Author: Anthony Colucci

All currently enrolled Law Students now have 24/7 access to the main parts of the Law School building (The Library will not be open 24/7). Please read this entire post to be sure you have all the necessary details.

• After the building closes, please use your ZipCard to gain access to the building through the Wolf Ledges entrance to West Hall.
• If at any time your ZipCard will not allow you access to the building, there is no way to re-gain access until the building opens the next morning. Please notify Anthony Colucci at colucci@uakron.edu if you should have any problems with the card reader.
• If you intend to be on campus overnight, you will need an overnight parking endorsement sticker for your parking permit. You may pick your endorsement sticker up at the Dean’s Office front desk through this Friday, September 27th. After that, you will have to go to the University Parking Department to pick it up.
• Access is restricted to currently enrolled law students only. Family members and non-law students are not to be in the building after hours.
• We cannot guarantee that all heating and cooling units will be functional 24/7. Please try to keep to the first and second floors of West Hall for the best temperature-controlled areas. Other areas of the building may be off-line to conserve energy.
• Students should call UAPD at 330-972-2911 to report anyone that they believe is even remotely suspicious, and should not approach anyone on their own.
• UAPD reserves the right to clear the building at any time for any reason.
• If the University is closed (holidays, weather, utility failures, etc.), then the Law School is closed.
• UAPD will perform random sweeps of the building to be sure that no one is in the building that should not be.
• While the Library will not be open after the building closes, please note that there is a student printer available in the student lounge, most classrooms will remain unlocked to be used as group study rooms, and you will have access to the computers located at the computer kiosks throughout the first floor of the building (2 in student lounge, one near men’s room in the elevator lobby).
• In order to make this a successful pilot program, please be mindful of how you find the area you use, and how you leave it. Please place all trash in the proper trash or recycling receptacles.

Please note that this is a pilot program. We will monitor the usage of the building after hours to determine if it is to be continued after this semester. Our goal is to provide students with a quiet and safe place to study at all hours of the day to accommodate your busy schedules. Please use your best judgement in utilizing 24 hour access to the building. We advise that you do not study alone, and that you make use of the UAPD campus patrol to escort you to your vehicle when leaving the building. The free service runs from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. during fall and spring semesters. Call 330-972-7263 to request the service.

If you have any questions, please contact Anthony Colucci at 330-972-6364 or colucci@uakron.edu.

This week, April 15th-April 19th, the University of Akron will be competing with hundreds of universities across the country to see who can collect the most clothing to benefit local charities and job training programs. This innovative contest is known as 1Shirt.

The 1Shirt competition provides us with an excellent opportunity to support a charitable organization, as well as, reuse materials before they are eventually discarded.

The University of Akron’s involvement and expected strong performance in the 1Shirt campaign will help solidify our commitment to improved recycling and sustainability.

What Can I Do?
• Clean out your closet.
• Collect and Drop-Off your gently-used clothing and textiles into one of ten designated drop-off bins.
• Visit, http://www.uakron.edu/pfoc/recycling.dot, for more information about this and other recycling events.

LAW STUDENTS: You can deliver your items to the School of Law Dean’s Office! Planet Aid will accept any new or gently used textile based recyclable, including: clothing, footwear, purses, quilts, blankets, pillows, belts, etc…

Parking Services has notified us that Lot 34 outside West Hall will still be available this Saturday, although it will not be sectioned off as it usually is on Game Days. Typically, one half of the lot is reserved for students/faculty and the other is for paying users attending the game. Due to the Akron Marathon and a home game taking place on the same day, they will not have enough cones to section of the lot this Saturday.

• Lot 34 still available for parking this Saturday.
• You will not have to pay to park if you have your valid parking permit displayed.
• Explain to the lot attendant that you are here for school, not for the game.

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Household batteries (AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, and Watch Batteries) can now be dropped off for proper disposal in two locations at the Law School.

Collection boxes will be placed in the Dean’s Office reception area, as well as in the Law Library circulation desk area for your convenience.