With “Snowmageddon” closing campuses from Morgantown, W.Va., to Baltimore, The Chronicle wondered if dining halls are open and how students are faring. American University’s Web site says dining halls will stay open, but with 24 inches of snow, can workers get there? And while George Mason and Stevenson Universities posted similar messages, the Universities of Maryland at College Park and of Mary Washington, Towson University, and Goucher College — all of which closed Saturday — don’t show dining-hall status. (Internal campus alerts might have more information.) How much snow is on your campus? Are dining halls open? Do you have tips or resources to share?
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2 Responses to How Are Colleges Faring in Mid-Atlantic Blizzard of 2010?
englishwlu - February 8, 2010 at 6:57 am
Here in Lexington, VA, we are just about dug out, but there’s a lot of ice and a foot of compacted snow on the ground. On Friday morning when the snow was coming down heavily and roads were impassable, my husband met a snow-covered man trudging by W&L’s gym. It was a VMI cook who had just walked from the county _five miles_ in the snow to make it in for his shift. Our dining hall, security, and other essential workers at W&L (and based on this encounter, at VMI) make an amazing effort to be there for the students. In the last big storm, which prevented students from leaving campus after their last exams, the workers came back in on treacherous roads to assist.
jffoster - February 8, 2010 at 9:04 am
It is a humbling pleasure to have it once again confirmed the sense of Honor of VMI and those associated with her. Generals Thomas Jonathan Jackson and George Catlett Marshall and the cadets of New Castle would be proud.