Work underway this morning on partial campus power outage

November 4, 2016

A version of this message was e-mailed to students, faculty and staff shortly before 5 a.m. Nov. 4:

Work is underway early this morning to restore electrical power to some campus buildings that lost power starting around 3 a.m.

By 8 a.m., it is expected that all power will be restored to all affected buildings except Manchester Athletic Center.  It is estimated that it might be approximately 10 a.m. before power is restored to Manchester Athletic Center.

Other buildings that lost electrical power early this morning included Kitchin Residence Hall, Reynolda Hall, Greene Hall, the Calloway Center (Kirby Hall/Manchester Hall) and the Facilities department buildings nearby.  Kitchin Residence Hall is the only residence hall affected by the power outage.  Electrical power is expected to be restored by about 6 a.m. to Kitchin Residence Hall.  The other buildings in the above list are expected to have power restored by 8 a.m.

Air conditioning in campus buildings might not be at full capacity early this morning, but is expected to be back to normal early today.

Additional information will be sent to students, faculty and staff this morning before 8 a.m

Wake Forest Office of Communications and External Relations