Weather and Public-Safety Related Closures
Below is an incomplete list of occasions when Central Michigan University canceled operations due to weather, public health emergencies, or other causes. This list does not include cancelations of extra-curricular or athletics events, when the University
was still operating. Please contact the Clarke if you know of any other campus cancelations.
| Year | Cause of Closure |
|---|---|
Nov. 1 - Nov. 18, 1918 | Campus closed for eighteen days due to global influenza pandemic |
| Dec. 1968 - Jan. 1969 | Campus closed for three weeks due to influenza outbreak |
Apr. 3, 1975 | Classes cancelled due to winter weather |
Jan. 26-27, 1978 | Cancelled due to winter weather; The Great Blizzard of 1978 |
Mar. 4, 1985 | Classes cancelled due to winter weather |
Mar. 5, 1985 | Classes cancelled due to power outage from lightning strike |
Sept. 11-12, 15-17, 1986 | Classes cancelled due to severe flooding which led to power outage |
Dec. 4, 1990 | Classes cancelled due to winter weather |
| Sept. 11, 2001 | Classes were cancelled in response to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon in Arlington, VA and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. |
| Dec. 1, 2006 | Classes cancelled due to winter weather |
Feb. 16, 2006 | Classes cancelled due to winter weather |
| Spring 2008 | Spring semester: Five campus-wide closures, four due to winter weather and one due to power outage |
Feb. 2, 2011 | Classes cancelled due to winter weather |
Feb. 21, 2011 | Delay due to poor road conditions |
| Mar. 23, 2011 | Classes cancelled due to winter weather |
Feb. 8, 2013 | University closed one day due to winter weather |
Jan. 28, 2014 | Cancelled due to cold |
Feb. 21, 2014 | University closed after 2:00 pm due to snow |
Jan. 12, 2017 | Delay due to winter weather |
June 23, 2017 | Closed due to flooding |
Jan. 28, 2019 | University closed after 9:00 am due to snow |
Jan. 30-31, 2019 | Cancelled due to cold |
Feb. 7, 2019 | Cancelled due to winter weather |
| Spring-Summer 2020 | Due to COVID-19 pandemic, all on-campus classes transitioned to online learning on March 16. Some on-campus classes resumed on June 29 (Summer II). Fall semester classes resumed on campus August 17. Most CMU employees worked remotely
from March 23 through June 15, when a phased return to working on campus began. A hybrid class model was implemented in fall 2020 and used during the 2020-21 academic year. |
| Feb. 5, 2021 | Delay due to winter weather |
| Mar. 7, 2022 | Delay due to winter weather |
| Mar. 30, 2022 | Delay due to winter weather |
| Feb. 22-23, 2023 | University closed at 4:00 pm on Feb. 22 due to winter weather and remained closed all day on Feb. 23 |
| Feb. 27-28, 2023 | University closed at 3:00 pm on Feb. 27 due to icy conditions and was delayed on Feb. 28 until 11:00 am |
| Jan. 12, 2024 | Cancelled due to winter weather |