You may also call our Snow Cancellation &
Campus Closure line. 207-942-6781 x120
(This line is for information only, please do not leave any
messages.)
On rare occasions the
seminary officially closes due to inclement weather; if this
occurs it will be posted on this page. We typically do
not call all of the various storm centers to notify them of
our closing – please check this webpage or call the BTS
Storm Line. 207-942-6781 x120 for updates.
If you would
like to read the Seminary Storm Cancellations Policy, please
click here.
If there is a storm:
For
Bangor students:
For more information please call 207-942-6781 ext 120 or
1-800-287-6781 x120. To
see if the campus is closed, you may also check the site for Wabi.tv Channel 5 storm closings which can be viewed at
http://station.wabi.tv/content/4051/StormWatch/ or on their
television channel.
For Portland students:
For more information please call 207-942-6781 ext 120 or
1-800-287-6781 x120.
Portland Closings are also posted on the WMTW Channel 8
storm closing list which can be viewed online at
http://www.wmtw.com/closings/index.html or on their
television channel. Please
call 774-5212 ext 201 for information.
Seminary Storm Cancellation Policy
-
(November 1, 2009)
It snows in Maine, sometimes
in substantial quantities. But it doesn’t always snow in the
same amount in all locations – a complicating factor in
making decisions regarding class cancellations and school
closings for a seminary in two locations with commuting
students, traveling faculty, and video conferencing. Given
these realities, the following are normative practices in
the event of substantial snowfall, severe icing, or other
inclement condition.
·
Because our basic mission is
to provide education, students, faculty, and staff should
assume campuses are open and classes are in session unless
the President (or Academic Dean in the President’s absence)
determines otherwise.
·
The President will decide
whether to cancel classes or to close campus, on a
day-by-day basis, by 6:00 A.M.
·
If the President’s decision
at 6:00 A.M. is to cancel classes or to close campus, it
will be for the entire day…and the President’s decision will
not be changed even if, during the course of the day, the
early weather reports prove erroneous.
·
If during the course of the
day weather conditions worsen to a degree unanticipated at
6:00 A.M., the President may cancel afternoon and/or evening
classes or close one or both campuses.
·
If at any time Husson
University in Bangor becomes closed due to weather
conditions, the decision of President will be to close the
Bangor campus of the seminary as well.
·
The President’s decision will
be communicated to the webmaster for posting on the BTS
website, recording on the snow call-in phone line, and
publicizing on area television and radio stations.
·
The President’s decision will
state clearly if it is applicable to the Bangor campus only,
the Portland campus only, or to both campuses.
·
If classes are cancelled on
one campus, video classes will not be held on either campus.
·
If the decision is to cancel
classes rather than to close campus, members of the
administrative staff are expected to report for work.
·
If classes are cancelled or a
campus is closed, no member of the fulltime or adjunct
faculty will override that decision and hold class
nevertheless.
·
If classes have not been
cancelled but an individual instructor is unable to travel
to campus due to snow, it is the instructor’s responsibility
to contact each and every student in his/her class(es) to
inform them that that the instructor’s class(es) will not be
held.
·
If classes have not been
cancelled but an individual student feels unsafe traveling
to campus due to the weather conditions, that student should
not travel to the seminary.
