Weather, Emergency Closings, and Delays
Student support and essential services will remain operational during weather closures. Hours and service level changes may apply, and these changes will be communicated on the day of closure if not already predetermined.
Weather Closings and Delay Information
Find out about weather closings and delays by doing one of the following:
- Checking your Hampshire email and the intranet. An “important announcement” will be sent with detailed closure information and posted on the intranet for the duration of the closure.
- Checking the Hampshire website. A banner will display at the top of the website when a closure or delay is in effect.
Check your phone for a text or voicemail from the emergency notification system, if you've entered your numbers through The Hub. Enrollment is strongly recommended for all faculty, staff, and students; use of the alert system is intentionally minimized, and you may remove your number from alerts at any time. Detailed instructions on how to sign up for emergency alerts are available below.
During inclement weather, the Senior Leadership Team, in close coordination with the Senior Director of Facilities or designee, will decide about closing or delaying the opening of the College. This decision is based on weather forecasts and the conditions of parking lots, paths, and roads on campus, and will be made, when feasible, by 6:30 a.m. The highest priority of the Senior Leadership Team will continue to be the safety of the campus community, and the area leaders will develop plans to minimize the impact of closures on their operations.
When the College is delayed or closed due to weather or other emergency, all employees, other than essential personnel, are asked to refrain from being on campus, for their safety and to not impede the work of our Facilities snow removal team. Facilities and Campus Safety and Wellbeing staff are fully empowered to ask non-essential personnel and visitors to leave during campus closures.
Employees are encouraged to use their judgment when making decisions about safety and travel conditions. Staff should notify their supervisor if they are unable to get to work or unable to complete their scheduled work day.
Essential workers and resident students and staff are asked to park personal vehicles close together to enable plows to efficiently clear as many parking spaces as possible. For large volume snow events, an announcement may be put out after the College is reopened to move vehicles in order to fully clear the lots of accumulated ice and snow. Vehicles should not be stored or left unattended on campus during the winter; designated winter parking is available in the Enfield lot for students leaving their vehicles during the intersession. Personal vehicles should be left in the Enfield lot a continuous row in the single row of spaces adjoining the woods.
FIVE COLLEGE Weather Information
Hampshire College is part of the Five College Consortium and recognizes that member schools may make different decisions about inclement weather closures. Please check the status of individual schools. Hampshire College strongly prioritizes keeping public transportation routes open during inclement weather, but service changes may occur, check before setting out the PVTA website.