Tag: power outage
Friday’s windy weather conditions have resulted in intermittent power surges at NIU’s main campus in DeKalb and other communities in the region. The NIU campus is operating normally. The power surges have also caused several severe weather sirens in DeKalb to be activated. Local police say the activation of the severe weather sirens was a result of the power...
The Division of Information Technology will be performing maintenance to the NIU network from midnight to 4 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 25. This work will impact NIU wi-fi campus-wide as well as wired network connections in all NIU residence halls. For more information, contact the DoIT helpdesk at helpdesk@niu.edu or (815) 753-8100.
A brief but important power outage will begin Monday, Aug. 11, at DuSable, Reavis and Watson halls, according to Architecture and Engineering Services. Crews expect to restore electricity either Wednesday, Aug. 13, or Thursday, Aug. 14. Planned power outages are scheduled to accomplish work that cannot be completed while a live electrical load exists. Typically,...
Two brief and coordinated power outages at the Psychology/Computer Science Building are scheduled Saturday, July 12, and Saturday, July 19. Workers will install new medium-voltage cable necessary to provide continued stable electrical operations in the building. Architecture and Engineering Services instructs occupants of the building to power down all lab equipment, computers, fax machines and...
Several coordinated power outages are planned from Friday, June 14, through Wednesday, July 4, on campus. In general, planned power outages are scheduled to accomplish work that cannot be performed while a live electrical load exists. Typically, planned outages enable the electrical shop to address or prepare to address a somewhat urgent situation that, if...
Information Technology Services has planned a cable TV outage from 5 to 7 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, and Thursday, April 18, to perform maintenance on the system. This outage will affect all residence halls and Northern View Community. For more information, contact Jan Gerenstein at (815) 753-5339 or jstein@niu.edu or Mike Kuba at (815) 753-5332...
A series of power outages are planned in upcoming weeks as NIU electricians replace some of the major electrical cabling that has supplied power to campus buildings for more than 50 years. Planned replacement now and under staff control is more palatable than unplanned replacement as the cabling continues to fail. Teams will work Fridays...
