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Originally posted by TN-TX ADPi
Received by campus email today:
·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.
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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.
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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.