ISU opening at noon Tuesday, crews working to safely clear campus grounds

Posted on January 22, 2024
The Laboratory schools (U-High and Thomas Metcalf) will remain closed for the full day, with no after-school events taking place. (Facebook/Illinois State University)

By WMBD-TV and WJBC

NORMAL – Illinois State University will have a late start on Tuesday due to forecasted weather conditions.

The campus will open at noon instead of 7 a.m., as previously indicated. The university said the continued closure will give more time for crews to safely clear roads and campus grounds.

All classes before noon, whether they are in person, online, or hybrid, will be canceled and will not be delivered remotely.

The Laboratory schools (U-High and Thomas Metcalf) will remain closed for the full day, with no after-school events taking place.

All residence halls and the ISU Police Department will remain open. Residential dining centers will remain open Monday as planned and will reopen Tuesday at 9 a.m. All other campus buildings will open back up at noon on Tuesday.

ISU closed at noon Monday due to inclement weather.

A full list of closures and cancellations can be found here.

WMBD-TV can be reached at [email protected].

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…