Published on December 17, 2009 at 6 p.m. by William Nunnelley  

Â鶹¹û¶³ will close for several days during the Christmas holiday season.  The University will be closed the week of Dec. 21-27.  It will reopen Dec. 28-30, and then close again Dec. 31-Jan. 1.

The main gate will be closed at 10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, and reopen at 6 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 27.  It will be closed again at 10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, and reopen at 6 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 2.  During times the university is closed, the west gate entrance will be staffed by the Â鶹¹û¶³ department of public safety to assist anyone needing campus access.

Emergencies during the holiday break should be directed to the department of public safety at (205) 726-2020.  All maintenance issues during the break will be handled by the office of operations and planning’s on-call line at (205) 726-2711.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.