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Update on Facilities Emergency as of Friday, Oct. 23

Following Tuesday morning's electrical incident originating in the mechanical room of Building 42, power disruptions impacted Buildings 32, 38, 39, 42, 43 and 47.

Power has since been restored to Buildings 38, 39, 43 and 47. Buildings 56 and 71 were not impacted by this incident. Additionally, Buildings 44, 46 east and 46 west were unaffected and remained fully operational throughout the event.

The university's electrical contractor continues to assess the damage and determine options for restoring and redistributing power to Buildings 32 and 42. As a result, Buildings 32 and 42 will remain closed through Monday, Nov. 2, while assessments are completed and necessary repairs or equipment replacements are identified and implemented.

Academic Operations

  • The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) will remain under Emergency Remote Instruction (ERI) while Buildings 32 and 42 are unavailable.
  • Classes for all non-SEAS students will resume normal operations.
  • Classes at the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law, Community College, Congress Heights campus and DCA Aviation Hangar will continue as scheduled.

Administrative Operations

  • Administrative and support functions at the Van Ness campus will resume normal business operations and maintain regular business hours.

Guidance for SEAS Faculty and Staff

  • SEAS staff should contact their immediate supervisors regarding remote work expectations.
  • SEAS faculty should consult their supervisors for ERI-related guidance.
  • The Center for the Advancement of Learning (CAL) remains available to support instructional continuity, including Blackboard, Zoom and other teaching and learning technologies.

CAL Faculty Support Resources

Guidance for SEAS Students

  • Due to this facilities emergency, SEAS in-person operations will remain suspended through Monday, Nov. 2. Instruction will continue remotely through both synchronous and asynchronous formats.
  • Courses requiring laboratory, clinical, studio or other hands-on instruction may require makeup sessions. However, every effort will be made to maintain academic continuity through virtual learning whenever possible. Faculty conducting synchronous instruction should continue to meet during published class times to minimize disruptions to student schedules.

The safety and well-being of our students, faculty, staff and community remain our highest priority. We will continue to provide updates as additional information becomes available.

Please continue to monitor the university website and official social media channels for the latest information.

For safety concerns, contact OPSEM at 202-274-5050. For emergencies, call 911.

Thank you for your flexibility, cooperation and continued commitment to UDC and our students.

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David A. Croom

Member of the Board of Trustees

David A. Croom

David Croom

David A. Croom is vice president and program officer at JPMorgan Chase, where he is part of the firm’s Global Philanthropy team. He works within the Jobs & Skills pillar, which focuses on expanding economic opportunity and career pathways. In this role, he manages national philanthropic investments in college access, policy, and youth pathways, including support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Before joining JPMorgan Chase, Croom was director of postsecondary success for parents at Ascend at the Aspen Institute. There, he led the Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative, which encourages higher education leaders to better support student parents and their families by engaging policymakers and promoting innovative, family-centered models.

Previously, Croom served as HBCU lead and higher education designer at Education Design Lab, where he led institutional engagement with the United Negro College Fund’s Career Pathways Initiative. He also spent over four years as a strategy officer at Lumina Foundation’s Washington, D.C., office, focusing on federal policy and postsecondary finance to increase credential attainment.

Earlier in his career, Croom was a policy analyst at ACT, concentrating on federal postsecondary education policy. During graduate school, he worked with PolicyLink on the California Boys and Men of Color Initiative and consulted for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and California Competes. His first experience in federal policy came as a congressional aide to Rep. Maxine Waters, where he handled education policy, particularly the regulation of for-profit higher education.

Croom serves on the boards of Raise the Barr and Swipe Out Hunger. A native of South Florida, he lives in Washington, D.C. He holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy and a bachelor’s degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management, with a minor in political science.

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