Emergency Notifications
Several emergency notification systems are available to alert the Johns Hopkins University community of any situation that might pose an imminent threat to safety. Please see the Office of Public Safety's Emergency Notifications page for more information.
Inclement Weather
When there is an alteration or curtailment of the university operating schedule or the operating schedule of a designated unit, an official announcement will be made on the JHU Weather Emergency Line (1-800-548-9004) and on the Johns Hopkins website. Considering that conditions may vary in the geographic areas where Johns Hopkins has campuses, there may be times when required attendance policies are invoked for some campuses, departments or units and not others.
Carey Additional Information
In order to maintain the academic integrity of our programs, it is important that any class session that is missed due to weather, instructor illness or other emergency is made up, and that any missed material is covered. However, faculty members have considerable latitude over how the class sessions will be made up and have two options from which to choose.
They may:
- Plan and schedule a virtual class session
- Re-schedule the class period to a designated make-up day (Designated make-up days are scheduled at the end of each 8-week term or semester.)
Whenever a class session is cancelled, each faculty member may choose the appropriate make-up alternative for that particular class. The faculty member must notify the students in the class and the Office of Education about which option will be used to make up the class period.
This policy is designed to address those situations when a single class day has been cancelled. Weather emergencies or other events that result in multiple-day cancellations will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Please call the University Weather Emergency Line at 410-516-7781 or 1-800-548-9004 or visit jhu.edu/alert for more information.
School of Nursing Additional Information
The university and school will make every effort to remain open and hold classes at all scheduled times, however there are times when the university, campus or school operations must be interrupted. On-site classes will meet unless operation of the University or School has been officially curtailed. Students, faculty, and staff are not permitted on campus if the university or the school is closed except in the case of required attendance on-site personnel. In order to maintain the continuity of the School’s academic mission, online courses will continue even if the university or school is closed or if a building closure is necessary. Some on-site courses may continue by utilizing distance learning technology.
Clinical hours in the MSN program that are missed when the university is closed do not need to be made up.