All USF campuses will remain closed until at least Monday and classes will only be held asynchronously as teams continue to assess the damages from Hurricane Milton. 

Students will not have to meet with their class remotely, according to a universitywide email sent Friday afternoon. Professors can assign work on Monday but the due date must not be the same day.

Business operations will also continue remotely, except those classified as essential personnel.

Related: USF closes campuses for Hurricane Milton – The Oracle

Monday will mark a full week since the campuses were originally shut down ahead of the storm.

All residence halls are still closed. However, the students who evacuated to Jennings Middle School were brought back to campus on Thursday, according to a university spokeswoman.

The university said it is prioritizing dorms and dining halls on campus, according to the email. Though the goal is to open both on Monday, the email said St. Pete dorms and dining areas may take longer due to the city’s boil water notice.

St. Pete residents were urged to boil tap water before using it, whether that is to drink, brush their teeth, cook or clean, according to the city’s website. 

Related: Hurricane Milton forces closure of USF residence halls – The Oracle

Hurricane Milton, which made landfall in Siesta Key, Sarasota as a Category 3, left Tampa Bay reeling in its wake.

High wind gusts, which reached 93 miles per hour, and over 11 inches of rain caused flooding and damage in Tampa.

Around the Tampa campus, there was major flooding along Fowler Avenue and the University Mall area. 

There was also flooding on campus around the USF Bookstore and the Student Services Building, the Carol & Frank Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare, as well as some areas near Simmons Park.

Some fallen trees and debris was also seen, including the wooden benches by the Bookstore and a piece of metal by the Marshall Student Center.

There are still over 1,000 customers without power in the areas around the university as of Friday at 5:30 p.m., according to TECO’s outage map.

Damage to the St. Pete and Sarasota-Manatee campuses, which both overlook the water, were unclear at the time of publication. 

The university urged people not to come back to the campuses until they are notified that it is safe to return.

Classes in downtown Tampa will meet in-person on Monday, as the facility is “fully operational,” according to the email.

The USF football game against Memphis was also relocated to Orlando earlier this week. Originally supposed to take place at Raymond James stadium on Friday night, the game was moved to Saturday afternoon in Camping World Stadium in respect to recovery efforts in Tampa.

Related: USF football game versus Memphis relocated to Orlando – The Oracle

The closure has led to the postponement of some USF Homecoming Week events, which is a 60-year-old tradition.

The Tampa campus was meant to celebrate with “Color the Campus” on Sunday and “Homecoming Kickoff,” which featured an Aux Cord Wars with DJs, the next day. However, USF’s Tampa Campus Activities Board posted on its Instagram story on Friday night that both events were postponed and rescheduling details would be given at a later date.

The St. Pete campus was also planning to have a Homecoming Breakfast and Bouquet Craft Night on Monday, while the Sarasota-Manatee campus would feature the Homecoming Royalty Crowning and “Acai & Access” on Monday.

It is unclear how the rest of the events will be affected by the hurricane’s aftermath.

This story has been updated.