MEMORANDUMEditor's note: Please note new language in this year's notice regarding remote work.
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MEMORANDUM
To: All University Employees
Date: December 9, 2020
October 22, 2021
From: Cathy Hasenpflug, Chief Human Resources Officer
Subject: Annual Notice: Closures or Curtailment of University Operations
(including Including Inclement Weather or Hazardous Conditions)
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If it becomes necessary for the university to close OSU physical campuses and facilities or curtail on-site operations due to inclement weather or hazardous conditions, information regarding changes in university operations will be communicated using the following methods:
- The official time Notice of a Corvallis campus closure will be posted on the university’s OSU Campus Alert website. Announcements of closures or operation curtailments also will be posted on the OSU home pageHome Page, with a headline linking readers to the OSU Campus Alert home pagewebsite.
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- Notice of an OSU-Cascades campus closure or curtailment will be noted in an alert bar on the OSU-Cascades
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- webpage.
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- Notice of a Hatfield Marine Science Center
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- closure or curtailment
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- of operations will be noted on the HMSC website by 6:30 a.m.
- Notice of closures or curtailment of operations at the OSU Portland Center
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- will be
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- sent to employees by email.
- The university will make every effort to announce closure
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- and curtailment decisions as soon as possible. The information will be distributed or posted by 6:30 a.m. the day of a closure.
- When possible, information also will be posted online via by the FlashAlert Newswire. Visit For closure information related to OSU, visit the FlashAlert’s main pagewebpage, click on the menu then view local news; select the region of the state where you work followed by “Colleges and Universities – Willamette Valley.” Choose Oregon State University to see any current information or new announcements.
- Regarding Information related to weather alerts, closures and campus emergencies on the Corvallis campus , are available by calling the OSU Department of Public Safety/Oregon State Police Emergency Status information phone line provides current information about weather alerts and closures, as well as campus emergencies. A recorded phone message will report the operating status of the Corvallis campus and information related to the emergency or closure situation. You may access this information 24/7 by dialing 541-737-8000. OSU-Cascades’ phone line will include recorded information updating closure or curtailment details. That number is 541-322-3100.
- The university will ask that announcements be made on the following radio and television stations and, where appropriate, their websites:
Albany Lebanon
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- also will provide information on closures and operations to local media, including:
Albany Lebanon
KRKT - 990 AM/99.9 FM KGAL - 1580 AM
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Corvallis
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Salem
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KBVR - 88.7 FM KBZY - 1490 AM
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KFLY - 101.5 FM KYKN - 1430 AM
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KLOO - 1340 AM/106.3 FM
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Eugene Portland
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KPNW - 1120 AM KEX - 1190 AM
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KUGN - 590 AM KOPB - 91.5
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KEZI TV Channel 9 KXL - 750 AM and 101.1 FM
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KLCC - 89.7 FM KATU TV Channel 2
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KMTR TV Channel 16 KGW TV Channel 8
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KVAL TV Channel 13 KOIN TV Channel 6
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Bend Newport
COTV - Channel 11 KNTP – 1310 AM
KOHD TV - Channel 9 BOSS FM – 100.7
KTVZ - Channel 12
KOPB/KOAB - 91.3
KBND-AM/FM 1110/100.1
KBNW-AM 1340/104.5
Unless otherwise communicated, employees are to assume that the university is open and that they are to report to work, whether on-site or in their supervisor approved, designated remote work status. If the . The university encourages that employees use discretion in choosing how and when to safely travel to work as localized road conditions may be variable.
If an OSU campus is closed or its operations curtailed, Supervisors supervisors will confirm with affected employees, who are currently assigned to on-site work, if the employee work is conducive able to a remote work arrangementperform their work duties remotely. Employees who are already working remotely may continue to do so as normal.
Employees who are designated in their position description as essential personnel are required at to work on-site, at their regularly scheduled time during a closure or curtail, unless otherwise specified by their supervisor. Employees may temporarily be designated as essential personnel by their supervisor due to an urgent or critical need.
As a reminder, only the university president or their designee may close the university. Departments may not cease operations and send employees home due to inclement weather or hazardous conditions unless the president has closed the university. Off-campus facilities should contact the Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration to discuss the appropriateness of ceasing closing or curtailing operations at their location, if they believe a closure is necessary.
For additional resources, including a quick reference response guide, see the HR Inclement Weather page and for questions regarding time reporting for inclement weather closures, see the university’s time reporting matrix. Should you have questions, please contact Any other questions should be directed to Employee and Labor Relations at employee.relations@oregonstate.edu.
Cathy Hasenpflug | AVP and Chief Human Resources Officer
Office of University Human Resources | Oregon State University | Go Beavs!
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