WEATHER NEWS

SUMMARY: UNC-Chapel Hill open. Adverse weather policy in effect for employees. Condition I.

CHAPEL HILL -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is open today (Dec. 4).

Classes  are being held tonight unless cancelled by the faculty member. Thursday (Dec. 5) is a reading day for students in preparation for final examinations.  No classed are scheduled.

Campus offices are open. Employees are reminded that the adverse weather policy (http://www.ais.unc.edu/hr/admin/advweath.htm) is in effect. Students and employees are urged to use caution in traveling.

The university is operating under condition I in its list of adverse weather notices. That means snow and ice has accumulated in the UNC employment area, causing some difficulty in travel for students and employees.

More information about the university’s operational status is available at www.unc.edu, the main university Web page. Employees can call (919) 685-8100 -- toll free in the Triangle -- for recorded information and announcements about schedule delays or closings. Similar information also is broadcast on the university’s Traveler's Information System, 1610 AM. Details on the condition of campus parking lots and the status of Chapel Hill Transit are available at the Department of Public Safety Web site (http://www.dps.unc.edu/dps/).

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