Washington University in St. Louis
 

Washington University is offering limited assistance to displaced students.
()http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/5680.html

From what I've been told, it's not that the Dean won't allow them to enroll, it's that law schools told him they'll only be willing to take 3Ls because they're so close to finishing already and because many don't need a lot of credits to graduate. I know at Washington University in St. Louis, we've already been in classes for 2 weeks so any student who comes will already be far behind. Rumor has it around school that we're taking some students from Tulane, but so far nothing confirmed.

As to why schools are specifically naming Tulane--it's because ranking-wise it's a much better school than the others in New Orleans. From what I know, some schools will take students from the other schools provided they give grades/SAT scores to prove they can handle the academic rigor. I guess I understand that; who cares if you're getting a free education if you're not going to pass the classes and have to re-take them anyway.

I also know that Tulane is on a hill...so many of their buildings and dorms are unaffected. Their website says that all dorms are fine and all students' belongings will be retrieveable. i think Tulane is hoping to open again next semester. The University of New Orleans and Loyola I heard are in much worse shape and may take much longer to open, if they re-open at all.

Again, a lot of what I know is speculation and a lot of hearsay--I'm not ready to fight with anyone on any of this...please don't flame. Thanks.

Received by campus email today:


TO: All Faculty, Students and Staff

SUBJECT: Assistance to Hurricane Katrina Victims

We are announcing today (see statement below) that Texas A&M, including the Galveston campus, will accept up to 1,000 students for as long as one year from universities and colleges unable to offer classes this fall due to Hurricane Katrina. This is a significantly higher number of students than any other university has offered to take in (as far as we are aware), but entirely in keeping with our culture, our traditions and our Spirit. We also have offered to provide – to the extent we an -- a temporary home for faculty to continue their research while their own campuses are unavailable. We are, again as far as we know,
the only university to extend the offer of assistance to all colleges
and universities affected by the tragedy. The statement includes a number of other actions we have taken and are taking. I am confident that other initiatives, likely thought up by students, faculty and/or staff, will be forthcoming.

I know that the Aggie family will respond with warmth, sympathy and support to those displaced by this disaster. A significant number of students from the affected states would clearly have an impact on class sizes and more, but I am confident that faculty and students will make the best of the situation in order to help our neighbors.

Also, I request that all faculty and staff be especially sensitive to
the feelings and emotional state of students who are directly affected by this tragedy—certainly including those who have lost family members or else do not know the fate of some of them, in addition to having significant property losses in some cases.

Significant help to friends and neighbors in trouble is what Aggies do best.

Robert M. Gates




Statement by Robert M. Gates, President of Texas A&M University

The hearts of the entire Texas A&M University community go out to all victims of Hurricane Katrina. Service to others is a core value of this University, and we feel a special obligation to do all we can to help college students and faculty in the affected area continue uninterrupted with their education and their work. I have formed a special university task force, which will continuously update our ability to assist in this very difficult period. Our current activities are summarized below.

ACADEMICS

·Texas A&M will welcome up to 1,000 students for as long as one
year from all four-year colleges and universities unable to offer
classes this fall because of the hurricane, including schools such as Tulane, Dillard, Southern, Xavier, Loyola and the University of New Orleans. These students will be charged the minimum tuition allowed by state law.

·Students from impacted universities who are interested in
attending Texas A&M this fall should contact Ms. Mary Jane Baldwin in the Office of Admissions and Records at (979) 845-1064 or by e-mail at maryjane@tamu.edu .

·Texas A&M will make available for students from impacted
schools approximately 140 campus housing assignments and provide assistance in arranging off-campus housing as needed.

· Texas A&M will make available classroom and laboratory space
after hours to institutions that want temporarily to re-locate their
programs here. We also are prepared, with available facilities, to host faculty from these universities wishing to continue their research for the next few months.

FINANCIAL AID

·Texas A&M has set aside $200,000 to provide students resources for immediate needs while arrangements are being made for longer-term financial assistance.

·We also will provide assistance to Texas A&M students whose
homes are in the ravaged areas and whose families have been forced to migrate to the local area and are now in need of housing and other daily necessities.

· Student Body President Jim Carlson is urging Texas A&M faculty,
staff and students and other members of the local community to donate canned goods and clothing during the Memorial Student Center (MSC) Open House MSC on Sunday, September 4 from 1-6 p.m. Additional student-led activities will be announced subsequently.

OUTREACH

· We will open Cain Hall as a resource center to Hurricane
Katrina evacuees for a variety of needed services, including Internet access as a means for contacting family members and friends who remain in the disaster area or who may have evacuated elsewhere.

· The Association of Former Students will provide a toll-free
call center for providing information about university resources. The toll-free number is (888) 440-7345.

· University police are assisting in providing security for
evacuees at designated shelters in the community.

· The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is sheltering animals displaced by the hurricane and subsequent flooding.

· We can all take pride in the work of one of our sister agencies based here on campus. Texas Task Force One, operated by the Texas Engineering Extension Service, has 126 personnel providing search and rescue service in Louisiana.

I was wondering the same thing...I have a cousin who's a sophmore at Dillard. I hope a lot of other HBCUs step up to the plate like Tuskegee did.

Here is the official news release from IU. Almost 20 students from affected universities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama have been admitted so far and more will arrive this week.

Thanks for posting this. I have family friends from NOLA who are staying with their daughter who is getting her PhD. from A&M at College Station. They may not know of this and I just sent it to her.

_______________________________________________

Here's UT Austin's Statement:

Statement from The University of Texas at Austin
Concerning Students and Faculty Members
Affected by Hurricane Katrina
September 1, 2005

The University of Texas at Austin stands with the nation in expressing our sorrow in this time of terrible tragedy in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. We are committed to providing help this fall to colleges and universities in the New Orleans area which are unable to operate while they are attempting to recover and rebuild. To assist university students and faculty who have been affected by the disaster of catastrophic proportions in our neighboring states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, The University of Texas at Austin is taking the following emergency steps, effective immediately.

These policies apply to students who were enrolling or enrolled in colleges and universities which are in the area of greatest disaster impact and which are likely to remain closed for an extended period.

Undergraduate students who are Texas residents or graduates from Texas high schools will be eligible to take available undergraduate courses at the University for the fall 2005 semester.
Graduate and professional students who are Texas residents or graduates of Texas colleges and universities will be eligible to take available graduate courses at the University for the fall 2005 semester.
Graduate students who have no need for coursework but who need to use libraries and research facilities will be eligible to use appropriate University facilities.
Foreign exchange students will be eligible to take available courses at the University for the fall 2005 semester if the University has a formal exchange agreement with the students’ home institutions.
The details of these policies can be found at Web sites of the Office of Admissions and the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies.

In addition, faculty members of colleges and universities in the affected disaster areas will be offered the opportunity to work on our campus, with access to office space, libraries, research facilities, and the Internet. For more information, contact Dr. Neal Armstrong in the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost at 512-232-3305.

These temporary measures are intended to help students and faculty colleagues in a time of unprecedented disaster. The University of Texas at Austin is firmly committed to aiding the affected higher education institutions in any way possible as they seek to recover from the devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina.

We are also concerned about current University of Texas at Austin students who have been affected by this disaster. Those students who need assistance with University matters or matters of a more personal nature are urged to contact LaToya Hill, Emergency Services Coordinator, Office of the Dean of Students, at lchill@mail.utexas.edu. They may also visit the Dean of Students Web site at and go to the “Spotlights and Events” link on that site.

Larry R. Faulkner
President
The University of Texas at Austin

For more information contact: Don Hale, 512-475-6869.

Add Middle Tennessee State University to the List....
Silver

Add Kentucky, Indiana, Louisville, Morehead State, and Kentucky State to the list per this morning's Louisville Courier-Journal.


http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/.../50902008/1008

Michigan State seems to be joining in the efforts!!

MSU college of law to take in 25 Tulane students

No go for UTEP and El Paso Community College at this stage. Apparently they are being a bit jerky. i have a teacher friend whose son had just moved into loyola at new orleans -- and got out with his violin, laptop and a bag of clothes. the local folk won't help him any. too bad and so sad.

Email I got from URI today:

The University of Rhode Island is offering emergency admission to qualified Rhode Islanders and out-of-state students whose enrollments at colleges and universities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were derailed by Hurricane Katrina.

"The devastation created by Hurricane Katrina has dramatically affected so many people in Louisiana, Mississippi and surrounding areas, among them college students studying in the region. In view of this horrific situation, the undergraduate admissions office is assisting these students, and admitting them on an emergency, space-available basis," said URI President Robert L. Carothers.

"The University grieves for the victims of Hurricane Katrina but knows that the spirits of those so devasted are rich in tradition of survival and recovery. Our community opens its doors to those college students who seek an educational home to continue their work toward building their own futures during these difficult times," added the President.

The University is accepting admissions information over the telephone, waiving the application fee, and connecting students with an academic advisor to assist them in selecting courses to begin classes on Wednesday, September 7th, according to James Lynch, URI dean of undergraduate admissions.

"We will work closely with these students and their parents to get them taken care of over these next few days," said Lynch. "We have already processed about a dozen students for admission and have received inquiries for more than 20 students since yesterday," Lynch said this morning.

Counselors will be made available to students for assistance with admissions and application for financial aid. For enrollment information at URI, please contact Nancy Stricklin at 401-874-7113 or Nancy@uri.edu for freshman enrollment; or Joe Walsh at 401-874-7103 or walsh@uri.edu for transfer enrollment.

For further information, please contact the URI Undergraduate Admissions Office, 14 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI 02881. Phone: 401-874-7100.

Auburn will also be taking in students :)

http://www.ocm.auburn.edu/katrina/

The National Association for College Admission Counseling has set up a messege board detailing which school are offering admission. The site can be found here: NACAC

Tennessee is as well :)

http://provost.utk.edu/hurricaneassistance/

Eastern Michigan too
 

My alma mater...

EMU offers admission to 'displaced' students

YPSILANTI - Eastern Michigan University officials announced this morning that they are prepared to offer immediate guest admission to students whose studies have been interrupted as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

“We have received calls from desperate parents whose children were scheduled to start or return to universities affected by the hurricane,” said Courtney McAnuff, vice president for enrollment services. “We want to be responsive to these parents and students by providing an opportunity for them to start or continue their studies without losing one or two semesters.”

McAnuff said guest student admissions are nothing new for EMU, so it can respond to these students immediately. “Each year we have a couple hundred guest students who take classes at EMU and then transfer credits back to their home institutions. Our academic advisers are prepared to work with students to help them get the classes they need,” McAnuff said.

The University also is prepared to provide on-campus housing for students and to help with financial aid. “Hurricane Katrina left devastation in her wake. If we can help just one student avoid being another victim, we want to,” McAnuff said.

Students should call 800.GO-TO-EMU for specific information regarding admission to the University for students affected by the hurricane.

“They will get priority service,” McAnuff said. “The fall semester starts Wednesday, Sept. 7, so students still have time to get admitted, get housing and have a day or so to get settled before classes begin.”

Eastern Michigan University is a public, comprehensive university that offers programs in the arts, sciences and professions. EMU prepares students with the intellectual skills and practical experiences to succeed in their careers and lives, and to be better citizens.