Tacoma Community College reopens Saturday after week-long blackout
After a week without electricity and classes, Tacoma Community College was powering up for full operation Saturday.
All Saturday classes were scheduled at their normal times, the school announced Friday.
In addition, the college said its library, tutoring centers, info commons, testing center and continuing education would be up and operating. Activities and services normally scheduled for Saturday also would be available.
TCC faculty members are adjusting curriculum for the remainder of the winter quarter, TCC said. They will communicate changes directly to students.
Networking on the campus might be spotty in some areas, the school advised.
The sources of the power outage which began Feb. 2 in four buildings and then spread to the entire campus Feb. 3 were identified and temporary fixes made. They included a problem with a switch between the college’s power grid and Tacoma Public Utilities, a malfunctioning transformer and a fault in a feeder line.
