Weather Closing Info

INTERNSHIPS (Departmental 444 and 445 courses; BU 250)

Follow your employer’s instructions during the time you are scheduled to work. If Bellarmine is closed or delayed, but your employer is open, you should still plan on going to your job or internship, but only if you are able to do so safely. Otherwise, contact your supervisor. 

ANNSLEY FRAZIER THORNTON SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: STUDENT TEACHING AND FIELD EXPERIENCES

Students enrolled in School of Education programs assume additional responsibilities related to the K-12 students and cooperating teachers with whom they work in the field. When an inclement weather closing or delayed schedule is issued for the Bellarmine campus, students assigned to field experiences should follow the schedule of their field placement or student teaching assignment. If the K-12 school is open, students should report at their appropriately scheduled time, using their best judgement to ensure safe travel. If Bellarmine campus is closed, but the field placement/student teaching site is open, students should still plan on going to their assigned field site if able to do so safely. If weather conditions prevent safe travel to student teaching/field placement sites, students should contact the field placement coordinator, their university supervisor, and their cooperating teacher to explain the situation as soon as possible. 

If early dismissal is announced for the Bellarmine campus and classes are cancelled for the rest of the day, student teachers and field placement students are to remain at their placement until the end of the regularly scheduled day unless released early by their cooperating teacher.

LANSING SCHOOL: NURSING CLINICALS & LABS

Undergraduate students: Students enrolled in nursing programs assume additional responsibilities related to clinical education. In the event of an inclement weather closing or a delayed campus schedule, students are expected to follow the operating schedule of their assigned clinical site, unless otherwise directed by their course faculty or clinical instructor. 

Because clinical sites may remain open when Bellarmine University is closed or delayed, students should monitor both the University and their clinical site’s announcements. Each student is responsible for evaluating weather conditions and using their best judgment to ensure personal safety when traveling to or from clinical placements. 

If a student determines that travel cannot be completed safely, they must notify the course faculty and clinical instructor as soon as possible and follow any instructions provided regarding make-up or missed clinical time. 

In the event of a delayed campus schedule, students should report to clinical lab activities at the University’s announced opening time, even if the lab session was scheduled to begin earlier. 

Graduate Students: During inclement weather, each student should evaluate the weather conditions and use best judgment when traveling to clinical sites. Students who determine that they cannot safely drive or walk to the clinical assignment due to inclement weather are to notify their assigned instructor and clinical coordinator. 
 
Students in clinical sites remote to Louisville should always exercise best judgement when reporting to assignments based on the local weather or travel conditions. If local events prevent clinical attendance, contact your professor (at Bellarmine) and the clinical site supervisor to explain the situation as soon as possible.

DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY: CLINICAL EXPERIENCES

Policy: Students enrolled in health professions education programs assume additional responsibilities for the health and safety of their patients/clients as part of their educational process. Therefore, students are expected to be present if the clinical facility remains open for business during inclement weather. 
 
Procedure: When an inclement weather closing is issued for the campus, students assigned to clinical experiences should report to their assignment, if open, at their regularly scheduled time, using best judgment to ensure safe travel. If Bellarmine is closed, but the clinical assignment site is open, the student should still plan on going to the clinical site, if able to do so safely. If weather conditions prevent safe travel to a clinical experience, the student should contact their Bellarmine professor and clinical supervisor to explain the prior to the assigned start time. 

CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST: CLINICALS

During inclement weather, each CRNA student should evaluate the weather conditions and use their best judgment when traveling to clinicals. Students who determine that they cannot safely drive or walk to the clinical assignment due to inclement weather are to notify the assigned CRNA instructor or Clinical Coordinator. The student is to contact the Assistant Program Administrator/Clinical Education Coordinator according to the absence (PTO) policy. Personal safety is the number one priority. Students who miss more than three days of clinical experiences due to inclement weather may be required to make up the days, in which case the student would attend a make-up clinical in lieu of being charged PTO.

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY: PRACTICUM PLACEMENTS
During inclement weather, if Bellarmine University is closed but the clinical practicum site remains open, students are expected to attend practicum as scheduled, provided they can travel safely. If weather conditions make safe travel impossible, the student must notify both their Bellarmine practicum instructor and their clinical site supervisor before the scheduled start time. 

DINING SERVICES

Whenever possible, dining services will operate on their regular schedule, even when classes at Bellarmine are closed or delayed. However, when conditions are extreme, we will go to an abbreviated food service schedule. Click here for the regular dining schedule. Residential students should monitor their Bellarmine email for announcements about changes to this schedule during severe weather.

INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

In general, home sporting events are cancelled when Bellarmine is closed. However, in some circumstances—such as when Bellarmine's opponent has already arrived in Louisville—the Department of Athletics may decide to continue with an event as scheduled. For more information, visit the Bellarmine Athletics' site, on Facebook, on Twitter/X, or on Instagram.

SuRF CENTER

Bellarmine's Sport, Recreation and Fitness Center may open, even when classes are cancelled or delayed, if they can do so safely. For more information, visit the SuRF on Instagram.

STUDENT EVENTS

Unless otherwise communicated, student events on campus are cancelled when Bellarmine is closed because of severe weather.

PUBLIC SAFETY

Bellarmine's Department of Public Safety is always on duty. For assistance, call 502.272.7777. For emergencies, call 911.

LIBRARY

Bellarmine University Library follows the University decision, except as the end of a term nears it may open with abbreviated hours if it can do so safely. For more information check the library homepage, Facebook or Instagram.