Emergency FAQs

All classes and events are canceled through Friday, October 11.

As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, October 8, campus is closed, with only emergency essential staff remaining on campus.

Students, faculty and staff should not return to campus until they receive official notice of its reopening.

All classes in the College of Liberal Arts, Holt, and Crummer, both in-person and online, are cancelled this week. Faculty will be in touch with their classes about make up work or assignments.

Students can complete or update the Hurricane Tracker in MyRollins.

A Q&A table will be at the campus center during lunch and dinner on Monday, October 7 and at lunch on Tuesday, October 8 if you need assistance. You can also contact the Dean of Students Office.

All classes in the College of Liberal Arts, Holt, and Crummer are canceled this week. Faculty will be in touch with their classes about assignments.

The dining hall will serve lunch as its last full meal on Tuesday, October 8 (closing at 2 p.m.). The Fox Lodge will remain open until 5 p.m. Tuesday.

On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the Wellness Center will be open for services until 2 pm. If you have questions regarding services offered or the availability of appointments, you can call 407-628-6340 or complete an online appointment request for a callback: Email Appointment Request.

The Rollins Mental Health Helpline is available for all students 24/7 by calling 407-646-1516.

At the conclusion of damage assessment, we will communicate a plan to recover the lost academic days due to Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

If you are a student living in a residence hall, or a faculty or staff member, move personal items and electronics away from windows and off the floor. If you have plants or bicycles, move them indoors. Raise items that could be damaged by flooding off the floor. Empty and unplug refrigerators.

Updates will be posted on our Emergency website (rollins.edu/emergency), and our Facebook and Instagram accounts (@rollinscollege).

National Weather Service website.

Follow important storm updates at the Orange County website.

Rollins’ hurricane plan, which is part of the College’s Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), sets out preparation procedures, designates responsibilities to administrators, and outlines courses of action to be followed in response to a possible tropical storm or hurricane. As a StormReady institution, Rollins is in direct contact with meteorologists in the local National Weather Service office.

Familiarize yourself with safety procedures. Orange County Emergency Management offers this Hurricane Safety Guide for your information.

It’s important to remain calm. College officials closely monitor tracking information from NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) National Weather Service, as well as Orange County Emergency Management. The area of uncertainty in terms of where a storm will make landfall is often large. Since these storms can change frequently (strengthening, weakening, or changing course), College officials operate with an abundance of caution to protect students and College facilities. The College’s EOP is enacted in anticipation of weather events. Regular updates about storms that may affect campus can be found at www.rollins.edu/emergency.

Watch the City of Orlando's video on how you can build your emergency preparedness kit in advance.

The National Hurricane Center is the best resource to find accurate and up-to-date forecasts. Orange County Emergency Management is the best source for local information about storm impacts. You can also get the Florida Storm Ap.

Weather events are unpredictable, and campus officials will make decisions in the best interest of the Rollins community. If the College closes, residential students will be notified if residence halls will remain open or if evacuation is necessary.

If the safety of our students, faculty and staff is threatened, the campus will be evacuated (except for emergency essential staff.) All residential students are asked to provide their personal hurricane plan through the Hurricane/Emergency Evacuation Tracker, found in MyRollins. All off-campus students are highly encouraged to complete and submit the tracker as well.

You may travel home, go to a friend or family member’s home or to a hotel. Should you need to use an American Red Cross-approved shelter, the College will organize transportation for you. Students needing assistance can contact the Student Outreach & Resource Center at care@rollins.edu or call 407.646.2345.

Contractors have readied construction sites for potential hurricane force winds and rain. Each contractor is responsible for securing their site. Booms on cranes will be lowered.

Students may log into their MyRollins account and sign up for alerts for up to 3 mobile numbers, 3 landlines, and 3 emails. You can find out more about R-Alerts on the Campus Safety site.

Complete the Facilities General Service Request form.