Absence/Emergency/Travel Issues

• Absence due to illness or emergency: Contact each of your instructors by their preferred method (phone or email) noted on the syllabi if you must miss class. Remember to follow-up for missed notes and assignments. If the class absence will be more than one day, you may document the illness or emergency with the Office of the Provost for a general notification to all of your instructors. 
• Weather issues - Malone will move to asynchronous classes if weather merits school closings. Should the campus close or cancel classes, an alert will be sent through Campus Shield, the university's emergency alert system. An email will also be generated to students and employees. 

When day classes are asynchronous or cancelled, the radio station will normally be prepared to announce the closing by 6:30 a.m. If evening classes are to be cancelled, an announcement will usually be made by 4:30 p.m. 

Faculty members have agreed to give special consideration and help to commuters who, because of impassable roads, cannot get to class. If you are a seasoned commuter, you know that the weather may vary considerably at different spots in northeastern Ohio. Hence, Malone may move to asynchronous classes when the weather at your home is not serious and vice versa. We simply ask each commuter to evaluate honestly the road conditions in his/her area and to make every attempt to be present when Malone is open. However, we are not asking you to take undue risks.