{"id":116720,"date":"2019-10-29T15:14:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T21:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=116720"},"modified":"2019-12-26T15:43:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T22:43:03","slug":"uccs-will-close-early-oct-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=116720","title":{"rendered":"UCCS will close early Oct. 29"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0923-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Facilities Services crew member shovels snow Feb. 18.\" class=\"wp-image-70949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0923-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0923-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0923-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0923-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0923-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Facilities Services crew member shovels snow in front of Columbine Hall on Feb. 18, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UCCS will close early Oct. 29 as another round of winter weather moved into the region today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All classes and activities are cancelled at 4:30 p.m. Classes that are still in progress at 4:30 p.m. may meet for the first part of the class period, but must end at 4:30 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Campus will close at 5 p.m., and all activities that start at or after 5 p.m. are cancelled. The last shuttle to Lot 580 will leave central campus at 5:15 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Employees and students are encouraged to use their discretion if they need to leave sooner. Work with your faculty or supervisor to discuss alternatives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On-campus students living in the residence halls will have access to dining in The Lodge and Roaring Fork Dining Hall until 7 p.m., and Alpine Express until 10 p.m. All other dining areas and buildings will close at 5 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For campus weather closures,&nbsp;UCCS uses multiple ways to communicate with students and employees through UCCS Alerts:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Text messages \u2013 Make sure your number is registered with UCCS Alerts to receive emergency communications. Students are automatically enrolled with their contact information in their&nbsp;MyUCCS&nbsp;portal. Employees and parents can register as well through&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/rave.uccs.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">rave.uccs.edu<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Email \u2013 All students and employees are registered to receive emergency communications to their UCCS email accounts.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Website \u2013 Weather impacts are posted to the main&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">uccs.edu<\/a>&nbsp;page,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/alerts.uccs.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">alerts.uccs.edu<\/a>&nbsp;and at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flashalertcs.net\/closures-time.html?alert=1\" target=\"_blank\">FlashAlerts<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Social media \u2013 UCCS Alerts communication is posted to the Facebook and Twitter pages for UCCS Emergency Management, UCCS Police and the main UCCS account.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Traditional media \u2013 During weather events, traditional broadcast and print media rely on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flashalertcs.net\/closures-time.html?alert=1\" target=\"_blank\">FlashAlerts<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>for updated information on&nbsp;closures, and&nbsp;will also share that information.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Phone \u2013 UCCS Police maintain a closure number at (719) 255-3346. People can call that number to learn if the campus is open, on a modified schedule or closed.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>UCCS will close early Oct. 29 as another round of winter weather moved into the region today.  <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=116720\" title=\"UCCS will close early Oct. 29\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":70949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[53,44,185,143,129,271,60],"class_list":["post-116720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","tag-academic-affairs","tag-administration-and-finance","tag-dining-and-hospitality-services","tag-facilities-services","tag-office-of-residence-life-and-housing","tag-parking-and-transportation-services","tag-student-success"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0923.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-umA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116720"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117840,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116720\/revisions\/117840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}