Emergency Preparedness

Attention Campus Residents

renee.piper — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:27:18 +0000

To: Campus Residents

From: Dr. Eugene A. Dial Jr.
Vice President for Student Affairs

Re: Welcome Back and Campus Readiness

Date: Sept. 6, 2008

Welcome back to campus. Nicholls sustained damage to several campus facilities including some of the residence halls. The university staff has been working very hard to get every building ready. There is still much to do. Please note that the cafeteria is open beginning with dinner service Saturday, Sept. 6. The regular weekend schedule will be followed on Sunday, Sept. 7. Full service operation will begin with breakfast service on Monday, Sept. 8.

We ask for your help in the following ways:

1. Inspect your room/suite/apartment, and report any damages to the front desk. Make sure that it is recorded in the desk log. The university will get to every repair request as quickly as possible.
2. Please be patient as the campus moves toward regular operations.
3. Spend a little time helping to clean-up in and around your campus residence. Any trash, debris and broken bushes/limbs should be placed in a nearby dumpster.
4. Contact your fellow students to let them know that the campus is reopening. All of the residence halls, except for B, C and La Maison du Bayou are open. When power is restored to those buildings, they will reopen. The cafeteria is open for its regular scheduled hours with a limited menu through Sunday, Sept.7. Beginning Monday, Sept. 8, all campus offices and services will be open, and the cafeteria will resume full service. If you have friends who cannot return to their off-campus home or apartment and need housing and food service, let them know there is space in La Maison and some of the residence halls. They should report to the La Maison office Monday morning Sept. 8. If there is an immediate emergency need for housing they should go to University Police, now located in Caleacus Hall. Staff will be contacted so that they can provide students a place to stay. Finally, remind your fellow students that classes begin Wednesday, Sept. 10 and they should communicate with their instructors via Blackboard.
5. If you have not already been in contact with your family, please contact them to let them know that you are OK.

Please check your Nicholls e-mail each day. Information about campus operations may also be viewed on the university Web site, www.nicholls.edu.

Post-Gustav Update 2

renee.piper — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:48:42 +0000

Nicholls State University will resume classes on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The power on campus has been restored, with the exception of residence halls B and C and La Maison du Bayou Apartments. Entergy is working diligently to have power to these building restored as soon as possible.
Once power is restored to these buildings, residents will be notified and a time and date will be scheduled for these students to return to campus. Out-of-state and international students who were housed at Louisiana Tech University will be moved back to the Nicholls campus on Saturday, Sept. 6.
Residents of Scholars Hall, Ellender Hall, North and South Babington halls and Calecas Hall can return to campus at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6.
All university offices will open at 8 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 8, and all personnel are to report to work. Faculty must be available to students during normal university hours of operation beginning Monday.
In the meantime, faculty members are asked to begin immediately to update and develop coursework on Blackboard and communicate with their respective students. Faculty who need assistance with Blackboard can report to rooms 101 and 102 Betsy Cheramie Ayo Hall beginning Monday, Sept. 8, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Students who cannot return to class due to hardship should contact their instructors through Blackboard, e-mail or by telephone. “The university is committed to aggressively work with students who may be unable to return to class for an extended period of time,” Nicholls President Stephen Hulbert said. “We will make every resource available to students who were adversely affected and who need special assistance to resume their coursework.”
Dr. Hulbert also asks that all faculty, staff and students disseminate this message to friends, colleagues and family members who are members of the Nicholls family and who may not have internet or telephone access.
Please continue to monitor your Nicholls e-mail account and the university Web site, www.nicholls.edu, or http://emergency.nicholls.edu.

Nicholls Post-Gustav Update #1

renee.piper — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:17:11 +0000

Nicholls State University has sustained roof damage to several buildings including Ellender Memorial Library, Polk Hall and North and South Babington halls.

However, the university is ready to resume normal operations but cannot due to the loss of power. Entergy has provided no definitive information regarding when power will be restored. Once the university is notified when power will be restored faculty, staff and students will be contacted as to when the campus will reopen and classes will resume.

In the meantime, faculty members are asked to begin immediately to update and develop coursework on Blackboard and communicate with their respective students. Faculty who need assistance or computer access to Blackboard can report to rooms 101 and 102 Betsy Cheramie Ayo Hall beginning Monday, Sept. 8, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

On-campus residents will be notified as soon as possible as to when residence halls will reopen and food service will resume.

Please continue to monitor your Nicholls e-mail account and the university Web site, www.nicholls.edu or http://emergency.nicholls.edu. The patience of faculty, staff and students is greatly appreciated during this challenging time.

Nicholls remains closed, campus repairs underway

renee.piper — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:57:02 +0000

Nicholls State University is in the process of determining the full extent of damages to the campus as a result of Hurricane Gustav.

Repairs to the campus, including the removal of fallen trees and debris, are well underway due to the assistance of our ULS colleagues.

A lack of electrical power remains the biggest problem for Nicholls.

The campus remains closed to all students and non-essential employees at this time. All essential employees – custodial, grounds, maintenance, and facilities staff and their supervisors are to report to campus immediately.

University Police are patrolling campus, maintaining order and assisting with recovery efforts.

Please continue to check your Nicholls e-mail account and the university Web site, www.nicholls.edu or http://emergency.nicholls.edu for updates and for information regarding blackboard and.

Attention All Essential Campus Personnel

Website Manager — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:23:18 +0000

All Custodial, Grounds, Maintenance, and Facilities staff and their supervisors are to report to campus immediately.

Nicholls to remain closed until Monday, Sept. 8th 2008

Website Manager — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:26:30 +0000

Classes are canceled through Friday and that the campus remains closed until further notice for damage assessment and repair. Maintenance, custodial and other essential repair and recovery staff should stand ready for contact by their supervisors and be prepared to assist with campus recovery.

Students, faculty and staff should continue to monitor University status, and new updates will be posted to www.nicholls.edu and emergency.nicholls.edu.

Phase 3 alert issued at Nicholls

renee.piper — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:48:27 +0000

NICHOLLS ISSUES PHASE 3 ALERT

THIBODAUX – With the continuing approach of Hurricane Gustav, the Emergency Preparedness Committee at Nicholls State University has issued a Phase 3 alert in accordance with the 2008 Hurricane Emergency Plan, posted at http://emergency.nicholls.edu.
Nicholls State University is officially closed and the streets surrounding campus have been barricaded. University faculty, staff and students are advised to evacuate to an area out of the storm’s path. On-campus residents as well as university faculty and staff without a means of transportation will be evacuated to Louisiana Tech University at 2 p.m. today where they will receive pre-arranged shelter and meals for the duration of their stay. All departments must enact internal Phase 3 storm preparations immediately.
Only emergency personnel, including university police, will remain on campus
Further updates will be posted to the university’s emergency alert hotline – 985-448-INFO (4636) or 866-709-8927 and at www.nicholls.edu and emergency.nicholls.edu.
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Evacuation of Nicholls ordered; no shelters will be available

graham.harvey — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:33:19 +0000

THIBODAUX – Having received the mandatory evacuation orders issued by Lafourche Parish earlier today, the administration of Nicholls State University announced this afternoon that Nicholls students will be evacuated from the campus by 2 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 30. (more…)

Phase 2 alert issued at Nicholls; Phase 3 alert to be issued tomorrow at 3 p.m.

graham.harvey — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:47:14 +0000

THIBODAUX – With the continuing approach of Tropical Storm Gustav, the Emergency Preparedness Committee at Nicholls State University has issued a Phase 2 alert in accordance with the 2008 Hurricane Emergency Plan, posted at http://emergency.nicholls.edu. (more…)

Phase 1 alert issued at Nicholls

graham.harvey — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:53:10 +0000

With the approach of Tropical Storm Gustav, the Emergency Preparedness Committee of Nicholls State University has initiated a Phase 1 alert in accordance with the 2008 Hurricane Emergency Plan, posted at http://emergency.nicholls.edu/. (more…)