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Spring recess hours for campus services

Feb. 22, 2011

KALAMAZOO--Many campus services at Western Michigan University will be on reduced hours during spring semester recess, which begins Feb. 28 and continues through Sunday, March 6. There are no classes during the recess. WMU offices are open normal hours.

Classes resume beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, March 7.

There are several public events on campus during spring recess, including a Bronco men's basketball game versus Ball State, Kalamazoo Film Society screenings of "Somewhere" and the Conference of the East Central Writing Centers Association. The Richmond Center for Visual Arts is featuring two major exhibits and will maintain regular hours throughout the recess.

Listed below are hours for selected University services. Faculty, students and the public are encouraged to call ahead to make sure that a particular service is open. For emergencies only, contact WMU Public Safety at (269) 387-5555.

Admissions office will maintain normal hours throughout the recess.

Bernhard Center and Bronco Mall store hours are available on the Bernhard Center website. The building closes at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, and is closed Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-27, and Saturday, March 5. Building hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Feb. 28-March 4.

Computer Help Desk is closed Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-27 and March 5-6, and open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Feb. 28-March 4.

Bernhard Center computer lab closes at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25; is closed Saturday, Feb. 26, through Sunday, March 6; and resumes 24-hour operation beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, March 7.

University Computing Center lab is closed Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-27 and March 5-6; open reduced hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Feb. 28-March 4; and resumes 24-hour operation beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, March 7.

Sindecuse Health Center and its pharmacy are closed Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-27 and March 5-6; open reduced hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28; and open normal hours Tuesday through Friday, March 1-4.

Student Recreation Center hours are available on the center's website. The center is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25; closed Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-27 and March 5-6; and open reduced hours 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, Feb. 28-March 4.

Unified Clinics will maintain normal hours throughout the recess.

Waldo Library is open reduced hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25; noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-27; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Feb. 28-March 4; and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 5. The library resumes normal hours at noon Sunday, March 6.

To reduce energy costs during the recess, heating and cooling systems in all classroom buildings controlled by the WMU Building Energy Management System will be in holiday mode. Air handlers will not run during this time unless a space is exempt from the program or the temperature in a particular space goes outside of the range of 60 to 85 degrees. Portions of a particular building that do not normally go into night setback mode will not go into holiday mode.

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Media contact: Tonya Durlach, (269) 387-8400, tonya.durlach@wmich.edu

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