{"id":33170,"date":"2019-09-03T10:23:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T14:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=33170"},"modified":"2019-09-09T10:46:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T14:46:29","slug":"hurricane-dorian-update-fiu-to-open-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2019\/09\/hurricane-dorian-update-fiu-to-open-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Dorian Update: FIU to open on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIU will reopen and resume regular operations on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The university remains closed and all classes are canceled today (Tuesday),\u00a0<\/strong>as parts of South Florida remain under tropical storm watches and warnings.<\/p>\n

Limited operations and essential personnel<\/strong><\/p>\n

The libraries and wellness and recreation centers at MMC and BBC will open from noon to 6 p.m. today to accommodate on-campus residents and other students who would like to come to use these facilities.<\/p>\n

There are\u00a0limited food venue operations<\/a>\u00a0as well:\u00a08th<\/sup>\u00a0Street Campus Kitchen\u00a0and Market at Breezeway will be open at MMC.<\/p>\n

Only assigned essential personnel will\u00a0need to report to work prior to the official reopening on Wednesday. Supervisors have contacted essential employees who need to report to work on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Returning on Wednesday<\/strong><\/p>\n

The safety of the university community is always the top priority. Anyone who left South Florida before the hurricane and is having trouble returning should reach out to their professors or supervisor to explain the situation.<\/p>\n

Professors and supervisors are asked to be flexible this week as we resume operations in an effort to continue with the term as planned.<\/p>\n

Please note that transportation services will resume regular operations.<\/p>\n

Deadlines extended<\/strong><\/p>\n

The add\/drop and payment deadlines have been extended. The new deadlines are as follows:<\/p>\n

Sept. 9, 2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Last day to add\/drop courses or withdraw from the university without incurring financial liability for tuition and fees<\/p>\n

Sept. 13, 2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tuition payment due<\/p>\n

The offices of Financial Aid and Student Financials are working hard to process payments and issue refunds as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

First responders and FIUstrong<\/strong><\/p>\n

Upon returning to campus you may find\u00a0first responders at MMC<\/a>. They are standing by on our campus, waiting to be deployed, should hurricane Dorian make landfall in the coming days.<\/p>\n

The university has activated FIUstrong to help assist FIU students, faculty and staff who may be experiencing hardship as a result of Dorian\u2019s ravaging effects.<\/p>\n

To help\u00a0members of the FIU family impacted by Hurricane Dorian, please visit\u00a0https:\/\/fiustrong.fiu.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are a member of the university community who has been impacted by Dorian, please do not hesitate to ask for help. Write to\u00a0FIUstrong@fiu.edu<\/a>\u00a0and let us know how FIU can help you.<\/p>\n

For a video message from President Mark B. Rosenberg to those impacted by Dorian, please\u00a0click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Special thanks to everyone at FIU who worked tirelessly through the weekend to ensure a safe and professional response.<\/p>\n

Stay safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FIU will reopen and resume regular operations on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. The university remains closed and all classes are canceled today (Tuesday),\u00a0as parts of South Florida remain under tropical storm watches and warnings. Limited operations and essential personnel The libraries and wellness and recreation centers at MMC and BBC will open from noon to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":32787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4573],"tags":[4569],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33172,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33170\/revisions\/33172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}