11:00AM: Electrical power has been restored. 10:30AM: The Wheaton campus and the town of Norton are currently without electrical power. The cause for the outage has not been determined. Updated information will be provided as soon as it is available.
11:00AM:
Electrical power has been restored.
10:30AM:
The Wheaton campus and the town of Norton are currently without electrical power. The cause for the outage has not been determined. Updated information will be provided as soon as it is available.
Electrical power has been restored to all campus buildings
Full electrical power has been restored to all campus buildings, including all student residences and academic and administrative halls.
The storm and the resulting outage has not resulted in any damage to campus facilities. Public Safety personnel completed an inspection of buildings that were closed during the outage.
Students who were affected by the outage are being notified that they may return to their residences now.
As always, Public Safety staff are on call and available, and they can be reached at (508) 286-8213. Residential Life staff are also on call and can be reached through Public Safety.
Wheaton College will open on Monday, Oct. 31, with some electrical outages
Wheaton College continues to experience scattered power outages, and several buildings are currently powered by emergency generators.
All administrative and academic buildings will be open on Monday, Oct. 31. Several buildings--Mars, Meneely and Watson--are without electrical service, but their heating systems are operating and emergency generators provide some electrical power.
In addition, as previously announced, students who live in one of the affected houses have been relocated. Public Safety will be making rounds in the houses to ensure safety and security.
We continue to be in touch with local power companies about this interruption to our service, but widespread power outages throughout the region are hampering efforts to restore power in some areas.
As always, Public Safety staff are on call and available, and they can be reached at (508) 286-8213. Residential Life staff are also on call and can be reached through Public Safety.
A half-dozen campus houses remain without power and they are being evacuated to ensure student safety.
Students who live in college housing on Pine Street and East Main Street are being evacuated due to an ongoing power outage resulting from an early winter storm that passed through the area on Saturday evening.
Residents of 5/7 Pine Street, Elms, Lindens, Bittersweet, 46 and 48 East Main Street have been asked to leave those houses by 5 p.m. and make arrangements to spend the night elsewhere on campus, if necessary. The majority of campus facilities and residence halls have electricity and all buildings are open on the normal schedule, including the dining halls and campus center. Campus roads and pathways have been cleared of snow, and they are safe and passable.
The college is working with electric company representatives to determine the potential length of the current outage. Students residing in the affected homes will be notified by email as soon as power is restored to these houses.
Public safety will be making rounds in the houses throughout the night.As always, Public Safety staff are on call and available, and they can be reached at (508) 286-8213. Residential Life staff are also on call and can be reached through Public Safety.
Most of campus has power following an early winter storm that passed the campus last night.
College houses on the perimeter of campus, along Pine Street and East Main Street, are currently without power due to the early winter storm that passed through the area last night.
However, the majority of campus facilities and residence halls have electricity and all buildings are open on the normal schedule, including the dining halls and campus center. The brief outages that parts of campus experienced during the storm have all been repaired. Campus roads and pathways have been cleared of snow, and they are safe and passable.
National Grid, the region's electrical provider, is working to restore electrical power to affected homes now, and they estimate that power will be restored before the end of the day.
Students and faculty who live in college housing without power may use other campus facilities, including showers in the Haas Athletic Center and Balfour-Hood Campus Center, during the day. Wheaton staff will be monitoring those homes regularly until the power is restored.
If you have any questions, please call Wheaton Public Safety at 508-286-5051.
Fall semester classes will begin at Wheaton on Thursday, Sept. 1.
Fall semester classes will begin at Wheaton on Thursday, Sept. 1. Electrical power was restored to the college on Tuesday afternoon.
All students may return to campus, beginning at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31. Upper campus residence halls and all houses will not open until 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
The faculty meeting scheduled for 2 p.m. on Friday will take place in Hindle Auditorium as scheduled. But some scheduled events may be postponed or canceled. These changes will be reflected on the website and announced over email as information becomes available.
Please Note:
Students who had not yet moved in to campus will be able to check in and get room keys at Balfour-Hood Campus Center from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. After 7 p.m., check in will take place at Public Safety. Please note: Upper campus residence halls and all houses will remain closed until 11 a.m.
Students currently at the college who live on upper campus may return to their residence hall at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Electrical systems in those buildings must be reset and external doors must be re-opened before students can return.
The add/drop period for classes will be adjusted to begin on Thursday so that students have the regular seven-day window in which to make adjustments to their course schedule.
PLEASE NOTE: The PGA is holding its annual Deutsche Bank golf championship at TPC Boston from Aug. 30 through Sept. 5. The championship brings heavy traffic to Norton, particularly on Route 140. You may avoid some of the traffic by approaching Wheaton on Route 123 (Exit 10 on Route 495).
A decision about starting classes on Thursday will be made by 5 p.m. today.
The college is open today (Tuesday), and staff who are able to do so have reported for work. The several hundred students who remain at the college spent a safe and comfortable evening on campus. Activities for today, including a shuttle to local shopping and restaurants, are being planned.
Students who are off campus should wait to return to Wheaton until an announcement has been made about the start of classes.
National Grid, the college's power provider, has not yet fully restored power to campus. As of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Watson, Meneely and the new Mars Science Center have regular electrical and internet service. Wheaton is receiving regular updates from National Grid.
Auxiliary power is supplying electricity to most of lower campus, including Chase Dining Hall, and the Balfour-Hood Center. In addition, several administrative buildings, including Park Hall are operational.
A decision about starting classes on Thursday will be made by 5 p.m. today, and it will be announced on the web site and through the college's emergency notification system.
The college has installed additional generators to improve lighting, provide internet access and availability of power for students who remain on campus.
The college has installed additional generators to improve lighting, provide internet access and availability of power for students who remain on campus
The Balfour-Hood Campus Center will be open. Lights, electrical outlets, televisions and internet access will be operational. The fitness center will open on Tuesday. The café and loft will not open. Food is available at Chase Dining Hall.
Lower campus residence halls also will have full lighting, electrical outlets and internet access. However, to avoid overloading the auxiliary power systems, students must unplug refrigerators and avoid using small appliances, such as dryers, curling irons. Please be aware that public safety and residence life staff will unplug refrigerators in empty rooms.
Electrical power will also be extended to some administrative offices. While the college cannot say when full power will be restored, National Grid has given priority to a trunk line that serves Norton.
The college will be open on Tuesday. Staff and faculty who are unable to come to work for reasons related to the aftermath of the storm may use vacation or personal time.
Faculty and staff in the new Mars Center can expect to have access to power and can continue to set up labs and offices.
Further updates on the college’s plans will be posted, as conditions warrant.
Power has not yet been restored to the Wheaton campus, and we are awaiting further information from our electric provider, National Grid, about when power will be restored. Because safety of our students is our primary concern, the college will delay the start of classes. The earliest that classes will resume will be Thursday. Updates [...]
Power has not yet been restored to the Wheaton campus, and we are awaiting further information from our electric provider, National Grid, about when power will be restored.
Because safety of our students is our primary concern, the college will delay the start of classes. The earliest that classes will resume will be Thursday. Updates will be posted on the web site and sent via the emergency alert system.
Students who have not yet moved in, and can delay their arrival, should do so immediately.
Students who can return home should plan to do so by this evening (Monday). If possible, please bring a classmate or friend. Those students who leave should inform their RA and their parents where they’re going.
Students who remain on campus should know that all upper campus residence halls (except for Beard) and student residential houses and apartments will close at 5 p.m. because auxiliary lighting is insufficient in those spaces. Students who must remain on campus will be moved to facilities with safe lighting conditions. Your RA will have instructions for you.
An all-class meeting for new students will be held at Cole Chapel at 1:30 p.m. today This will include an update on the orientation schedule.
A meeting for all upperclass students will be held at the chapel at 2:30 p.m.
Dining services will continue to operate in Chase Dining Hall. Balfour-Hood Campus Center will remain open for student social space.
In an emergency, please call Public Safety at 508-285-5051.
Wheaton is open today. The college has weathered Tropical Storm Irene fairly well, although the campus remains without power. The storm downed a number of trees and electrical lines in Norton, and National Grid has not yet restored service. However, upperclass students are set to return to campus today. As a result, the college will [...]
Wheaton is open today. The college has weathered Tropical Storm Irene fairly well, although the campus remains without power.
The storm downed a number of trees and electrical lines in Norton, and National Grid has not yet restored service.
However, upperclass students are set to return to campus today. As a result, the college will be open to welcome them back as well as to clean up from the storm and conduct regular business to the extent conditions allow.
Employees who are not able to report for duty due to the storm may use vacation or personal days.
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