The Grand Valley State University emergency closing policy is as follows.

1. The ability of the university's road crews to keep campus roads and parking lots cleared
2. The conditions of primary and secondary roads in the area as reported by the State Police as well as the Ottawa County Central Dispatch Authority
3. Weather reports regarding the track of the storm and other conditions (icing, thermal inversions, etc.)

Because commuting students, faculty and staff come from such a broad geographic area, it is extremely difficult to arrive at a decision that is appropriate to each vicinity. Weather conditions rarely are uniform throughout this large area. There is no one decision that will satisfy everyone; however, a diligent effort is made to arrive at a reasonable decision that considers the safety of students as well as their right to receive instruction. Under no circumstances does GVSU ask students, faculty or staff to assume undue risk in traveling to class in inclement weather.

No announcement is made when the university is open.

Grand Valley State University will close all or part of its operations only in case of extreme emergency caused by impassible roads, restricted visibility, violent weather, energy loss, or other conditions seriously endangering the health and safety of students, faculty and staff. Normally the Pew Campus-Grand Rapids will close only when the Allendale campus is closed.

The decision to close the Meijer Campus will be made taking into consideration local weather conditions and decisions made by other institutions in the immediate Holland area. If GVSU Allendale is closed, the Meijer Campus is also closed.

When Muskegon Community College is closed, GVSU's Muskegon Center for Higher Education will be closed. When the decision is made to close the main Northwestern Michigan College campus in Traverse City, GVSU's University Center will also close.

Students, faculty and staff should assume the university is open unless they hear otherwise on the radio or television. They are asked not to call the Grand Valley State University switchboard to ask about closings, but instead to listen for the information on the radio and television.

Announcements of closing will be made over the following area stations. For a more detailed update on campus conditions and area roads, tune to the Grand Valley State radio stations, WGVU-FM 88.5 and WGVU-AM 1480. Every effort will be made to make the decision to close so that the announcement can be made over the stations as early as possible, but no later than 6:30 AM for daytime classes, and 3:00 PM for evening classes.

When classes are canceled, all staff are expected to report for work unless the closing announcement indicates that only "essential staff" need report. The following personnel are considered essential and are expected to report:

• Department of Public Safety Services
• Facilities Services
• Food Service
• Housing
• Information Technology
• WGVU-AM/FM/TV
• Pew Campus Security 
• Pew Campus Operations
• Fieldhouse Management
• Library Services

Unless Grand Valley State is officially closed, faculty members are expected to hold their classes as usual. Individual faculty members who wish to cancel a class or other event should do so only with permission of their dean. In such cases, faculty members are responsible for notifying student for each class they teach. The media will announce only complete closings, not cancellation of individual classes or events.

SNOW CLOSING DURING FINAL EXAMS
In the event that a closing would involve a specified exam day, those exams affected would be held on the next available day after the exam week has concluded. For example - If a Tuesday exam day were canceled, the next available day after the conclusion of the exam week would be Saturday. If two exam days were affected, i.e. Wednesday and Thursday, Wednesday's exam would take place on Saturday and Thursday's exam would be the following Monday.