SUMMARY:  UNC-Chapel Hill to reopen at 8 a.m. Friday (Sept. 19). Classes will be held; offices open. Condition I..

UNC-Chapel Hill to open at 8 a.m. Friday (Sept. 19)

CHAPEL HILL –  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will reopen at 8 a.m. Friday (Sept. 19), with classes and offices open. The university will operate under Condition I in its list of adverse weather scenarios.

Employees are reminded about the adverse weather policy. Details are at http://www.ais.unc.edu/hr/spaman/section11/sec11-adverse.htm.

Chapel Hill Transit is currently scheduled to resume normal service hours Friday morning. University and park-and-ride routes also are scheduled to start on time. Details on the status of Chapel Hill Transit will be broadcast on WCHL 1360 AM.

Information about the university’s operational status is available during any emergency or adverse weather at www.unc.edu, the main university Web page, or the Department of Public Safety Web site http://www.dps.unc.edu/dps/.

Members of the university community also can call (919) 843-1234 for recorded information and announcements about the university’s operations. Similar information also is broadcast on the university’s Traveler's Information System, 1610 AM, near the main campus area. Details on the condition of campus parking lots will be available at the Department of Public Safety Web site http://www.dps.unc.edu/dps/.

No serious damage has been reported on campus from Hurricane Isabel’s visit to the area today (Sept. 18). As of 6:30 p.m. tonight, power was on across the campus. The storm felled two large oak trees on McCorkle Place, the scenic quad opposite the Franklin Street Post Office. However the historic Davie Poplar, named in honor of one of the university’s main founders, remained standing after the storm. The tree is thought to be more than 200 years old.

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