The University of Delaware’s Newark campus will open at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 22.  

Classes scheduled before 10 a.m. will not meet; campus offices will open at 10 a.m.

The University’s Sharp Campus in Lewes and the Carvel Center in Georgetown also will open at 10 a.m. on Thursday. Associate in Arts Program students, faculty and staff in Wilmington, Dover and Georgetown will be notified by email of the program's operating schedule at each location.

UD Facilities staff will continue working during the morning to clear campus parking lots and treat sidewalks.

Members of the campus community are reminded to use caution on Thursday. There may be patches of ice where melting snow has refrozen.

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 ocm@udel.edu.

Schedule updates

• Two residential dining locations -- Caesar Rodney Fresh Food Company and Pencader Dining -- will open for normal breakfast, lunch and dinner hours of operation on March 22. Russell Dining will be closed all day, and Pencader Dining will be closed for late night service. Retail dining locations normally scheduled to open before 10 a.m. will open at 10 a.m.

• The Carpenter Sports Building (Lil Bob) will open at 9 a.m., March 22. All fitness classes and programs scheduled before 10 a.m. are canceled. View all changes to hours and sign up for the Recreation email list to receive updates at www.bluehens.com/recreationhours. Updates will also be posted on the @UDLilBob social media accounts.

• Student Health Services will open for fully scheduled appointments at 10 a.m., March 22. Nurses are available 24 hours, and physicians will be seeing patients at 10 a.m.

• The Associate in Arts Program in Dover is closed March 22.

• The UD Library, Museums and Press will open at 10 a.m., March 22.

• The Barnes and Noble UD Bookstore and the Blue Hen Café will open at 10 a.m., March 22.

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.