project, Greener Allegheny, and the Honors Program to sponsor events that raise awareness of these global issues.

Orbach's talk is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Nancy Conway (412-675-9143 or nle10@psu.edu).

"The Mortal Cry of a Gazelle," is the title of Angele Ellis's talk on the Ghazal in modern literature. Ellis will be appearing on Thursday November 10 at 12:15 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center.

Her work has appeared on a theater marquee - after winning Pittsburgh Filmmakers' G-20 Haiku Contest in 2009 - and in journals, periodicals and anthologies. The author of two books of poetry, Spared (Main Street Rag, 2011) and Arab on Radar (Six Gallery Press, 2007), she was a 2008 recipient of an Individual Creative Artist Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and a prizewinner in the 2007 RAWI Competition for Creative Prose.

In 1997 she co-authored the diversity workbook Dealing With Differences (Corwin Press).

An honors graduate in English from the University of Pittsburgh, Angele Ellis makes her home in Pittsburgh's Friendship neighborhood.

As part of the Teaching International initiative, Penn State Greater Allegheny has adopted each year a country or region of the world, and a theme, as a common focus to inspire teaching and scholarship.  The region for the 2011-2012 academic year is the Middle East and the theme is the Millenium Development Goals. Teaching International works closely with the campus sustainability project, Greener Allegheny, and the Honors Program to sponsor events that raise awareness of these global issues.

The Ellis presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Nancy Conway (412-675-9143 or nle10@psu.edu).

The stories in this production have been chosen from a number of Middle Eastern folk tale narratives and then adapted and dramatized for performance as part of the campus Teaching International Program.

The Cave of Three Wishes is about a poor shepherd who uses a pretend magic cave to find out what the womenfolk in his household wish for--with unsettling results.  Prince Naas is about a clever, hard-working girl who deceives a queen who is looking for her missing son, Prince Naas, and hears the girl telling "naas" (which meant "sleepiness" in her language) to stay away from her.  The girl agrees to let "Naas" court her when the queen, hoping this will bring back her son, promises to provide food and clothing for the girl and her sisters.  Complications ensue.  The Farmer who Followed his Dream is about a farmer who has a recurrent dream about going to Jerusalem and standing by Damascus gate.  His wife suggests that he travel to Damascus Gate to find the meaning of the dream--with surprising results.   The Hunchback of Dhafar is about a crippled young man who achieves a happy life (and improved posture), thanks to his good deeds and the prayers of his family and friends.

The revolutions shaking the Arab world are not yet complete and it is unclear what shape emergent new governments will take. Along with questions about domestic developments for each Arab country in political tumult arises another question: what are the implications for Arab-Israeli peace?

Laurie Zittrain Eisenberg will address these issues at the next Teaching International lecture on October 18 at 12:15 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center.

Eisenberg is Teaching Professor in the History Department at Carnegie Mellon University, where she specializes in Middle East history. She holds a Ph.D. in modern Middle East history from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (1990). Her areas of research and publication include the Arab-Israeli conflict and peace process. She has published numerous articles and is the author of My Enemy's Enemy: Lebanon in the early Zionist Imagination, 1900-1948 (Wayne State, 1994) and, with Neil Caplan, Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: Patterns, Problems, Possibilities (Indiana University Press, 2010).

An unusual project for which Eisenberg served as consultant was the development of “PeaceMaker,” a video game simulating Palestinian-Israeli interactions (www.peacemakergame.com). Ongoing research projects concern the legacy of Jordan's King Hussein and the June 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

As part of the Teaching International initiative, Penn State Greater Allegheny has adopted each year a country or region of the world, and a theme, as a common focus to inspire teaching and scholarship.  The region for the 2011-2012 academic year is the Middle East and the theme is the Millenium Development Goals. Teaching International works closely with the campus sustainability project, Greener Allegheny, and the Honors Program to sponsor events that raise awareness of these global issues.

Eisenberg's talk is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Nancy Conway (412-675-9143 or nle10@psu.edu).

The psychology department at the campus has a strong record of providing undergraduate students with research opportunities.

Lacey Richards began working with Elizabeth Mazur, associate professor of psychology, as a research assistant on a project Mazur was conducting with another undergraduate student (Mazur & Kozarian, Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010).

Richards enjoyed the experience and thus decided to continue with the new idea Mazur had developed. Mazur and Richards used public postings on MySpace to examine the numbers and types of friends seen in the social networking interactions.

The work was honored when Richards received the Undergraduate Research Award from the Pennsylvania Psychological Association. She later presented their work at a national conference, the Society for Research in Adolescence. Richards graduated with a B.A. degree in applied psychology in 2008.

The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology recently published the Mazur and Richards paper (2011). The article is entitled “Adolescents' and Emerging Adults' Social Networking Online: Homophily or Diversity?”

Mazur is currently working with Yidi Li, who began at Greater Allegheny and is completing her psychology and media studies degrees at University Park. Mazur and Li presented their work, “What are They Blogging and Blurbing? A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Chinese and American Emerging Adults’ Online Social Profiles,” at the American Psychological Association conference in August 2011 in Washington, DC. The project began as part of the campus international curriculum program, Teaching International, during the year the regional focus was on East Asia.

Margaret L. Signorella, professor of psychology and women's studies, is also working with Li on a project examining research that compares outcomes in single-sex versus coeducational schools. Signorella recently published an article with former student Jeanna E. Cooper, "Relationship Suggestions from Self-Help Books: Gender Stereotyping, Preferences, and Context Effects." The research, which appeared in Sex Roles in 2011, began with Cooper's undergraduate research independent study class.

The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) announced that Penn State Greater Allegheny and Robert Morris University in Springfield, Illinois, have been selected to host the 2012 through 2015 USCAA Baseball Small College World Series. Robert Morris has been selected as the host for 2012 and 2014 at Chamberlain Park.  Penn State Greater Allegheny will host in 2013 and 2015 at Pullman Park in Butler, Pennsylvania. The 2012 Small College World Series will be held May 7-12.

 “The United States Collegiate Athletic Association is extremely proud and excited to bring the 2012-2015 Baseball National Championships to Springfield, Illinois and Butler, Pennsylvania,” states USCAA Chief Operating Officer Matt Simms. 

“We are extremely honored to host the 2013 and 2015 USCAA Small College World Series,” stated Penn State Greater Allegheny Athletic Director Jim Chester. “We are very excited to showcase Butler County and Pullman Park to the rest of the memberships. We are excited and proud to represent Penn State University and the PSUAC in such a prestigious event.” 

Mohammed A. Bamyeh, professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh, will open this year's Teaching International Speaker Series on the Middle East. His talk, "Dynamics of Revolt in the Arab Spring," will take place on September 14 at 11 a.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center.

Bamyeh, who received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1990, is the incoming editor of the International Sociology Review of Books (ISRB).

His most recent book, Islam and Society: Social Movements, Global Structures, Social Critique, is expected to appear in 2012. His other books include Anarchy as Order: The History and future of Civic Humanity (Rowan & Littlefield 2009); Of Death and Dominion: The Existential Foundations of Governance (Northwestern UP 2007); The Ends of Globalization (Minnesota UP 2000); The Social Origins of Islam: Mind, Economy, Discourse (Minnesota UP 1999, winner of the Albert Hourani Honorable Mention from the Middle East Studies Association). He just finished editing the forthcoming volume Intellectuals and Civil Society in the Middle East (I. B. Tauris 2011). 

Teaching International began in 2004 to promote greater awareness of global trends and civic engagement and to broaden students' understanding of intercultural and international issues. This event is free and open to the public. For information, call 412-675-9143.

The video below, also cited by Time Magazine, shows Hepner discussing the process.

The shuttle departs from the campus, at Walnut Street and Buck Green (by the Nittany Lion at the SCC) and transport students to the McKeesport Transportation Center located (approximately) at 552 Lysle Blvd in McKeesport.

Port Authority of Allegheny County has curtailed a number bus routes throughout the county due to budgetary constraints.  “Because the elimination of routes has impacted our students, the campus offices of Student Affairs, Business Services and Police Services have instituted a campus shuttle service to accommodate these students,” said Glenn Beech, director of Student Affairs.

Other ways in which such information can be found include the following:

• Radio (KDKA-1020 AM); 
• Television (KDKA-TV Channel 2; WTAE-TV Channel 4; WPXI-TV Channel 11) or the Internet (http://www.kdka.com/, http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/, http://www.wpxi.com/); 
• The front page of the Penn State Greater Allegheny web site (http://ga.psu.edu/); 
• PSUTXT, which provides updates via text message and/or email. To receive PSUTXT messages for Greater Allegheny, go to http://newswires.psu.edu/ and follow the instructions to subscribe.

Cancellation of day classes does not automatically mean cancellation of evening classes or vice versa.

For information about individual class cancellations, you can also consult the cancellation list online.

Weather FAQ

Q. Why doesn’t the campus delay classes on the mornings local school districts announce delays?
A. Local school districts typically start classes for all students around 7:30 a.m. We have just a few classes at 8:00 during the winter semester. Also, K – 12 students must wait along the area roads in the bad weather to catch their buses. Area schools also have the ability to make up lost days. We are an institution of higher education, whose curriculum is supported by direct tuition; hence, cancelling classes eliminates the class time for which you have paid. We also have students living on campus who walk to class.

Q. If the campus is open, am I required to come to class?
A. It is your decision on whether or not you are comfortable driving on the roads to campus. If you do not make it to class, it is important for you to contact your professor as soon as possible to let him or her know why you were not in attendance. Ultimately, it is up to each professor to determine how he or she will handle these types of absences, but we believe they will be reasonable and understanding.

Q. Why isn’t the campus closed on some days when the news is reporting hazardous road conditions?
A. We view and listen to the weather and traffic reports, but we also depend on first hand reports of road conditions received through our campus maintenance and police persons to determine whether or not they are passable.

Q. If the start of classes is delayed, how do I know which class to attend?
A. We follow the existing schedule no matter what time we start. For instance, if the start of classes is delayed until 10:00 a.m., you would attend your scheduled 10:00 a.m. class at the regular time and follow your schedule through the rest of the day. Thus, on days when a delayed opening is appropriate, a two- or four-hour late opening will be announced through the normal emergency announcement procedures.
1. If there is a two-hour delay on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday schedule, classes will start with the class scheduled to begin at 10:00 A.M. We will keep the normal class times for the remainder of the day.
2. If there is a two-hour delay on a Tuesday or Thursday schedule, we will start at 10:00 A. M., one-third of the way through any classes that begin at 9:25. We will keep the normal class times for the remainder of the day.
3 . Similarly, if there is a four-hour delay, MWF classes would start at 12 noon and continue on a normal class schedule for the rest of the day.
4 . If there is a four-hour delay, a Tuesday, Thursday schedule would resume at common period (12 noon) with the next classes occurring at 1:35 pm.

Q. Are day and evening classes treated differently?
A. They are, with decisions made on day classes by 6:30 a.m. and for evening classes (starting times of 6:00 p.m. or later) by 4:00 p.m. It is possible to have any portion of the schedule cancelled.

Q. If my class if cancelled, will it be made up?
A. Some instructors may attempt to set a make up session when students are available, or use other means to make up the work. The form of make-up will depend on the nature of the class.

Q. What happens if there is problem during final exam week?
A. In the event that, during final exams week, weather causes the closing of the campus or the postponement of a scheduled final exam, make up exam procedures will be arranged by instructors in consultation with Academic Affairs. Stay in close contact with your instructors should weather problems develop during finals week..

Q. Why aren’t the sidewalks always clear?
A. If the snow is occurring during the day it is sometimes impossible to keep up with clearing the sidewalks. The maintenance crew will continue to make multiple passes to keep them as clear as possible. At times, the temperatures are low enough that salt* will not melt the snow and ice so it is important that everyone is careful when walking across the campus. As temperatures warm and/or the sun comes out, the salt is able to melt the snow and ice.
* “Uncured” concrete sidewalks, due to the nature of their recent pouring, cannot be salted. In these instances, sand is considered the best alternative, though it is not as good as salt in providing stable walking surfaces. All campus members are reminded to be very careful when walking about the campus during inclement weather situations.