Office of the Provost

Yes. Due to this year’s extraordinary circumstances, many UConn employees are working from home. As such, winter weather does not prevent employees from performing their job functions from home. HR encourages managers to be accommodating with employees who are able to perform their duties through a flexible schedule during winter weather days, due to childcare or snow removal needs.

HR encourages managers to be accommodating with employees who are able to perform their duties through a flexible schedule during winter weather days. Employees using a flexible schedule with manager permission are not required to use accrued time. If a flexible schedule isn’t possible and an employee is unable to perform their regular duties while their children are home due to winter weather, the employee must take accrued time (e.g., personal, vacation, holiday) with approval from their manager.

Employees who lose power or internet access due to a winter storm should notify their manager as soon as possible and discuss what work can be accomplished at home without power. Employees should keep track of the outage and arrange a flexible schedule once power/internet has been restored to make up the lost time.

If an outage is severe and widespread, Human Resources may issue alternate guidance to the entire UConn workforce.

Inclement weather class cancellations apply to all classes — including those online.

The University will make every effort to continue finals as scheduled to cause minimal disruption. In a typical semester, finals could be canceled because travel to campuses may be restricted because of severe weather. In this semester, where all final exams, projects, presentations, and papers are administered remotely, considerations are based more on internet access. If, for example, severe weather leads to widespread power outages, the University may need to cancel classes and reschedule final assessments to a later date. The Office of the Registrar in conjunction with the Office of the Provost will determine the makeup finals schedule in these instances.

If the University cancels classes on a day when a course was scheduled to take an exam (non-final), the exam will need to be rescheduled.

Instructors: In exceptional circumstances when a faculty member determines that they are unable to conduct a class session or deliver their final exam because of impacts caused by severe weather, the faculty member must notify his or her dean and department head to identify a solution to allow the class or exam to move forward as scheduled or to identify an alternative solution.

Students: Students should contact their professors as soon as possible if they must miss a class or other activity due to weather conditions. Faculty should provide options for them to make up missed work.

Storrs & Avery Point students who are impacted by weather and/or power outages who are unable to take an exam as scheduled should contact dos@uconn.edu to request to reschedule the exam. Regional campus students (Hartford, Stamford & Waterbury) should contact the Regional Campus Student Services staff at their home campus to request to reschedule the exam. The email request should include the following:

Subject line:       Request to reschedule final exam

Student Name:

Student ID#:

Course Name & Number:

Exam Time:

Please provide the reason for concern (i.e., power outage, Wi-Fi outage, etc.).