Updated February 12, 2025

James Madison University will be closed today, Feb. 12, 2025, due to inclement weather.

No on-campus classes will meet today. Online classes may meet as scheduled.

No Harrisonburg-based, in-person classes may be held while the university is closed; closures for classes in other locations will align with the local school district or organization in which the class is facilitated.

When the university is closed, faculty may not require students to attend events, classes, laboratories or any other functions on campus. 

Making Up Classes

Faculty members have several options for making up missed instructional time, including but not limited to:

• Incorporate the course content missed on that day into other classes throughout the semester.
• Hold class at a time acceptable to all class members other than the regularly scheduled time. Time and location will be arranged by the academic unit.
• Prepare the lecture asynchronously and allow the students to review the lecture in a reasonable amount of time.
• Provide students with alternate assignments that can be completed through electronic means.
• Hold class through electronic means, with the understanding that there may be no academic support services from IT or the Libraries. Students who are not able to attend class virtually, due to lack of internet, living situation, etc. must not be penalized for missing class.

Individual instructors will determine the option for making up class time. Students should contact their instructors with questions specific to their class.

Questions and More Information

Students should contact their instructors with questions specific to individual classes.

You can also email AcademicQuestions@jmu.edu with general class-related questions.

See University Policy 1309 for more details on JMU’s responses to inclement weather.

Scheduled Makeup Day

The makeup day for classes canceled on Feb. 12 is Saturday, March 1.

Accommodations

Faculty with religious or cultural observances on a planned makeup day will be accommodated and may make other arrangements. 

Faculty are required to give reasonable and appropriate accommodations to students requesting them, as stated in the Faculty Handbook, III.A.17. 

This information is current for Spring 2025 and supersedes any previous guidance related to closings.