{"id":2,"date":"2018-11-15T22:51:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T03:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/alert\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:13:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:13:58","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency \/ Weather Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>There are currently no emergencies, closings or delayed openings for Western Connecticut State University.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>For police services, please call 203-837-9300. For emergencies, dial 911.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">_____________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The updated 2025-26 protocols on working during winter weather events can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2026\/01\/Working-During-Winter-Weather-Events-January-2026-Revised.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Guidance from the Provost on Delayed Openings:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>For classes that start before reopening and extend beyond it:<\/strong> Faculty should use their discretion and clearly communicate to students whether the class will remain online (if it has already shifted to remote instruction) or resume meeting in person once campus reopens.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Weather and emergency notices will be posted on this page and sent via the Everbridge emergency notification system, which can be accessed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/ens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WCSU ENS<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Delays and closings may also be posted on the University\u2019s social media accounts, and some area television and radio stations as noted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/information\/\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Last Updated: March 4th, 2026, at 10:13. This page refreshes automatically every 60 seconds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are currently no emergencies, closings or delayed openings for Western Connecticut State University. &nbsp; &nbsp; For police services, please call 203-837-9300. For emergencies, dial 911. _____________________ &nbsp; The updated 2025-26 protocols on working during winter weather events can be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 05:32:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/alert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}