Dowling College Emergency Closing Procedures

If Dowling College classes and administrative offices are to be officially closed due to inclement weather or other emergency, please check the website: www.dowling.edu or call (631) 244-3001.

Erik Paulson's office will notify the media, the Dowling website, and will place an emergency closing message on (631) 244-3001. Other phone lines (1-800-Dowling, 3030, 3250, 3110, 3000) will also be redirected to the emergency closing message. If Erik Paulson's office is not able to make these arrangements, the Public Relations and Communications Office will handle.

If Dowling College does not close during inclement weather, but a faculty member is still unable to meet his or her classes, the following procedures have been established:

The switchboard operator is responsible only to indicate to students that the college is remaining open and will forward the calls to the schools or divisions. Each of the four schools have agreed to leave updated messages on their main office numbers before they close during emergency situations.
Faculty members are to notify their school or division office and, if possible, the students of individual classes that have been canceled. Means of doing this include Blackboard, email, phone chains, personal phone calls, or by leaving a message announcement on the faculty member's voice mail. If the class is scheduled at Brookhaven, Bonnie Forbes should be notified at extension 1308 so she can post the cancellation notice on the room.
The weather line voice mail will be changed to indicate that the school is remaining open, however, for individual class cancellations, please call the individual schools, e.g., press one for the Arts and Humanities office.
Inquiries regarding Brookhaven cancellations should be directed to the Schools.
The Security Office is not equipped to take messages or post notices.

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