Power outage Friday will affect part of campus There will be an electrical shutdown Friday, Nov. 24, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The buildings affected are: Swanson Hall Memorial Union Law Building O’Kelly (including Ireland) McCannel Hall Abbott Hall Witmer Hall Due to life safety concerns, all of these buildings will be closed to all staff, faculty, students, and the general public. Any person found in the buildings will be escorted out. Supervisors should make every effort to provide employees with alternate work assignments, schedules, or locations during the outage period. Employees choosing not to work that day due to the outage must submit annual leave. The second shutdown in the following buildings will last one hour, and is related to work done on an earlier shutdown. Departments will be contacted approximately one hour prior to the outage, but the earliest the power could be shut down will be 2 p.m. Those buildings are: Hyslop Sports Center Starcher Hall Memorial Stadium Old Engelstad Laird Core Library There will not be any electricity in any of these buildings during the shutdown, so lighting and alarm systems will be affected. Departments need to take necessary precautions to protect their operations while this shutdown is in process. Thank you for your patience with this inconvenience. Any questions or concerns regarding re-entry into these buildings may be directed to the Facilities Communication Center at 777-2591.