{
  "id": "2024-10-08-full-sail-university-hurricane-milton",
  "slug": "full-sail-university-hurricane-milton-2024-10-08",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Full Sail University",
    "shortName": "Full Sail",
    "state": "FL",
    "type": "for-profit",
    "alertSystemName": "Full Sail Alerts",
    "enrollment": 26421
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-10-08",
    "endDate": "2024-10-11",
    "type": "hurricane",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Hurricane, October 8, 2024",
    "summary": "As [Hurricane Milton bore down on Central Florida](https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-school-closing-milton), Full Sail University's Winter Park campus closed from Tuesday, October 8 through Friday, October 11, 2024. The university [moved Tuesday classes and labs to remote operations via Zoom](https://www.instagram.com/fullsail/p/DA1AYNhsuq1/) and then cancelled all on-campus and online classes Wednesday through Friday to protect students and staff during the storm.",
    "outcome": "Full Sail closed its Winter Park campus for four days and shifted to remote/cancelled operations. Milton made landfall near Siesta Key on October 9, 2024; the campus reopened after the storm passed.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "October 7-8, 2024, ahead of Hurricane Milton landfall",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Due to the current trajectory of Hurricane Milton and to ensure the safety of our students, staff, and faculty, Full Sail’s campus will be closed from Tuesday, October 8 through Friday, October 11.   \n\nFull Update: https://go.fullsail.edu/hurricane",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/FullSail/status/1843344954611183841",
      "sourceDescription": "@FullSail on X (verbatim)",
      "annotations": [
        "Verified complete alert text on https://x.com/FullSail/status/1843344954611183841 (@FullSail); archiveUrl null (X status). characterCount=262.",
        "Florida is on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4) in October; the closure preceded Milton's October 9 landfall.",
        "Corrected to exact fxtwitter display text."
      ],
      "characterCount": 248,
      "timestamp": "2024-10-07T13:37:39-04:00",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "confidence": "high",
      "lastUpdated": "2026-07-18"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "On or about October 9, 2024",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from mynews13 and the32789 Winter Park closure roundups",
      "annotations": []
    }
  ],
  "context": "Full Sail University is a large for-profit institution in Winter Park, Florida, specializing in media, entertainment, and technology programs, with a substantial enrollment and on-campus production facilities. When [Hurricane Milton threatened Central Florida in October 2024](https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-school-closing-milton), Full Sail closed its campus from October 8 through October 11, first moving to remote Zoom operations and then [cancelling all campus and online classes](https://www.instagram.com/fullsail/p/DA1AYNhsuq1/). Local roundups including [mynews13](https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2024/10/07/school-closings--announcements-ahead-of-hurricane-milton) and [the32789](https://the32789.com/2024/10/07/hurricane-milton-updated-list-of-winter-park-area-closings-and-information/) listed Full Sail among the many Winter Park-area institutions that closed ahead of Milton, which made landfall near Siesta Key on October 9, 2024. The closure illustrates how for-profit institutions with large online components still must protect physical campuses and labs from major storms.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Full Sail closed its Winter Park campus for four days (Oct 8-11) ahead of Hurricane Milton's October 9 landfall",
    "The institution escalated from a single remote Zoom day to a full cancellation of both campus and online classes",
    "A large for-profit/online-heavy university still treated its physical campus and production labs as storm-vulnerable assets"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Hurricane Milton: Florida schools close as huge storm approaches Gulf coast - FOX 35 Orlando",
      "url": "https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-school-closing-milton",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Full Sail University - Hurricane Milton closure post (Instagram)",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/fullsail/p/DA1AYNhsuq1/",
      "type": "official-social"
    },
    {
      "title": "When Central Florida schools will reopen following Hurricane Milton - mynews13",
      "url": "https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2024/10/07/school-closings--announcements-ahead-of-hurricane-milton",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Hurricane Milton: Updated List of Winter Park-area Closings - the32789",
      "url": "https://the32789.com/2024/10/07/hurricane-milton-updated-list-of-winter-park-area-closings-and-information/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "@FullSail on X (verbatim hurricane Milton closure)",
      "url": "https://x.com/FullSail/status/1843344954611183841",
      "type": "social-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "hurricane",
    "milton",
    "campus-closure",
    "for-profit",
    "florida",
    "winter-park"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-29",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-18",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}