Service Disruption Due to Power Outage, Fri., Aug. 21, 2026

*** UPDATE *** Friday, Aug. 21, 6:47am - Sakai and PLU Help Desk are back online.

WHAT: Services Offline Following Campus Power Outage

WHEN: 08/21/2026 Duration: Beginning Thursday, August 20 @ 5:38 PM

WHERE: PLU Parkland Campus

Current Status: Open

Description: Following a significant power outage affecting the PLU campus, campus IT services were forced offline.  As of 1:00 AM the majority of campus technology services should be operating normally.

However, I&TS intentionally delayed the restart of some critical services until the morning to ensure they could be safely restored in a stable network.  The teams supporting the following services will begin validating system integrity and restoring access first thing in the morning:

• Banner & related services (Admin Pages, Banner Self-Service, Admin Reporting, etc.)
• Sakai
• Help Desk ticket system (aka Jira Service Manager)

Service(s) Impacted: Sakai, Banner, Help Desk, Campus Network, ePass

Next Update: Friday, August 21 - mid-morning

Root Cause: Power Outage

Check https://www.plu.edu/status/ for periodic updates.