Thursday December 4, the library will be closing early at 3:00pm. All offices will be closing at 3:00pm due to the Kaimuki Christmas Parade staging beginning at 4:00pm.
Campus Parking/Traffic alert
- Starting in the morning, the entire oval area and lot fronting Clarence T.C. Ching Hall will be coned off. Staff, faculty, and students will need to park in other areas on campus.
- Regular campus traffic flow will be in place throughout the day and the front entrance of campus will remain open until 5:30pm, however you are strongly encouraged to use the Kaminaka Gate entrance at the top of campus behind Hale Lokelani if you are entering or exiting campus after 4pm. Parade floats and participants will be entering through Waialae Ave for staging and preparation and it may cause a delay in entering/exiting at the front of campus.
- Kaminaka Gate will be open for 2-way traffic during the parade.
- The westbound (Ewa bound) lanes of Waialae Ave from 3rd Ave to Koko Head Ave will be used as contra-flow. Expect traffic delays in the Kaimuki area.
- By 7:30pm all access and parking should return to normal.
- Chaminade Security staff, along with Saint Louis Security staff, will be posted to help safely facilitate the flow of traffic.
Please note that in anticipation of Waialae Ave being closed to traffic, campus offices may have skeleton crews and are closing at 3pm. You are encouraged to plan in advance should you need to connect with staff in any offices on 12/4. Afternoon and evening class schedules are not impacted by the parade.
