Winter Break Reminders & Maintenance
December 22, 2022
To Faculty and Staff:
With the winter recess approaching, please be advised to take the following steps
before you leave for
the holiday break:
- Campus buildings will be closed the evening of Friday, December 23, 2022 through January
2, 2023. Be sure to take any personal items or work materials you may need during the break
when you leave work on December 23 as you will be unable to access your office during this period.
- To maximize our energy savings during this period, please make sure that all windows
in your office and other work areas are closed.
- As a matter of computer security, as well as additional energy savings, please shut
down computers and printers.
- Please make sure your office doors are locked and lights are shut off.
For essential employees who will be working on campus, please note the following maintenance
that will take place during the break:
Electrical Maintenance
In order to perform testing safely and efficiently, the buildings listed will be without
power for four hours on the dates below:
- December 28: Hale, Lupton, Nold, Roosevelt, and Greenley
- December 29: Knapp, Memorial, Health & Wellness, Hooper, Alumni, Sinclair, Whitman, and Ward
- December 30: Quintyne, Gleeson, Horton, Thompson, Hicks, Cutler, Campus Center, Children’s Center,
and greenhouse
In addition, Information Technology will perform multiple updates to IT systems and
our network during the break. These updates will enhance and protect our systems and
ensure continued performance throughout the rest of the academic year.
Virtual Desktop Maintenance
On December 28, 29, and 30, the Virtual Desktop (VDI – VMWare Horizon) and various campus-hosted servers will
be unavailable from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. This will not affect access to Banner, OASIS, Email, Authentication, and farmingdale.edu.
To access campus systems during this maintenance period, please utilize the campus
VPN. Instructions for VPN access can be found on the IT webpage under Getting Connected.
Network Maintenance
Between December 29 and December 30, if you are on campus, you may experience intermittent 15-minute interruptions in
network connectivity while we make updates to the infrastructure in our buildings.
If you have any questions regarding the IT maintenance, please contact the Helpdesk
via email at helpdesk@farmingdale.edu or by phone at 934-420-2754.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Dorothy M. Hughes
AVP for Administration
Administration and Finance
