Updated Information on UF Closing and Hurricane Floyd

John V. Lombardi, President

• The University of Florida will be closed from 3 p.m. today (9/14) through Wednesday. Classes and normal business operations are scheduled to resume first thing Thursday morning (9/16)
• Campus residence halls will remain open, as will the Reitz Union, Gator Corner and Racquet Club dining centers.
• Essential operational employees such as law enforcement, health care and selected physical plant workers are expected to report to work as normal, per instructions from their supervisors.
• The county has opened the J.Wayne Reitz Union as a shelter. The ballroom will be open, mainly as a refuge for students and their families.
• The Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol will not be operational Tuesday (9/14) or Wednesday (9/15) nights.
• The new faculty reception scheduled for Tuesday (Sept. 14) at 6:30 p.m. has been cancelled.
• Harn Museum of Art is closed today through Thursday. They plan to reopen at 11 a.m. Friday.Emergency numbers available:

  University Police: 392-1111
  Student Services: 392-1261
  Shands Emergency room: 395-0050
  UF Housing operations: 392-2161
  UF Counseling Center: 392-1575

  For further updates, visit www.ufl.edu/notice.htm

  (News Release prepared by UF News and Public Affairs)