Reposting from an all-faculty email. If you’re planning to work over break, and/or if you’re running any critical computing systems, please note:
April 11, 2014
Faculty, Staff, and Students:
On Good Friday, April 18th between 6:00 am and 12:00 noon the electricity to the entire campus will be SHUT OFF to perform needed repairs to the University owned 12,470 volt electrical distribution equipment. Each year the Facilities department performs a three day preventive maintenance inspection of our electrical system. We have been fortunate over the past few years that only minor problems have been located and the need to shut down the entire campus was not needed. This year, however, we have found a few items that need to be corrected. Good Friday, April 18th and as stated above we will SHUT DOWN THE POWER TO THE ENTIRE CAMPUS FROM 6:00 AM TO 12:00 NOON.
It is recommended that personal computers be turned off when you leave campus for the Easter holiday whether that is Thursday, April 17 or earlier. Any other sensitive electronic equipment in your areas that does not need to be running should also be turned off and unplugged if it can be done easily. These are just good precautions to take when you know power is being turn off.
Facilities staff, local electrical contractors, University Police, network services, and other campus staff will assist in shutting the campus down and then turning it back on to make sure heating systems, ac systems, lighting, elevators, security systems, fire alarm systems, refrigeration systems, data centers, card swipes, and the University network comes back on.
If you have a concern about the power being shutdown in your area for this period of time, please contact my office at 570-941-6267 or send an email explaining the concern and we will make every effort to try to accommodate your request if possible.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this very important matter.
Buildings not affected by the power shut down are: Adlin, NRCI, Houlihan, Girl Scout House, Smurfit Art Center, Wayne, Cambria, Fitz Field, J. Joyce Shop, Tioga, Fayette, Liva, and 314-316 N. Irving.
Mark Murphy
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