Dear Campus Community,
Last night’s storm caused a great deal of flooding on campus. We also lost multiple trees and the campus is in rough shape. The campus is closed to all but those individuals needing to support critical functions. We are asking you to work remotely, teach remotely and learn remotely for today. If you are part of our staff that is required to come in, please take all caution getting to campus and while working on campus.
Sincerely,
Ken Ihrer
VP of Operations and CIO
COVID Coordinator
The City College of New York
Dear Campus Community,
I am writing to update you on the state of the CCNY phone system. Back in June, a fire in a Con Edison manhole caused the copper wires to melt that support our phone system. The CCNY Telecommunications team work diligently with Verizon to install an emergency solution that uses antennas to carry our phone signals, instead of the original copper wires. This was always a temporary measure and work continues on repairing the damaged copper. In the meantime, our phone system relies on this temporary solution, and because of the technology, some of… Read More »
Dear CCNY Community,
We will be exercising a demand response action this evening between 7:00PM and 11:00PM. In order to comply with contractual obligations, we will be de-energizing all escalators and turning off lights in unoccupied areas.
Thank you for your understanding.
Regards,
Ken Ihrer
Vice President of Operations
Coronavirus Coordinator
The City College of New York
Dear CCNY Faculty and Staff,
As many of you prepare to come back to campus this upcoming week, I thought I would update you on our safety policies and procedures.
MASK MANDATE
Starting August 16th, CUNY has implemented an indoor mask mandate for all persons, vaccinated or unvaccinated. There is one condition where you do not have to wear a mask, as outlined in the Chancellor’s memo but in all other situations, a mask is required. The exception is as follows: “The only exception to wearing a mask inside is if a fully vaccinated person is in a classroom, dorm room,… Read More »
Dear Faculty and Staff,
I hope you all have enjoyed your summer! As we are only a short time away from returning to campus, I am writing you to discuss CIVD-related signage that you may want for your specific areas. It is important that we keep a uniform and consistent message to make sure our community is appropriately informed and doesn’t receive conflicting messages. All COVID-related signage should be submitted to me (
kihrer@ccny.cuny.edu
) for review and I will pass it to Communications and Marketing for final design. Once the sign is ready, it… Read More »
Dear Campus Community,
Our new Fall Reopening Plan has been finalized and is available to you by going to the main campus website. Based on the new reopening plan, there are several changes going forward that you should be made aware of. First, access to campus no longer requires special approval, starting today. Second, our Everbridge Health Screening process will end as soon as we have a testing and vaccination verification solution in place. Third, masks will now become optional for those who have been fully vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, you are still required to wear… Read More »
The City College of New York experienced an outside-related event that took out our connection between our telephone carrier and our internal phone system. In order to restore service quickly, we put in a temporary measure that provides us with a limited number of lines (each incoming and outgoing call takes up a line). If you are trying to contact the College and receive a fast busy signal, this means all lines are engaged. You can either wait and try calling again or alternatively, you can send an email to the person or department you are trying to contact… Read More »
Dear CCNY Community,
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is working to fully restore CCNY’s telephone service. Working with Verizon we have implemented a workaround solution that has partially restored service to a great portion of the campus. At the moment, most college phone numbers (212) 650-xxxx are currently operational. However, this temporary fix will allow us to operate at a lesser capacity. Given the reduced occupancy on campus, we believe it will allow near-normal service. If you call a campus extension and receive a busy signal, we recommend waiting and then… Read More »
Dear CCNY Community,
Power has been restored to the NAC but is still out in Harris Hall. However, It appears that the damage to the NAC ConEd/Verizon switch room will cause a phone service disruption for multiple days. Visit our website for updates.
In the meantime, we are establishing an alternate way for people to contact the College during this time. Please note that this setup is not ideal and that not all areas of the college will be represented. Please use email where you can.
To reach the following offices/departments:
Main Campus – 917-471-… Read More »
Dear CCNY Community,
Power has been restored. However, It appears that the damage to the NAC ConEd/Verizon switch room will cause a phone service disruption for multiple days. Visit our website for updates.
In the meantime, we are establishing an alternate way for people to contact the College during this time. Please note that this setup is not ideal and that not all areas of the college will be represented. Please use email where you can.
To reach the following offices/departments:
Main Campus – 917-471-1558
Public Safety – 646-740-8320… Read More »
Last Updated: 12/16/2020 17:43