Drive-through traffic on Jayhawk Boulevard will be allowed from now until Aug. 18.  

On Friday, bus service ended for routes 30, 34, 36, 38, and 43. Routes 1-10 will be on their normal schedules throughout the summer, and routes 11, 12 and 42 will operate on the B schedule. Bus route information can be found on the Lawrence Transit website. 

Additionally, the green zone parking lots will be open until Aug. 18. Yellow zones will be restricted during summer classes, from June 2 to July 25. Red, blue and gold zone parking lots are restricted all year. Visit KU Parking for a detailed campus parking map. 

Most KU Dining locations will be closed for the next two weeks, but several will reopen for summer classes. For location hours and the most up-to-date information visit the KU Dining website. 

Facilities Services shut down steam on KU’s main campus at 6 p.m. Sunday to perform critical maintenance. Service is expected to resume by 8 a.m. Friday.  

During this shutdown, buildings throughout Lawrence’s main campus should expect:  

Once steam is restored across campus, steam and hot water service should be available by Friday afternoon.  

KU Operations and KU Parking have partnered with the ADA Resource Center to provide an easy way to keep employees posted on planned – and unplanned – outages and other maintenance across the Lawrence campus. This information is especially important during the summer construction months. 

Individuals can receive timely email updates when campus buildings or spaces experience a disruption of power, steam, water or other accessibility or functionality issues, such as those related to doors, elevators, parking, restroom closures, security and HVAC.  

Employees can choose to subscribe to building-specific alerts for their primary building and unsubscribe at any time. 

To receive accessibility alerts, email facilities@ku.edu and request to be added to the “UTILITYOUTAGE” list. This distribution list is the best possible resource for the latest information available to make campus as accessible, functional and welcoming as possible. 

KU websites will be temporarily unavailable for a brief period in the early morning hours this Sunday, due to planned maintenance on the system that supports them. This work is not expected to impact any other KU systems or services, and no changes are being made to the KU Web Content Management System (CMS).   

To help prevent data loss or disruption: 

Need Help? 
If you experience web-related issues after the scheduled downtime, call the IT Customer Service Center at 785-864-8080. The on-call web programmer will be notified.

Please note that Web Services no longer accepts email tickets. For assistance, please use the TDX ticketing system. Thank you for your understanding as we complete this essential upgrade. 

Deadline: May 30

Staff members can learn more about the university and collaborate with colleagues across campus by serving on Staff and University senate committees. All university support and unclassified professional staff members, permanent and probationary, are eligible to serve. 

Interested staff members should visit the Staff Senate website for more information about the committees and then fill out a preference form for the Staff Senate committees they are interested in joining or identify their top three choices for University Senate committees. The deadline to apply to serve on a committee is May 30. 

More information on University Senate Committees can be found on the University Governance website or by emailing the office at govern@ku.edu.  

Deadline: June 2

The next deadline for Employee of the Month nominations is June 2. The award is a great way to recognize exceptional university staff members and show your appreciation for their contributions. Winners receive a $750 award and surprise visit from a member of the Provost’s Office leadership team and are eligible for the 2026 Employee of the Year Award. 

Nomination and eligibility guidelines include:  

Nominations are submitted four times a year: September, December, March and June. To nominate an employee, visit the Employee of the Month webpage and complete the online nomination form.  

Faculty and staff can watch the final virtual town hall of the semester on the Provost's website.

During the town hall, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Barbara Bichelmeyer spoke with Kyle Christian, associate vice chancellor of federal relations, and Shelley Hooks, vice chancellor of research, about changes in research and the higher education environment.  

Throughout the summer, the virtual town halls will be held on an as needed basis. Questions or topic suggestions can continue to be submitted through the anonymous online form. If you want a timely response to your question, please include your contact information.  

As we conclude the academic year, the staff who put together the Campus Insider want to say thank you for reading it. We hope you found it useful.

We’ve published regularly over the past academic year and plan to continue summer publication, too. 

As our team prepares for the start of classes in fall, we’d like your thoughts on how Campus Insider can be more useful for you and your colleagues. Please take five minutes to answer a few questions that will help us plan and develop content that keeps you informed. Your responses will remain confidential. 

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