From UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and Paul Drake, Senior
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs:
October 23, 2007
Dear UC
Campus Community and Friends,
After careful consideration and conferring with the Office
of the President and our Academic Affairs colleagues, we have decided to cancel
classes for the rest of the week. Due to
the continuing uncertainty of the fires and extremely poor air quality, we want
to put all precautionary measures in place.
Many of our faculty and staff and their families have been directly
affected, and we are certain that classes and standard operations will not be
available at full capacity this week.
Most non-essential personnel are asked not to come to
campus, but we know in some cases there are those who might be needed. All personnel considering coming onto campus,
should check with your department.
and Medical Group employees are expected to report to their jobs as
scheduled. ALL UCSD Healthcare clinics
and hospitals are open with the exception of Scripps Ranch Family Medicine.
We want to assure parents and families that students on
campus have access to essential services and we have plans in place if the need
arises to take further measures.
Residence, dining halls, and the student health center are open and
staffed to serve students.
Please note that the Chancellor’s 5k scheduled for Friday,
October 26, is canceled, as is the Preuss Classic Cars fundraiser.
At this point, we plan to resume a normal class and work
schedule on Monday, October 29. We ask
that you check the website regularly to make sure that all current plans are
intact (www.ucsd.edu).
We will be determining the impact that these mandatory class
closures will have on required class time and will be providing additional
information at a later date.
Sincerely,
Marye Anne Fox
Paul Drake
