Stanford cancels Tuesday’s closing exams amid energy outages

All exams for the rest of Tuesday have been canceled resulting from energy outages, in response to a 5:20 p.m. Stanford AlertSU e-mail.

Wednesday’s exams will resume as scheduled and all eating halls can be found for use for respite and pupil examine areas 24 hours a day, in response to a 9:00 p.m. e-mail. The e-mail instructed college students nonetheless with out energy to contact their teacher instantly to debate their scenario.

An influence outage impacted a lot of campus Tuesday night, after the climate brought on injury to one of many principal PG&E transmission strains feeding the College. Energy was restored to most of principal campus shortly after 7 p.m.. Nonetheless, some higher row homes and school housing stay with out energy with no present estimate on when it is going to be restored.

Energy outages additionally impacted parts of Stanford’s Redwood Metropolis campus to which energy has been restored. As of 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, SLAC Nationwide Accelerator Laboratory stays with out energy.

The College’s cancelation of ultimate exams is uncommon. The final time exams have been delayed en masse was March 2020, after Santa Clara County issued a shelter in place order in response to COVID-19 outbreaks.

The e-mail instructs workers and school to test with their supervisor to find out whether or not to stay on campus and test highway circumstances earlier than departing. All neighborhood members ought to keep away from re-entering buildings, lecture rooms, or parking garages which are with out energy or emergency lighting, the e-mail mentioned.

The Every day has reached out to The College with questions concerning the doable rescheduling or reformatting of exams and the way Tuesday’s canceled exams could have an effect on college students’ journey plans.

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