{"id":29228,"date":"2026-01-22T08:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=29228"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:27:13","slug":"cold-weather-safety-avoid-slips-trips-and-falls-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/cold-weather-safety-avoid-slips-trips-and-falls-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Weather Safety: Avoid Slips, Trips and Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"nv-title-meta-wrap\">\n<h1 class=\"title entry-title\">Cold Weather Safety: Avoid Slips, Trips and Falls \u2013 Do the Penguin Walk!<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"nv-meta-list\">\n<li class=\"meta date posted-on \">December 4, 2025<\/li>\n<li class=\"meta category last\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/category\/faculty-staff\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Faculty and Staff<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/category\/students\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Students<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nv-thumb-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Penguin-778aec62fb3d956a820d736e0b112bfc.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"878\" height=\"500\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"nv-content-wrap entry-content\">\n<p>As a reminder, we are currently in a cold weather snap. Until temperatures rise, wind chills are expected to be around zero degrees with highs in the teens and lows in the single digits.<\/p>\n<p>Our ice-melting products are having a limited impact due to the low temperatures. Because of this, we encourage all to penguin walk \u2014 waddle and navigate around campus slowly and cautiously. For more information on how to walk on ice and prevent slips,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilkes.edu\/about-wilkes\/offices-and-administration\/facilities\/slips-trips-falls.aspx\">visit here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We urge the campus community to take all necessary precautions to protect themselves from the cold and conserve energy when applicable. When preparing to go outside, it is recommended to dress in layers and cover exposed skin as much as possible by wearing gloves, scarves, hats, face masks, etc. Continue to monitor local weather reports and stay warm. For more information on cold weather safety, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/safety\/cold\">the National Weather Service webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To report ice, snow, spills and other hazardous walking conditions on campus<\/strong>, dial\u00a0<strong>570-408-2FIX<\/strong>\u00a0or email\u00a0<strong>2fix@wilkes.edu<\/strong>. The campus community\u2019s safety is our top priority.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cold Weather Safety: Avoid Slips, Trips and Falls \u2013 Do the Penguin Walk! December 4, 2025 Faculty and Staff,\u00a0Students As a reminder, we are currently in a cold weather snap. Until temperatures rise, wind chills are expected to be around zero degrees with highs in the teens and lows in the single digits. Our ice-melting&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/cold-weather-safety-avoid-slips-trips-and-falls-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cold Weather Safety: Avoid Slips, Trips and Falls<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29247,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29228\/revisions\/29247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}