{"id":70929,"date":"2019-02-20T16:06:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T23:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=70929"},"modified":"2019-03-01T15:46:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T22:46:16","slug":"photo-feature-february-snowfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=70929","title":{"rendered":"Photo Feature: February snowfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_70940\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70940\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2918.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-70940\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2918-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Cragmor Hall in snow\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2918-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2918-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2918-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2918-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2918-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cragmor Hall on Feb. 20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While most employees and students enjoyed a late start on Feb. 18 and Feb. 19, Facilities Services crews worked early each morning to clear sidewalks, stairs, roads and parking lots across campus.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Springs received three inches of snowfall spread out across three days, and heavy cloud cover and low temperatures kept snowy and icy conditions on the ground for Monday and Tuesday. Crews worked in single-digit temperatures to prepare campus each morning and faced wind chills that often dropped below zero.<\/p>\n<p>Weather conditions improved Feb. 20, with temperatures above freezing and clear skies that allowed snow and icy to melt across campus.<\/p>\n<p>For campus weather closures or delays,\u00a0UCCS uses multiple ways to communicate with students and employees through UCCS Alerts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<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 MyUCCS portal. Employees and parents can register as well through <a href=\"http:\/\/rave.uccs.edu\/\">rave.uccs.edu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Email \u2013 All students and employees are registered to receive emergency communications to their UCCS email accounts.<\/li>\n<li>Website \u2013 Weather impacts are posted to the main <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/\">uccs.edu<\/a> page, <a href=\"http:\/\/alerts.uccs.edu\/\">alerts.uccs.edu<\/a> and at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flashalertcs.net\/closures-time.html?alert=1\">FlashAlerts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<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.<\/li>\n<li>Traditional media \u2013 During weather events, traditional broadcast and print media rely on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flashalertcs.net\/closures-time.html?alert=1\">FlashAlerts<\/a> for updated information on closures, and will also share that information.<\/li>\n<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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70947\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2972.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-70947\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2972-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Campus and Pikes Peak in snow\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2972-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2972-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2972-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2972-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2972-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UCCS and Colorado Springs from Austin Bluffs on Feb. 20.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70948\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2962.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-70948\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2962-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"El Pomar Center in snow\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2962-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2962-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2962-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2962-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_2962-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">El Pomar Center in snow Feb. 20.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70951\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0951.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-70951\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0951-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain lion statue on Feb. 18\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0951-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0951-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0951-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0951-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0951-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mountain lion statue in El Pomar Plaza on Feb. 18.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70949\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0923.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-70949\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0923-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Facilities Services crew member shovels snow Feb. 18.\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" 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: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facilities Services crew member shovels snow in front of Columbine Hall on Feb. 18, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70950\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0945.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-70950\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0945-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Facilities Services vehicle drives on the pedestrian spine\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0945-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0945-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0945-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0945-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0945-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Facilities Services vehicle drives down the pedestrian spine as crews clear snow Feb. 18.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70952\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0957.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-70952\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0957-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Facilities Services vehicle drives in snow Feb. 18\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0957-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0957-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0957-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0957-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0957-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Facilities Services vehicle drives crew on the pedestrian spine near Kraemer Family Library Feb. 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