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REVISED 11/20/23 -- Campus Steam Outage Over the Fall Break - Information for Employees and Students

[2nd Revision as of 3:45 p.m. 11/20/2025] -- Please note the revised dates and list of impacted buildings.

Due to an active leak in EIU's main distribution piping, facilities personnel in conjunction with a contractor will be shutting down steam to campus for necessary repairs. Current plans include shutting the steam down the afternoon of Saturday, November 22 with steam anticipated to back online the afternoon of Wednesday, November 26.

During the outage there will be no steam, which affects building heat, hot water, and food service functions.  All buildings will remain operational.  Affected buildings include Physical Science, McAfee, Old Main, Blair Hall, Pemberton Hall, Honors College, Student Services Building, MLK Union, Doudna Fine Arts, Buzzard Hall, UPD, Ford Hall, Mckinney Hall, Weller Hall, Booth Library, Klehm Hall, Coleman Hall, Lumpkin Hall, Thomas Hall, Human Services, Taylor Hall, Lawson Hall, Lantz Complex, Stevenson Hall, Lincoln Hall, Powell-Norton Hall, Andrews Hall, Life Science, Life Science Annex, Greenhouse, and the Tarble. 

• Students planning to stay on campus over the break are encouraged to fill out a request form by logging into the Housing Portal at eiu.edu/housing.
• Employees with concerns about their work environment during these repairs are encouraged to discuss those concerns with their supervisor(s).

Revisions to this outage will continue to be published here if the outage is rescheduled.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as EIU upgrades and enhances its operational infrastructure.