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Emergency Alert
UDC Operating Remotely on Friday, Jan. 30

The University of the District of Columbia’s academic and administrative offices will conduct business remotely on Friday, Jan. 30. All on-campus activities, including athletic-related activities, are cancelled.

Campuses will reopen on Monday, Feb. 2.

Staff: Contact your immediate supervisor with questions or for further instruction regarding remote work expectations. 

Faculty: Reach out to your immediate supervisor and/or the dean for questions and further instruction regarding the transition to emergency remote instruction (ERI).  The Center for the Advancement of Learning (CAL) is available to support faculty with instructional continuity, including support for Blackboard, Zoom, Webex and other teaching and learning technologies. 

CAL Faculty Support Resources

calhelpdesk@udc.edu 
Virtual Office Hours
Consultation Request Form

For learning technology tools and on-demand faculty resources, please visit CAL’s website.

Students: Due to inclement weather, the university will be closed to face-to-face operations. Instruction will be moved to emergency remote, including synchronous and asynchronous methods. Certain laboratory, clinical, and other hands-on classes for which in-person instruction is a requirement may necessitate a make-up lesson, but every effort will be made to pursue virtual learning to the extent possible. Where synchronous virtual instruction is intended, published class meeting times must be observed so that students’ schedules are not disrupted.

The safety and security of our students, faculty, staff, and the broader community remain our top priority. We will continue to provide updates regarding the status of the university’s academic and administrative offices as conditions change.

Please continue to check our website and social media channels for the latest information.

If you have any safety concerns, contact OPSEM at 202-274-5050. For all immediate emergencies, call 911.

Thank you for your continued dedication to our students and to UDC’s mission. 

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Esther Barazzone

Member of the Board of Trustees

Esther Barazzone, Ph.D

Dr. Esther Barazzone

Dr. Barazzone retired from Chatham University in 2016 after 24 years as president.  Prior to Chatham, she was vice-president of academic affairs at Philadelphia University, Associate Provost of Swarthmore College, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at the University of Pennsylvania and a faculty member at Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges.  Dr. Barazzone is a graduate of New College of Florida and of Columbia University, from which she earned a doctorate in Modern European Intellectual History.   Dr. Barazzone received a Fulbright Student Award for study in Spain, and attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Harvard Institute for Higher Education.

Throughout her career, Dr. Barazzone has been engaged in issues related to higher education, women’s opportunities and leadership, and global education.  In recent years she has been extensively involved in sustainability education and initiatives at the university level.

Dr. Barazzone’s work at Chatham has received many awards, among them recognition for success in moving Chatham from being a financially threatened institution to renewed health through new program development, mission expansion and an emphasis on academic excellence.  Between 1992 and 2016, Chatham’s enrollment quadrupled, its campus increased from 32 to 450 acres, and it built the world’s first carbon-neutral campus, Eden Hall.  Chatham, its Falk School for Sustainability, and its new campus have won awards and recognitions for leadership in environmental programs and design, befitting Rachel Carson’s alma mater.  Chatham’s Board of Trustees and president received, in 2016, recognition for exemplary governance from the Association of Governing Boards (AGB).

A civic leader as well, Dr. Barazzone is a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, and served on the board of the Allegheny Conference, the region’s most significant regional economic development organization, as well as on the boards of other institutions such as Dollar Bank, the Benedum Foundation and the Carnegie Museums.

Her work in international education has been recognized by honorary degrees and citations from universities in Japan, Korea and Pakistan.  Her career has been recognized by conferring of the the “History Maker Award” from the Heinz History Center, the Pittsburgh Susan B. Anthony award. The Pittsburgh Business Times Lifetime Achievement and CEO of the Year award in 2016.

Contact Us

Office of the Board of Trustees

Frenika Rivers
Assistant to the Board of Trustees
Van Ness Campus
frenika.rivers@udc.edu
202-274-6366
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