{"id":24237,"date":"2022-07-09T15:55:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T19:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=24237"},"modified":"2022-07-09T15:56:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T19:56:25","slug":"smith-hall-flooding-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/smith-hall-flooding-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith Hall Flooding Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal x_elementToProof\">Marshall University&#8217;s Smith Hall Complex, including the Communications Building and Smith Music, is\u00a0<b>closed this weekend<\/b>\u00a0for repairs following a small fire in an electrical panel caused by Friday&#8217;s thunderstorms.\u00a0 There were no injuries reported, but the building is undergoing continued assessment and repair this weekend.\u00a0\u00a0American Electric Power, third-party contractors and Marshall&#8217;s electricians are all on site and will determine next steps to restore the building to full functionality.\u00a0\u00a0Once power is stabilized in the complex, ionizers will be deployed to scrub the air in the affected areas.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">It&#8217;s expected that <b>Smith Hall and Smith Music<\/b>\u00a0will be\u00a0<b>open on Monday<\/b>; however,\u00a0<b>Smith Communications Building will remain closed, as will the Smith Hall Parking Garage.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal x_elementToProof\">The following operations, employees and students in that building are affected:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">*WMUL Radio<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>*University cable system<br \/>\n*University College<br \/>\n*SOJMC<br \/>\n*Other university offices and classrooms<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal x_elementToProof\">\u00a0\u00a0At this time, and on the recommendation of Human Resources, Supervisors in Smith Communications Building may select one of the following options for employees working on Monday, July 11.<\/p>\n<div>Work remotely; or<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Work in an alternate location on campus.<\/div>\n<p>Impacted department supervisors should communicate with personnel and students regarding the inability to work or have class in Smith Communications due to the system critical failure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">Employees and students should their email for possible additional updates this weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal x_elementToProof\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University&#8217;s Smith Hall Complex, including the Communications Building and Smith Music, is\u00a0closed this weekend\u00a0for repairs following a small fire in an electrical panel caused by Friday&#8217;s thunderstorms.\u00a0 There were no injuries reported, but the building is undergoing continued assessment and repair this weekend.\u00a0\u00a0American Electric Power, third-party contractors and Marshall&#8217;s electricians are all on site [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":23778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24237"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24240,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24237\/revisions\/24240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}