Comments on A Higher Ed Clearinghouse on Katrina

• Posted by Margaret on August 31, 2005 at 4:36am EDT

• As a former student of Tulane University, I understand what it feels like to have to flee the city for hurricanes...but it's much different for a wealthy college student to seek shelter than it is for an impoverished local in the Big Easy. It's nice to read stories about loved ones being escorted in fashion from a well-known college, because no matter what, when you have money, you can leave the scene before things get bad and afford to rebuild successfully when it's all over. Life isn't the same for the rest of Louisiana. Surrounded by toxic factories and struggling to survive daily in poverty-stricken areas, many residents of Louisiana have now suffered the final blow to their their already difficult lives. I was a reading and writing tutor for below-average 2nd graders in the city's schools, and I know all too well from my students' stories that life before Katrina was anything but easy. The most important thing to remember in all of this devestation is that thousands to millions of people are suffering and will continue to suffer from this storm for many years to come. If ANY good can be made of this disaster, it is that for once we as a country can come together and help a city that needs us more than ever. Although it's easy to watch the news, look at the pictures, and hear the stories of survivors while we go about our daily routines, we must realize that these are real people that have had the few possessions they own taken from them and have been left with NOTHING. For all of us that are lucky enough to have parents and family that send us to college and escort us in "limo style," please remember that human life is more important than any possession, and that there are many people that have no way out of the hell-hole they've been unfortunately thrown into. They won't resume classes in September and get a $30,000 a year education, and they won't have their parents wire them money to "survive" college life. We need to do anything and everything we can to help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina and pray that the devestation does not grow worse than it already has.

• Katrina Send Students Fleeing
• Posted by Anonymous in Chicago at Chgo City College on August 31, 2005 at 11:23am EDT

• I have to concur with Margaret. The most eye-opening part of seeing the pictures is that the majority of New Orleans residents are black and poor. Their options are little to none. Where will they go? Where will they stay? The students who migrated to those colleges are well-to-do they can afford hotel rooms for as long as possible; or go home to their parents. What about the poor who have to eek out a living.
  I hope that the "relief" aid will include cash money to those people, just as it was given to 911 victims. This is a tragedy and I hope we won't let class & race stand in our way of giving cash payments to people to start over; or at the least vouchers.

• Posted by Deborah on September 1, 2005 at 5:26am EDT

• Dear "anonymous" in Chicago,
  The majority of citizens in New Orleans are NOT black and poor! These were just the ones who didn't get out. Is the majority of Chicago represented by Cabrini Green? New Orleans is, was, a culturally rich, diverse and wonderful city. Heartbreaking.
  A former Tulanian

• Katrina's Effects
• Posted by Tennessee Professor on September 1, 2005 at 8:01am EDT

• So many people have had their lives disrupted to varying degrees by this storm. We must help those most displaced who have lost their homes, jobs, means of obaining food and water, etc. I honestly cannot even imagine how it feels to lose everything. The sense of "not having a place to go" or "not having something to do" must be overwhelming. The college students will be fine, eventually, once classes resume and a sense of "normal" returns to their lives. The comfort that comes from routine will return for them possibly faster than others in Louisiana and Mississippi. Indeed, the Govenor of Tennessee announced yesterday that displaced college students can attend Tennessee colleges and universities for free during these weeks (or months) that coastal Louisiana and Mississippi colleges and universities need to recover. We must focus first on those who do not have the monetary means or outside contacts to obtain the help that they need.

• Posted by Tulane Mom on September 1, 2005 at 2:51pm EDT

• We are a middle class family with a lovely & motivated daughter who found enough financial aid to be able to attend Tulane. We can afford a few nights at hotels, but please don't assume that all Tulane students are wealthy. She was driving to school for her senior year when Katrina hit. Luckily she detoured & is currently staying with friends 2000 miles from home.
  I understand Rice University is offering classes for Tulane Students. Does anyone have info about other schools accepting Tulane students? TU's web site is not helpful. I agree with your thoughts about the devastating situation, hope the weather holds & help gets there in a
  hurry.

• Dear Tulane Mom
• Posted by Nina Mullin , Academic Advisor at Wilmington College (Delaware) on September 1, 2005 at 3:33pm EDT

• Colleges around the country are reaching out to displaced students from the Gulf Coast. Students, staff, and faculty alike from around the country realize that not all college students are wealthy; that many were only able to attend thanks to scholarships, grants, and financial aid; and that even more are working parents trying to provide for their families. In order to find out more about what colleges are offering (some are even offering to cover tuition, room, and board), you can check the following sites, which are updated up to the minute: http://www.collaborativepr.com/collegesmobilizedraft

  and

  http://splendid.backpackit.com/pub/221296

  Best of luck to your daughter.

• Posted by Laura on September 1, 2005 at 6:40pm EDT

• I'm a graduate of Tulane who lives in Dallas. The Dallas Morning News announced today that S.M.U. is accepting Tulane students.

• tulane
• Posted by Susan Leboff on September 2, 2005 at 4:45am EDT

• I am the parent of a Tulane senior. This site is the most appropriate place I have found to post my thoughts and suggestions. I hope Tulane is listening; regrettably, there is no official forum for the institution to get feedback.

  I assume by now most parents realize many schools around the country are taking in Tulane students. Tulane needs to refund the tuitions immediately so the parents have the money to enroll their kids elsewhere. I realize that is a tough decision for Tulane but it is the right decision because it keeps faith with its most important constituency, its families. I noticed that most of the families enrolling their kids at Columbia University, which was good enough to take in many students including my daughter, were quite wealthy looking so they had enough in the bank to write that check for $1,030 a credit without breaking a sweat. A few of the families expressed the financial strain they are feeling.

  My daughter is a senior and I enrolled her in two classes at Columbia that technically would complete her graduation requirements. What I want to hear from Tulane as soon as possible is that if seniors like my daughter fulfill their requirements at any other accredited institution, Tulane will give them a diploma. My actions were based on the educated guess that that is what Tulane would do, but it would be most reassuring to hear it from the administration.

  I think Scott Cowen is a sensational president. I think he slipped a bit this week in bending over a little too far backwards in a vain attempt to preserve the athletic schedule and in not admitting the inevitable (no school until further notice) slightly earlier, resulting in other colleges stepping up to the plate in a process that clearly was not as coordinated with Tulane as it could have been. I am sure he knows this. There is still time for him to find his usual sure footing and get the business of appropriately confronting this awful situation back on track. This is not the time for being wistful and sentimental. That can come later.

• Common Sense
• Posted by David Robertson , Professor at SUNY on September 2, 2005 at 10:39am EDT

• One wonders – why the officials of the affected areas did not issue an order [to evacuate]; did the officials graduate from high school? – Did they have access to weather forecast? Whether they were aware their respective areas are below sea level?

  Common sense should have prevailed especially in the higher education – a simple email, snail mail, news bulletin on colleges website informing its students – warning them to make alternate plans due to the projected path of the hurricane that may cause disaster – a possibility that the semester will be cancelled.

  Those administrators threw caution to the wind; it could have been better if they threw in the towel against Katrina.

• Posted by Anon on September 2, 2005 at 10:40am EDT

• NASPA has created an online listing of institutions which have offered assistance to displaced students: http://www.naspa.org/resources/katrina.cfm. This is being constantly updated.

• Virginia Colleges offer support
• Posted by Rebecca Desjardins at Virginia Wesleyan College on September 2, 2005 at 10:40am EDT

• Many Colleges and Universities in Virginia have offered assistance to students caught in the middle of Hurricane Katrina including Old Dominion University, The College of William and Mary, Randolph-Macon Woman's College and more.

  Virginia Wesleyan College in Virginia Beach has invited students from Dillard University to attend VWC, tuition-free, this fall. Currently, the College has 16 open spaces for women and is willing accept Dillard students for the cost of room and board. We are also meeting to see what else we might be able to do to help.

  Our thoughts and prayers are will all of you on the Gulf Coast.

  Rebecca, Virginia Wesleyan College Communications

• Free Tuition for Evacuees to Florida Colleges
• Posted by Jim Chitwood , Ex. Dr. College Advancement at Okaloosa-Walton College on September 2, 2005 at 12:32pm EDT

• Okaloosa-Walton College, which has dealt with hurricane crises of its own in the past year, has offered free tuition and fees for community college and university students from Louisiana and Mississippi. Several already have enrolled. The OWC Foundation meanwhile has receive donations toward paying for books and supplies the evacuee students will need. We've been there and it can be a long trek back to normal.

• University of Houston and displaced students
• Posted by Joe at University of Houston on September 2, 2005 at 12:32pm EDT

• see http://www.uh.edu/newsroom/katrina/uhs_students.html

  Students enrolled at universities unable to open because of Hurricane Katrina are being accepted at all four University of Houston System (UHS) institutions.

  “In order to accommodate students from universities affected by Hurricane Katrina, we are opening our classrooms and our campuses,” said Donald Foss, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at UHS. “Such a disaster should not interrupt the studies or the lives of students, so we are doing all that we can to help others move forward.”

• easy for us to use hindsight
• Posted by S. Bussey , V.A.P. at Wake Forest on September 2, 2005 at 12:54pm EDT

• Mr. Robertson doesn't seem familiar with the way hurricanes work. 1. if colleges and cities on the gulf evacuated every time a hurricane was headed for land, all the education would happen in other states. 2. No one could anticipate that an entire semester would be lost based on a hurricane's landfall--this is an historical level of devastation, beyond even Miami in the early 90's. 3. Katrina was thought to be a level 1 or 2 storm until just days before she hit. "snail mail" as he suggests, wouldn't even have been off the printer in time to warn anyone of anything. 4. Evacuation is not really the problem. Students were evacuated. that's why they are ALIVE, looking for classes, and not under seige in the city. We don't habitually, as a society, evacuate paperwork, excess clothing, books, medical records, or anything else that makes college life and life in general keep ticking. I suggest everyone pointing fingers and calling shots from the comfort of their office should ask themselves how they can help, not tell themselves how they could have done better.

• Online Higher Ed Katrina Support Community
• Posted by Terry Calhoun at Society for College and University Planning on September 2, 2005 at 1:31pm EDT

• Almost 1,000 higher ed leaders are already subscribed to [scup-katrina] an email discussion list open to all: http://www.scup.org/pubs/sen_html/katrina_alert.html.

  On that list, dozens of offers for assistance to displaced students have been made and we would like to get students connected to that list.

  We expect that after students are relocated (and faculty, too) that the list discussion will turn to other emerging topics related to disaster mitigation and recovery.

  Thanks.

• Free housing for Katrina victims only
• Posted by Esther on September 2, 2005 at 3:29pm EDT

• A home is open to any high school teacher or student and any college student or professor, temporary. (Or a family of 4-5.) Located in the Dallas area.

  Please contact GXMcKinely76@netmail.dcccd.com

• Posted by Lora Weber , Director, Governmental Relations at Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on September 2, 2005 at 3:29pm EDT

• The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board launched a website at www.KatrinaCollegeStudents.org as a clearinghouse for information from the CB and Texas institutions about accommodations for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. It is also in the form of a message board so that institutions in other states, students, and parents can post information and inquiries. Links to institutions and organizations outside of Texas can be added as well.

  Institutions are given a password to update information on the message board directly (so it will appear as authenticated information). We also will be adding links to the list of “participating institutions” as we receive information from them. Institutions can obtain a password by contacting Marilyn.Hartman@thecb.state.tx.us.

• Admission for Displaced Students
• Posted by Jay Collier , Associate Director of Public Relations at Pitzer College on September 2, 2005 at 4:03pm EDT

• The Pitzer College community, in Claremont, Calif., has made adjustments to provide space for six additional students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley asked the members of the faculty to support the addition of approximately six students to our College on an emergency basis. The entire Pitzer College faculty offered their full support.

  President Trombley’s request came on the heels of numerous phone calls and e-mails asking what Pitzer College as a community can do to assist the students who have been displaced. Faculty and staff offered to open their homes to students and the Admission staff began working with students seeking emergency entrance. The calls and e-mails are a wonderful testament to our community of caring individuals.

  “This catastrophic event will take months, if not years, for cities and institutions to rebuild,” President Trombley said. “The challenges are enormous and the human suffering is beyond description. For those of us who have visited these areas in the past, it is difficult to conceive of the magnitude of the devastation. For those members of our local community who come from Alabama, Mississippi or Louisiana or who have loved ones living there, your sense of loss and anxiety must be unimaginable. Please know that as a community Pitzer College is reaching out to provide comfort to those affected by this disaster.”

• Help from Maine
• Posted by Doug Lederman on September 2, 2005 at 5:19pm EDT

• UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA

  BANGOR – Chancellor Joseph W. Westphal today announced the following efforts being undertaken by the University of Maine System to assist students who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina. The information was communicated to Governor John E. Baldacci earlier Friday morning.

  Any student – from Maine or from any other state – currently enrolled in a college or university that postponed or terminated classes due to hurricane-related damage or conditions are invited to enroll at one of Maine’s seven universities under “visiting student” status. This offer applies to any undergraduate or graduate student enrolled at any accredited institution in the regions affected by the hurricane.

  Such students will be allowed to enroll without having to follow the usual application process and will be offered in-state tuition rates, given the unique conditions under which they would be enrolling. University personnel will work with each student to identify the most appropriate option for them within the University System.

  For both current University of Maine System students who are from the hurricane-affected region and for those who enroll as “visiting students,” the University System will provide whatever accommodations are appropriate to assist them with health, housing, counseling, and temporary financial needs.

  Students in need of assistance are encouraged to contact the University System at 1-800-804-3200, ext. 3237, or through the world-wide web at gshaw@maine.edu.

  In addition, Maine’s public universities will be working with their student and employee clubs, teams, and organizations to support humanitarian aid and other relief efforts.

  Established in 1968, the University of Maine System is the state's largest educational entity, with more than 34,300 students enrolled. It features seven universities -- some with multiple campuses -- located across the state, as well as 11 University College outreach centers and more than 100 interactive distance education sites. For more information, log onto www.maine.edu.

• Posted by Debra Holtz , Director of Media Relations at Saint Mary's College of California on September 2, 2005 at 6:00pm EDT

• The Saint Mary’s College of California community has watched accounts of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina on the southeastern United States with sadness and grief. Our Campus Ministry is mobilizing efforts to raise money for the victims of this horrible disaster.

  With colleges and universities in the Gulf Coast region unable to resume normal operations for the foreseeable future, we have received calls from a number of families inquiring about the possibility of enrolling their students at Saint Mary's for the fall term.
  We will welcome at least five of these displaced students for the fall semester. When necessary, we will provide financial support. We expect the students to arrive by Tuesday, Sept. 6. Consistent with our Lasallian mission, we are committed to doing everything we can to accommodate as many students as possible and will continue talking to families about their individual needs.

  Provost Sally Stampp
  Saint Mary's College of California

  For information, contact: Debra Holtz, Director of Media Relations, Saint Mary's College of California, (925) 631-4222 or dmholtz@stmarys-ca.edu

• Lipscomb students help relief effort with "Beads for Needs"
• Posted by Kim Chaudoin , Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Lipscomb University on September 2, 2005 at 7:48pm EDT

• NASHVILLE (September 2, 2005) — Lipscomb University students wanting to do something to help victims of Hurricane Katrina have started a fundraising project they are calling “Beads for Needs.”

  Lipscomb seniors Chris Collins and Robin Clark came up with the idea 24-hours ago as they were watching news accounts of the hurricane devastation.

  “We were watching the news and we couldn’t believe what we were seeing. My dad helped with relief efforts during Hurricane Andrew — so I was familiar with how much it means to help these people. It is amazing to me that New Orleans is just gone. We knew we had to do something to help,” said Collins, a political science and management major from Lewisburg, Tenn.

  Collins said this morning he brought the idea of selling “Beads for Needs” — Mardi Gras beads — to his social club at Lipscomb and the idea caught on.

  “We thought it was symbolic to sell Mardi Gras beads since that is such a symbol of New Orleans. We’re selling the beads for one dollar a piece, so most people can afford to support the effort in this way,” said Collins.

  Collins said today he sold 200 “Beads for Needs” in just two hours. He is hoping to enlist friends at other colleges and universities in this project. He said he and his friends have contacted students at about a dozen other campuses in Tennessee and the surrounding states to encourage them to start “Beads for Needs” on their respective campuses.

  All proceeds will go to a fund at Lipscomb University that will go directly to hurricane relief efforts through Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort in Nashville. The Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort immediately responds to any major disaster in the continental United States by sending truckloads of emergency food, water, cleaning, and other supplies to disaster victims.

  For more information about “Beads for Needs” contact Collins at 931.637.5544.

  —30—

• tulane officially closed
• Posted by susan leboff on September 2, 2005 at 7:49pm EDT

• Tulane is now officially closed for the semester. Does anyone know if they are refunding tuition and room and board payments?

• Wayne State Univ. opens doors to students affected by Katrina
• Posted by Sam on September 2, 2005 at 8:40pm EDT

• Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan is offering assistance to students who are in need of help due to the hurricane. They announced today that they are providing the following help;

  Wayne State University is reaching out to undergraduate, graduate and law students at universities affected by Hurricane Katrina.

  To provide immediate relief, Wayne State has rallied to:

  * Waive all application fees and provide immediate admission to students
  * Work with students to gather needed documentation
  * Offer a full tuition waiver for the fall 2005 semester for those students enrolled in universities in the impacted areas who already have paid their tuition
  * Admit students who have not yet paid their tuition admission under our in-state tuition rate and work throughout the semester to assist them in the financial aid process
  * Provide free on-campus housing for the fall 2005 semester for students in need
  * Award scholarships and membership in the WSU Honors Program for academically gifted students who qualify
  * Raise funds to assist students who need to pay for books, supplies, course fees, materials fees and meal plans
  * Provide advising and counseling services to students
  * Set up an admission hotline at (313) 577-3577
  * Provide other services to students on a case-by-case basis

  This information is pulled directly from the web page they have posted at http://www.wayne.edu/katrina_aid

  They also have a form that can be filled out at the site to help begin the process of getting the student to the university and into classes as easily as possible.

• Middlebury offers spaces to students displaced by storm
• Posted by Tim Etchells , Director of Public Affairs at Middlebury College on September 3, 2005 at 5:08am EDT

• Middlebury College will provide spaces in the fall term for students from colleges and universities unable to operate this semester in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The College recognizes the challenges students face in changing schools on short notice, under such difficult circumstances, and is eager to assist displaced students to the extent possible.

  “Obviously, our entire community’s thoughts are with the people of New Orleans and the surrounding areas,” said President Ronald D. Liebowitz. “Since communications with educational institutions in the region are spotty at best, we ask that members of the Middlebury family share this information with anyone who might benefit from studying at Middlebury.

  “As we offer this opportunity to a relatively small number of college students, we are mindful of the utterly enormous needs of the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Please visit the Chaplain’s Office hurricane relief web site for more information on how to help.”

  Middlebury has created a quick response application process for students in four-year programs in the liberal arts and sciences who are starting their sophomore, junior or senior years and can begin classes on September 12. Students will be registered as visiting students with the expectation that they will return to their current schools in the spring term. If it is not possible for a student to return to his or her current school for the spring term, the student may apply to continue at Middlebury. Requests for financial aid are welcome.

  Application Procedure
  To apply, students should send a letter via e-mail or fax to Ann Hanson, Dean of Student Affairs, expressing their interest in coming to Middlebury College. The letter should include a list of the type of courses that the student is interested in taking, along with either a copy of the student’s college transcript, a recent grade report, or self-reported grades. The application deadline is Thursday, September 8, at 4 p.m. Students will be notified by noon on Friday, September 9.

  Applications should be e-mailed to Penny Deacon at pdeacon@middlebury.edu or faxed to the Dean of Student Affairs Office at 802-443-2063. Please contact Joanne Leggett at 802-443-5388 with any questions.

  Orientation and Academic Support
  Students who are accepted as visiting students will be offered an orientation session beginning at 6 p.m. on Sunday, September 11. Room and board for each student will be provided. Students are eligible to register for classes on a space available basis and they will be assisted with the registration process. The Dean of Student Affairs will serve as the academic advisor for all visiting students through the fall term. All students will be assigned a student host when they arrive on campus. First-year seminars are not available to visiting students. Assistance with travel arrangements for students with high need is available.

  Student Financial Services
  Middlebury’s goal is to make this educational experience possible for displaced students without more cost than they would have been expected to pay at their home institution. Accepted students will be charged the same tuition and fees as they were charged at their home institution, and will receive the same amount of financial aid. We realize it will take some time to sort out the finances, but we do not want this to hold up the admission process. Students will need to provide a copy of their fall tuition bill and any financial aid offer they received at their home institutions in order to arrange payment to Middlebury. If the bill has already been paid to the home institution, payment arrangements will be worked out as time allows through the Student Financial Affairs Office.

  For more information on Middlebury, students can visit the College’s web site at www.middlebury.edu.

• tulane needs a 200,000,000 fema grant
• Posted by Susan Leboff , tulane mom on September 3, 2005 at 7:36am EDT

• Tulane needs $200,000,000 from FEMA, immediately, or it might well go under. Why could it go under? Because $100,000,000 is about 7,000 times 15,000, which I estimate is the stream of anticipated tuition for this semester, and if Tulane has gotten it from a student already, frankly, Tulane kinda owes it back to his or her family. And if Tulane pays them back, how can it pay its profs, its workers, its hospital staff, its coaches. I am adding 100,000,000 for next semester and hospital revenue such as it is.

  Tulane is the largest employer in New Orleans. It is the third largest employer in Louisiana. More than its buildings and its bars, New Orleans is its people. So lets get together and get the FEMA money to the place it needs to go first and foremost -- Tulane

• A fine Boilermaker response
• Posted by A. G. at Purdue University on September 3, 2005 at 10:52am EDT

• http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/2005/050902.Mason.hurricane.html.

• Posted by A. G. at Purdue University on September 3, 2005 at 10:52am EDT

• 1 What is Tulane's endowment?

• a virtual school could have virtual athletes
• Posted by Susan Leboff , athletics and katrina on September 3, 2005 at 10:53am EDT

• If a campus has become a "virtual school" because a hurricane has scattered its students, virtually anyone should be allowed to become one of its student athletes. I propose a nationwide, NCAA coordinated instant recruitment effort for any prospective athlete, including, hopefully, some really great ones, to enroll virtually at a Katrina affected school while "visiting" at his or her home school and put on a Gulf States jersey. Let the TV stations, who I hope will benefit nicely from this, fund their scholarships.

• Posted by Anonymous on September 3, 2005 at 11:07am EDT

• On Friday afternoon the American Council on Education announced that it was establishing a Web site (campusrelief.org) that will be operational as of Tuesday, September 6, to serve as a gateway for efforts to help campuses in the Gulf Coast area. More information is available here:
  http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=President2President

• Posted by LRB , Director of Communications at Princeton University on September 3, 2005 at 12:32pm EDT

• President Tilghman issues statement on Hurricane Katrina
  by Lauren Robinson-Brown · Posted September 2, 2005; 10:06 a.m.
  Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman issued the following statement on Friday, Sept. 2:

  The destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina is overwhelming and heartbreaking, and its impact will be far reaching and long lasting. Hundreds of thousands of residents of the Gulf Coast have suffered devastating losses and face enormous challenges in the weeks, months and even years ahead. We extend our deepest sympathies to those who are suffering as a result of this tragedy, and we want to do as much as we can to help.

  Within our own University family, we have reached out to all of our undergraduate and graduate students who live in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to offer them any assistance they may need to arrive on campus safely and prepare for the fall semester. Counseling and medical services are being made available to any students who need them. We also will provide support for members of the faculty and staff who may have family members in the area devastated by the hurricane, and will do everything we can to assist members of the University community who wish to offer their services as volunteers. With the support of the Alumni Council, our regional alumni associations in the Gulf Coast are reaching out to their members to see what help they may be able to provide.

  Although classes have yet to start, our students are planning fund-raisers, and we will do what we can to support their efforts. Even before those events can take place, we know that many members of the campus community will want to contribute financially to the national relief efforts through the American Red Cross or other organizations that are providing assistance. We are working with the national higher education associations that are seeking to coordinate relief efforts for colleges and universities in the Gulf Coast area. In addition, we are prepared to provide housing on our campus for a limited number of academically-qualified, undergraduate and graduate students who have been displaced from their colleges and universities by the hurricane and flooding so that they may continue their educational pursuits until they can return to their home institutions. Students interested in being considered for these special arrangements should contact Karen Woodbridge at (609) 258-5144.

  Tragic events like these touch us deeply and remind us of our responsibilities to care for each other. In the face of such enormous devastation it is heartening that so many want to do what they can to bring hope and support to those in need.

• Louisiana colleges and universities are helping out
• Posted by Neil Ralston at Northwestern State University on September 4, 2005 at 6:22am EDT

• Of course, most of the colleges and universities in Louisiana are not in the New Orleans area, and most of those -- if not all -- are accommodating displaced students. Two schools in or near the hurricane's path, Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond and Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, have announced they will open next week. Displaced students interested in attending any of the University of Louisiana System schools can check out the system web site at http://www.ulsystem.net/.

• Working to "remove barriers"
• Posted by LaNedra Carroll , Director of Public Affairs at Florida A&M University on September 4, 2005 at 3:14pm EDT

• Our hearts go out to all affected by Hurricane Katrina. Living here in Tallahassee, not far from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, we truly understand the phrase, "There, but by the grace of God, go I. . ."

  We want to do everything that we possibly can to help. First, we are reaching out to all FAMUANS who have been affected by the devastation. Secondly, we invite other students who have been displaced to consider Florida A&M University as an open door to you.
  Please call our toll-free hotline at 1-877-326-6397 (1-877-FAM-NEWS)for more information or visit our website at www.famu.edu
  And, remember, help -- and hope -- are on the way.

• DWC reaching out to displaced students
• Posted by Annette Kurman , Director of Public Relations at Daniel Webster College on September 5, 2005 at 4:14pm EDT

• Providing free online college courses, as well as free on-campus placement for college undergraduates affected by disaster

  Nashua, NH) — For college students affected by the ravages of Hurricane Katrina who hail from the New England region, Daniel Webster College (DWC) is offering the opportunity to attend the fall semester free at the technology, engineering and business institution in Nashua, N.H.

  An independent, professionally-oriented college located on 54-acres in New Hampshire’s second largest city, Daniel Webster College features nationally ranked baccalaureate degree programs in aviation that are well complemented by innovative programs in business and management, computer science, information technology, aeronautical and mechanical engineering, sport management, and social science.

  “It is incumbent upon us through our educational mission to assist in the best way we can to provide educational opportunities to those whose personal and educational lives have been severely and unimaginably disrupted by Hurricane Katrina,” said DWC President Dr. Robert Myers. “For students attending those affected colleges and universities who are looking for an intimate and student-centered educational environment in which to continue or begin their professional studies, Daniel Webster may be able to fit the bill.”

  Students in good standing with their home institutions and who are a good academic fit with Daniel Webster College will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis, with the opportunity to return to their original schools once those institutions become operational. A residential semester at Daniel Webster costs $15,865, including $11,065 for tuition, $500 for technology and other fees, and $4,225 for room and board. A limited number of Hurricane Katrina scholarships are available.

  Should you know of any area students studying in institutions affected by Hurricane Katrina, they are encouraged to speak to Daniel Webster admissions counselors by contacting admission@dwc.edu or calling 1-800-325-6876 or 603-577-6000. Daniel Webster may be visited on the web at www.dwc.edu.

  Additionally, as a member of The Sloan Consortium, an international association of colleges and universities committed to quality online education, Daniel Webster College is offering free 8-week online accelerated courses so that students may keep learning, no matter where they happen to be in the country.

  The special 8-week college courses for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina will enable them to continue their education at no cost. According to Dr. Robert E. Sweo, Dean of Daniel Webster’s Graduate and Continuing Studies, he expects that students from the what is being called the “Sloan Semester” to take advantage of the college’s online business, humanities, and computer/technical classes.

  “One of the great advantages of online learning is the flexibility in brining together people in disparate parts of the country in crises such as this. It seems the perfect solution for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.

  The Southern Regional Education Board, with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, developed the “Sloan Semester.” Their program at website www.sloansemester.org/, is available to students, regardless of academic discipline, displaced from colleges shut down due to damage from Hurricane Katrina. It has been estimated that as many as 175,000 students are displaced this semester due to the disaster.

  Because the courses offered through the Sloan Semester and Daniel Webster College start in October and are completely online, students have the flexibility to have some time to get their personal lives back together and the geographical freedom to not have to attend a face-to-face classroom in an institution far from where they intended. The program will also make it easier for students to return to their institutions once those colleges have recovered from the hurricane damage. Students are not limited to one college; they can pick from any online course offered from any participating institution and combine them as one set, allowing them a better chance of replacing more of the courses they intended to take.

  A major media campaign is underway in the affected region to make students aware of the “Sloan Semester.”

  Daniel Webster College features nationally ranked degree programs in aviation that are well complemented by innovative programs in business and management, computer science, information technology, engineering, sport management, and social science. Through its division of Graduate, Continuing and Continuing Studies, the college offers an accelerated evening MBA program, a new online MBA for aviation professionals beginning next January, a non-traditional evening air traffic control program starting this fall, the EXCEL degree completion program, continuing studies, and a variety of certificate and distance learning programs. For more information, visit www.dwc.edu or call 603-577-6000.

• Hurricane Katrina Resource Page
• Posted by Jeff Sheppard on September 5, 2005 at 4:15pm EDT

• The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has established a Hurricane Katrina Resource Page at http://www.nasfaa.org/katrina.asp with information of interest to financial aid and admissions administrators as well as others on and off campus. The site is being updated continuously as new information is received. If after viewing the site you feel you have news that should be included, please send it to Web@NASFAA.org.

• What Am I Suppose To Do?
• Posted by Lahattie , College Student at Delgado Community College on September 6, 2005 at 4:36am EDT

• Hello. I am a first time freshman from New Orleans. Of course I attended a college in New Orleans. I am currently staying in Arkansas because of hurricane Katrina. I have read alot of your responses on this board, but I have one question. What am I suppose to do? We have no money and the colleges in Arkansas are only offering free tuition for Arkansas residents that moved to New Orleans. I am a determined young lady that wants to further her college career. They are allowing us to enroll in their schools, but we will be charged in state fees instead of out of state fees. How do they expect us to pay for it? We lost everything. We are poor. I want to go to school. You can't get anywhere in this world successfully without a college degree. I see all these colleges offering us opportunities which is great. But when we get the tuition paid and books, how are we suppose to survive. I would love to go to a college in another state, but I will need my family. I can't depend on the school for shelter and food. We only left with what we could fit in a suitcase. So I would need clothes. I am lost. I need some help or information about what to do. If anyone that reads this can give me any information about what I can do to get into school, please email me at robinsonl02@yahoo.com. I would really appreciate it. Thank you for your time and concern. Pray for us.

• More resources for students and faculty from New Orleans
• Posted by LM on September 6, 2005 at 8:19am EDT

• Students can also look at http://www.loyola.edu/katrina/index.html for possibilities at Loyola College in Maryland as visiting students; and college or university faculty in languages can follow the Modern Language Association's attempts to assist at: http://www.mla.org/katrina_letter.
  Best of luck to all in New Orleans!
  LM

• Chatham College offers assistance to students
• Posted by Michael Poll , Vice President for Admissions at Chatham College on September 6, 2005 at 8:40am EDT

• PITTSBURGH (September 2, 2005) … To assist women undergraduate students whose college careers are disrupted because of Hurricane Katrina, Chatham College will waive fall semester tuition for students displaced by the disaster, according to an announcement by Esther L. Barazzone, Ph.D. Chatham president.

  “Our campus community is heartbroken by the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and we wanted to especially help those who cannot attend college in the impacted areas,” Dr. Barazzone said. “We are reaching out to those young women who want to begin class, and to their families who now have other emergency financial considerations.”

  Chatham will waive fall semester tuition, or $11,435, for seven new or matriculated female students from any accredited institution unable to admit students because of Hurricane Katrina. On-campus housing will be available, and students will be granted full rights and privileges. For more information, prospective students should contact Michael Poll, vice president for admissions, at 1-800-837-1290 or 412-365-1139, or via email at mpoll@chahtam.edu. Students may also apply online at http://www.chatham.edu/admissions/katrina.cfm.
  Chatham College provides its more than 1,200 students – both undergraduate and graduate – with a solid education built upon strong academics, public leadership and global perception. Chatham’s graduate programs, continuing education and certification programs provide women and men with advanced education for professional careers. It is one of the nation’s oldest colleges still awarding undergraduate degrees solely to women, since its founding in 1869. The 32-acre arboretum campus is located on historic Woodland Road in the Shadyside section of Pittsburgh. For more information call 800-837-1290 or visit www.chatham.edu.

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• TEXAS WESLEYAN ACCEPTING STUDENTS DISPLACED BY KATRINA
• Posted by Laura Hanna , Director of Communications at Texas Wesleyan University on September 6, 2005 at 10:50am EDT

• TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY IN FORT WORTH HELPING LOUISIANA COLLEGE STUDENTS

  Texas Wesleyan University’s historic campus and the law school are reaching out to university students who have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina, and are offering them an opportunity to continue their studies. The University has already enrolled some students and has been talking with those from Dillard University, Tulane University and Loyola University.

  The deadline for enrolling at the historic campus has been extended to Friday, Sept. 16, and the deadline for the law school is Tuesday, Sept. 6. Students with extenuating circumstances will be considered after those dates. The historic campus can accept as many as 75 students. The law school will accept as many as 60 students for the fall semester (and the spring, if Tulane and Loyola law schools are unable to resume classes).

  Displaced students who were enrolled at affected universities will be automatically accepted to Texas Wesleyan University. Financial aid and admission counselors will work with the incoming students to help cover the cost of housing, meal plans and books. In some cases, financial aid students have received at another university can be transferred.

  Texas Wesleyan’s graduate program in nurse anesthesia will consider students from the program at Louisiana State University. Its nurse anesthesia program is based at the New Orleans campus.

  For more information about enrolling at the historic campus, contact Susan Robertson at 817-531-4422 or srobertson@txwes.edu or 1-800-580-8980.

  The Texas Wesleyan University School of Law has accepted students from Tulane and Loyola universities on a visiting basis. This means the students take classes at Texas Wesleyan and receive grades. The Louisiana colleges will then accept those class credits if they return to their studies at those locations. The law school will waive tuition and the cost of books. For more information, contact Professor Vickie Rainwater, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, at 817-212-3952 or vrainwater@law.txwes.edu.

  Anyone wishing to assist the displaced students who transfer to Texas Wesleyan University should contact the advancement office at 817-531-4404.

• Stonehill Accepting Students Displaced by Katrina
• Posted by Kim Lawrence , Associate Director of Communications at Stonehill College on September 6, 2005 at 11:23am EDT

• Stonehill College announced that it will offer admission, free tuition and assistance with residency for any college or university student who has been displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

  “We are saddened by the terrible destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, and as a college community we want to do all that we can to help,” said Stonehill President Mark T. Cregan, C.S.C. “As a Catholic college in the Holy Cross tradition, our mission includes helping those in need. I’m pleased that our students, faculty and staff are working together to offer a helping hand.”

  This offer is extended to any student in the affected area, including New Orleans but also extending to Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.

  Students affected by the Hurricane who wish to study at Stonehill will be given special visiting status for the fall 2005 semester. Stonehill is waiving its selectivity criteria for these students, in recognition of their difficult circumstances. The students will be able to take up to five classes this semester. Should they wish to become full-time Stonehill students, they can apply for full-time status subject to standard admission criteria.

  Stonehill will also offer assistance with residency to any student outside commuting distance, although the specifics will be determined on a case-by-case basis. The college’s residence halls are currently over capacity, so efforts are underway to determine the best way to address residency issues that arise.

  Any student who wishes to accept the Stonehill offer should contact 1-866-622-9976, or send an email to KatrinaResponse@stonehill.edu. Students who wish to apply to Stonehill under this offer should print and out complete the Application for Special Visiting Status located at: http://www.stonehill.edu/media_relations/articles/090205_katrina.htm

• New Mexico State University Invites Students
• Posted by Jozi De Leon , Associate Provost at New Mexico State University on September 6, 2005 at 11:49am EDT

• We are making the following special considerations to assist Katrina impacted students in the transfer or enrollment via distance education:
  1) Waiver of late registration fees and extension of add/drop dates;
  2) Six-month delay in payment of tuition and fees;
  3) Waiver of out-of-state tuition;
  4) Simplified NMSU application with extension of transcripts and other requirements for six months, including acceptance of the NMSU non-degree application;
  5) Special assistance to find housing here in Las Cruces or near other campuses in the NMSU system for those attending one of our community colleges;
  6) Additional considerations as permitted by the State of New Mexico;
  If we can assist any student, please contact the Provost's Office at 505-646-2127.

• UND Opens arms to students
• Posted by Donald Kojich , Exec. Assoc. VP/University Relations at University of North Dakota on September 6, 2005 at 3:14pm EDT

• The University of North Dakota has opened its arms to affected students and faculty members from the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. I have posted our press release with information on how students can contact our campus about taking classes in Grand Forks. Best wishes!--Don

  http://www.und.edu

• Financial Aid, etc.
• Posted by Anon on September 6, 2005 at 3:16pm EDT

• Tulane Mom and Arkansas Student, the Federal Department of Education has released special guidance regarding admissions and financial aid, in regards to Hurricane Katrina.
  One suggestion is that schools who accept students who have already paid tuition should not re-charge the students. Additionally, if they do charge students, those funds might be sent to the students original school in the hurricane-effected areas, so that tuition revenues will not be lost.
  Furthermore, special considerations regarding federal grants and loans are being distributed daily. It is still under discussion, but students may be eligibile for their original financial aid awards at the schools they now chose to enroll in, even they have already received disbursements. Documentation requirements have been eased since many students will not have access to their transcripts, etc. Sallie Mae is offering a one-time disaster relief loan for students that is interest-free for a while. The best thing to do is check with the financial aid office at the school you are trying to enroll at.
  As a financial aid administrator, I can say that we are working every day to figure how to make this transition to new schools as easy as possible for students and parents alike. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you.

• Students Displaced By Hurricane Disaster Offered Tuition Waiver
• Posted by Noel Manning , Director of Univ. and Media Relations at Gardner-Webb University on September 6, 2005 at 3:17pm EDT

• BOILING SPRINGS, NC - Gardner-Webb University, a master’s comprehensive university located in Western North Carolina, will waive tuition for college students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The waiving of tuition is contingent upon the student satisfying his/her financial obligation to his/her home institution.

  “Desiring to see no displaced college student lose a semester of study and to see the continued financial stability of sister institutions, the administration, faculty, and staff of the university will do all that it can to make the transition to Gardner-Webb and North Carolina as smooth as possible,” noted Dr. Jack Buchanan, vice president of Enrollment Management at Gardner-Webb. Limited housing on campus is available; otherwise, The Gardner-Webb Office of Residence Life will assist in securing local housing.

  “To reach out to these victims is the right thing to do,” added Buchanan, “and it exemplifies the Gardner-Webb motto - ‘For God and Humanity.’ When we see the devastation and need, we offer our prayers of support but we are also driven to supply physical assistance as well. Providing these students educational support is one thing that Gardner-Webb feels compelled to do.”

  It is imperative that interested students contact the admissions office quickly, because space is very limited. Contact Caley Forbes, associate director of Undergraduate Admissions, at cforbes@gardner-webb.edu or Dr. Jack W. Buchanan, Jr, vice president for Enrollment Management, at jbuchanan@gardner-webb.edu. Interested students may also call 1-800-253-6472 and push seven (7) for Ms. Forbes or star (*) for Dr. Buchanan. More information is available of Gardner-Webb University majors, degrees and departments online at www.gardner-webb.edu

  Located in Boiling Springs, N.C., Gardner-Webb University is home to nearly 4,000 students from 30 states and 30 foreign countries. Founded in 1905, Gardner-Webb provides exceptional educational opportunities within a Christian environment. Gardner-Webb seeks a higher ground in higher education - one that embraces faith and intellectual freedom, balances conviction with compassion, and inspires in students a love of learning, service, and leadership.

• Posted by Cheryl Fields , Director of Public Affairs at Nat. Assoc of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges on September 6, 2005 at 5:29pm EDT

• The following link: http://www.nasulgc.org/initiatives.htm
  is an updated list of NASULGC member institutions that have reported efforts to aid college students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, as well other steps some are taking to assist victims of the storm.

  The steps being taken include offers of free tuition or scholarships at a few institutions, in-state tuition rates at many institutions regardless of the students' home states, and assistance for graduate and professional-school students.

  For further updates, see www.nasulgc.org

• Hillel Confronts Katrina
• Posted by Jeff Rubin , Associate Vice President at Hillel on September 6, 2005 at 5:29pm EDT

• Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is committed to the concept of tzedek (social justice) and will endeavor to help all those who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina. As the world’s largest Jewish campus organization, we are uniquely capable of welcoming displaced college students to new campuses, to create support groups for these students, parents and alumni in their new communities, to raise relief funds on campuses and to provide a cadre of young volunteers. Hillel is committed to the welfare of students at affected campuses and to ensuring the continuity of Hillel of New Orleans which provides ongoing support to all students.

  Working in consultation with the United Jewish Communities and the Jewish Federation of New Orleans, Hillel has undertaken the following efforts:

  Raising Funds: Hillel is encouraging college students around the world to raise money for hurricane relief. Hillel will combine all funds and provide it as a gift from the Jewish campus community to those in need. Funds may be donated online at
  www.hillel.org.

  Welcoming Students to Campus: Hillel, with its international network of professionals, is uniquely capable of welcoming displaced students to college campuses. Hillel professionals are now working with their universities to help Jewish and non-Jewish students adjust to their campuses. Hillel is also helping young people to find short-term alternatives to schools in the Gulf region. If you know students who have been affected by the disaster, send their names to Jeff Rubin, jerubin@hillel.org

  Creating Local Support Groups: Hillel is creating support groups in communities across North America to help Jewish and non-Jewish students, parents and alumni discuss their circumstances and to plan for the future. To find or create a support group in your community, contact Paige Nathan, paigenathan@hotmail.com.

  Study in Israel : Hillel has worked with the Jewish Agency for Israel , the Israeli government and Israeli universities to enable any qualified student, Jewish or non-Jewish, to attend an Israeli university with a tuition waiver and travel subsidy. For additional information
  visit or contact Rachel Brown, 212-339-6903 or rachelbr@jazo.org.il

  Volunteer Opportunities: Hillel’s is mobilizing college students to volunteer in affected areas. Students are encouraged to volunteer with refugees in Houston at present. Hillel will create volunteer opportunities for students during winter and spring breaks. For more information, contact Michelle Lackie, mlackie@hillel.org.

  Locating the Displaced: Hillel is working with the United Jewish Communities to help locate members of the Jewish community displaced by the hurricane. Individuals should send their names to Adam Bronstone, adam@jewishnola.com.

• CampusRelief.org
• Posted by David Ward , President at American Council on Education on September 6, 2005 at 5:41pm EDT

• MEMO SENT TO COLLEGE PRESIDENTS:

  On Friday I promised to update you on the status of the "CampusRelief.org" web site we have jointly established with the National Association of College and University Business Officers(NACUBO) - I am happy to report that the initial version of the site is up and running this afternoon. You will find the site at:
  www.campusrelief.org

  We are designing this new, comprehensive gateway web site so that it can be used as an information hub for campus relief efforts-for those institutions seeking assistance, and those colleges and universities offering assistance. Plans for the site include the ability for individual postings by campuses, as well as providing links to the wide
  range of relief activities undertaken by higher education associations
  and other organizations.

  NACUBO has provided much of the staffing and technical support for the site and I greatly appreciate NACUBO President Jay Morley, Senior Vice President Matthew W. Hamill, and their entire team for working throughout the weekend to achieve this inaugural launch. I also want to recognize the generosity of TIAA-CREF for providing additional
  financial support for this effort.

  We intend to improve the site and add to it in the coming weeks. If you have additional ideas or suggestions, feel free to forward them to ACE Public Affairs Director Tim McDonough (tim_mcdonough@ace.nche.edu)
  or NACUBO Senior Vice President Matthew W. Hamill at (mhamill@nacubo.org).

  One additional note, I received word late today that the Department of Education will soon launch its own Katrina recovery web site that will provide information to all elementary, secondary, and postsecondary
  institutions impacted by the hurricane. I will provide you with additional details on this new resource in my regular communication
  with you on Friday.

  Thank you for your continued support of our efforts to bring about the long-term recovery of our colleges and universities in the Gulf Coast region.

• Offer to Katrina affected students
• Posted by Mike E. O'Neal , President at Oklahoma Christian University on September 6, 2005 at 10:27pm EDT

• Oklahoma Christian Offers Support to Displaced Students

  Oklahoma City -- Oklahoma Christian University (OC) President Mike O’Neal said today that OC would be offering free tuition to students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
  “Following the tragic and unprecedented devastation of hurricane Katrina, Oklahoma Christian and its students are taking steps to provide assistance to the victims and to college students whose education has been disrupted by the hurricane,” O’Neal said. “We want to do everything we can to assist those students who cannot continue their education because of the extraordinary damages to several institutions of higher education in the hurricane's path.”
  OC has developed a special Katrina Student Assistance Program which waives all or part of the tuition for one semester and general admissions requirements. The program allows for students to take classes for academic credit that should be transferable when they return to their original universities. If they are not able to return to their campuses after a semester, Oklahoma Christian will admit them as transfer students if they maintain a 2.0 or better GPA. Students may also wait to enroll for the spring semester under the program.
  Nick Matthews, who was a student at the University of New Orleans before the hurricane, began attending OC Monday under the new program. “Right now, every way into the city of New Orleans is being blocked off and there is no way of getting in for awhile, so my home is on the OC campus,” Matthews said.
  “The closest family I have are my grandparents in Perry,” he said. “I came to OC about a year ago when my friend was attending the summer program here and I spent a day at his apartment and just fell in love with the school. I chose to go to OC because I wanted to be near my grandfather who is very sick and he has been a huge part of my life. I just want to be with him as much as possible. Another reason I chose OC is the people. Everyone I have met has been so friendly and they treated me as one of their own as soon as I stepped on campus.”
  OC will continue accepting displaced students under the Katrina Student Assistance Program until it reaches full capacity.
  Additional efforts by the university and its students to relieve the suffering and deprivation caused by Katrina include:
  • A campus group, the President’s Ambassadors, has been collecting money that will be sent to help the victims.
  • Many students and faculty are planning to spend their fall break rebuilding and assisting in the communities affected by Katrina.
  • The Christian Chronicle, an international newspaper published monthly on the campus, is serving as a clearing house for relief assistance by Churches of Christ.
  • Faculty and students participated in a special contribution of $75,000 Sunday at the Memorial Road Church of Christ.
  Oklahoma Christian, a private, four-year comprehensive university ranked seventh overall in the 16-state Western region by U.S. News & World Report, offers degree programs in more than 60 fields of study in three colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Biblical Studies and the College of Professional Studies. The university also offers two graduate degree programs in Biblical Studies in addition to one- and two-year Masters of Business Administration programs. For more information about Oklahoma Christian, log on to www.oc.edu.

• Sallie Mae Matching Funds
• Posted by Sallie Mae on September 7, 2005 at 4:32am EDT

• THE SALLIE MAE FUND TO MATCH CONTRIBUTIONS BY
  NASFAA MEMBERS TO RED CROSS
  Donations to Assist with Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
  RESTON, Va., Sept. 6, 2005 — The Sallie Mae Fund, a charitable organization sponsored by Sallie Mae, today announced it will match contributions by National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) members to the American Red Cross. The Fund will provide a dollar for dollar match on all NASFAA member donations of $25 or more up to a total Sallie Mae Fund match of $150,000.

  American Red Cross volunteers have been deployed to the hardest hit areas of Katrina’s destruction, supplying hundreds of thousands victims left homeless with critical necessities. Contributions by NASFAA members to the American Red Cross will provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to those affected by Hurricane Katrina.

  “As an organization committed to creating higher education opportunities for all students, this is a response to requests from the financial aid community to leverage their support for the families they serve,” said Kathleen deLaski, President, The Sallie Mae Fund.

  NASFAA members interested in participating should send checks of $25 or more, made payable to the American Red Cross, on or before September 30, 2005 to:
  The Sallie Mae Fund
  12061 Bluemont Way
  Reston, VA 20190

  Checks will be collected, tallied and sent with The Sallie Mae Fund matching contribution to the American Red Cross. For more information please call (703) 984-6203.

• Posted by Tulane mom on September 7, 2005 at 6:40am EDT

• My daughter is a Tulane junior. She had been back in New Orleans for a little more than a week when University officials told students to evacuate on Saturday morning. By noon EST it was impossible to get a plane ticket out of the city for Saturday afternoon or Sunday. Luckily, although we didn't realize it yet, we were unable to obtain an airline ticket to get her out.
  We were lucky because flights out of New Orleans were cancelled on Sunday. People holding tickets received calls from airline employees in the middle of the night on Sat. telling them their Sunday flight(s) - even very early morning flights - had been cancelled. These people were left with no way out of the city.

  A very intelligent & capable 20 year-old,our
  daughter found herself with few options. Too young to rent a car and too smart to get in cars with friends headed east to places like Florida, Mississippi and Alabama she decided to take a bus.

  My daughter was lucky enough to get to the Greyhound bus terminal on Sat. evening before it closed at 6:30 pm. It had already been decided earlier on Saturday that the bus station would not even open on Sunday.
  She called us at 9:00 pm that evening unsure she would be allowed to purchase a bus ticket. After 3 hours she was only being told there might be another bus leaving for Texas. She was on the last bus leaving for Texas before Katrina struck.

  I resent the earlier comments re: how easy it was for those with money to get out or how wonderful it would have been to stay in a hotel. While I am sure that a few students at Tulane rode limos or took chartered planes out of the city this was certainly not the case for most students, even the well-heeled.
  I'm giving you this information because everyone needs to know that getting out of New Orleans was difficult, if not impossible, even for those with means. Very poor decisions were made regarding the closing of the airport and bus terminal.
  Thousands of additional people, paying and non-paying,could have been taken out of New Orleans had the available resources been utilized.

  When the water has receded and the homeless have shelter there are many questions that need to be asked and answered. Our citizens were abandoned during a time of tremendous need and our leaders (and I use that term loosely) must be held accountable.

• Boise State Offers Assistance
• Posted by Frank Zang , Director of Communications at Boise State University on September 7, 2005 at 10:18am EDT

• Boise State is encouraging its students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters to assist in the relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast. The university is also offering to immediately accommodate any students whose planned studies this fall have been postponed by the effects of the hurricane. Late admission fees will be waived and campus housing is available.

  Interested students should contact Boise State’s Admissions Office at (208) 426-1820 or toll free at 1-800-824-7017. Displaced faculty should contact the Office of the Provost at (208) 426-1202.

  “With the tragic devastation that has taken place due to the hurricane, Boise State University is offering assistance to the victims through donations to the relief organizations and educational opportunities for the displaced students,” said Boise State President Bob Kustra. “We intend to reach out and help any way we can in this very difficult time.”

  The Volunteer Services Board will sponsor a candlelight vigil at 9 p.m. in the Boise State University Quad on Friday. The entire community is welcome. Please bring your own candles, if you have them; otherwise, they will be provided. The VSB will accept donations of canned food and clean clothes through Sept. 19 in its office in the Student Union Building. After Sept. 19, all donations will be sent to the Mountain Home Air Force Base and shipped to the hurricane victims.

  The campus community will be able to make donations via containers at the Student Union and around campus that will be collected for a relief organization. The university is also planning to collect donations at its first home football game on Sept. 21 at Bronco Stadium for the American Red Cross as well as at other campus sporting and cultural events.

• Residential Fellowship for Scholars Impacted by Katrina
• Posted by Matthew Kirschenbaum , Acting Associate Director, MITH at University of Maryland, College Park on September 7, 2005 at 10:37am EDT

• PLEASE FORWARD AND DISTRIBUTE WIDELY

  The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) at the
  University of Maryland, College Park is pleased to be able to offer an
  immediate residential fellowship available to any one faculty member
  or ABD doctoral candidate at an institution closed by Hurricane
  Katrina.

  Housed in the campus's primary research library, MITH is a community
  of scholars devoted to the application of new media and digital
  technologies to humanities scholarship and teaching. Projects have
  typically taken the form of electronic editions, scholarly databases,
  or high-end teaching materials. See examples here:

  http://www.mith2.umd.edu/research/index.php

  While colleges and universities seem to be moving very fast to
  accommodate displaced undergraduates, the careers of graduate students
  and faculty also have to be protected and tended to. We are therefore
  able to offer a scholar his or her personal workspace, the use of our
  extensive hardware and software resources, easy access to the
  university's library collections (and a base from which to access the
  unparalleled academic and cultural institutions of the DC area
  besides), and expert-level consulting about digital scholarship.

  While we regret we are unable to offer a stipend, *funding is
  available* for temporary relocation and some initial start-up
  expenses.

  To apply, please send a letter of inquiry describing the project to be
  undertaken (either new or continuing research), a CV, and contact
  information for three references. Application materials may be sent
  electronically to mith@umd.edu or by fax to 301-314-7111 or by post to
  Neil Fraistat, Acting Director, MITH, McKeldin Library, University of
  Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Consideration of applications to
  begin immediately. Applications from women and minorities and graduate
  students and faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is
  encouraged.

  Neil Fraistat, Acting Director (301-405-3817)
  Matthew Kirschenbaum, Acting Associate Director
  Carl Stahmer, Acting Associate Director

  http://www.mith.umd.edu/

  --

• NEH Aid for Cultural Resources
• Posted by NEH on September 7, 2005 at 11:57am EDT

• Humanities Endowment Offers $1 Million in Hurricane Relief for Gulf Coast Cultural Resources

  Grants available for preservation of books, manuscripts, records, cultural artifacts

  WASHINGTON—The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will make available at least
  $1 million for emergency grants to libraries, museums, colleges, universities, and other cultural and historical institutions in Gulf Coast areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, NEH Chairman Bruce Cole announced today.

  Affected institutions can apply immediately for emergency grants of up to $30,000 to preserve books, records, manuscripts, art, and cultural artifacts damaged by the hurricane and the flooding that followed. Application details will be available on the NEH website later this week.

  “In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, millions of Americans have faced incredible hardships,” said Cole. “For centuries, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast have made distinctive contributions to the history, literature, music, and art of our nation, and as families, businesses, and institutions recover from this terrible storm, NEH will help rescue and restore the vibrant historical and cultural resources of the region.”

  NEH is contacting the executive directors of the state humanities councils in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana to offer $30,000 emergency grants to help the Endowment’s state affiliates begin the process of assessing local damages and recovering cultural resources in their respective states.

  Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available on the Internet at www.humanities.gov.

• Hurricane Katrina Students
• Posted by Granger Babcock at Louisiana State University on September 7, 2005 at 2:29pm EDT

• LSU has admitted/enrolled @ 2,400 over the past few days who have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Anyone showing up with an id from a college or university in the affected area is being admitted/enrolled. Extra class sections are being opened up, and we anticipate displaced faculty members
  will be teaching some of these classes.

  Our Residential Life staff is currently working hard to find those who need it places to live; this effort has been complicated by the numbers of disaster relief folks who have been housed on campus since the hurricane.

  As you may already know, our basketball arena and field house are being used as triage centers and our track has become a helipad. The second floor of our student recreation center has been transformed into sleeping
  quarters for 400 people. Our medical and metal health staff have been working around the clock to help with triage and student concerns. Student government has created a hotline, with the asisstance of some other folks, that coordinates student volunteers for the triage areas and housing for
  displaced students. Our campus religious centers have become shelters and drop off points for clothing and supplies. They have also helped to coordinate volunteers.

  So many people are reaching out and helping that it is astounding. And this is only a fraction of what is being done.

  Thanks to ALL the folks in higher education who are reacing out to LA, MS, and AL in our time of need. Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to the people in this region!!!

  Granger Babcock, Ph.D.
  Assistant to the Vice Chancellor
  Student Life and Academic Services
  132 Johnston Hall
  Louisiana State University
  Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3107
  Phone: 225-578-8602
  Fax: 225.578.4820
  fbabco1@lsu.edu

• PIOs offer to assist institutions in need -- communications
• Posted by Dann Hayes , Director of Media Relations at Grinnell College on September 7, 2005 at 2:46pm EDT

• Note: Please forward this message to administrators, emergency personnel, and other public information officers. This call to action can assist academic institutions, historical sites, hospitals, cities, parishes and
  counties, and government offices.
  -----------------------------------
  Public Information Officers at academic institutions across the country are ready to help in whatever ways possible during the crisis created by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf coast of the United States.
  A large group of public relations professionals associated with many different academic institutions have come together to offer help in
  -- Contacting family members across the country of students, faculty, and staff in the stricken areas
  -- Development of news items, posters, informational items,, etc., for distribution to the regional and national media
  -- Rebuilding the public information network/community in the area
  This list is just a short option of where the help could be needed. We are ready to do what we can, if asked.
  Members of the coalition include academic institutions in: Iowa, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington (state), West Virginia, Wisconsin, Canada, and Washington, D.C.
  If any public information officers would like to be added to the list, send your name, institution name, and contact information to Dann Hayes, director of media relations, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, at hayesmd@grinnell.edu or call at work at (641) 269-4834 or cell phone at (641) 990-7499. Same contact information for anyone wishing a complete list.

• Emergency admissions at the University of Minnesota
• Posted by Yvette on September 7, 2005 at 3:49pm EDT

• Please see: http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/Emergency_admissions_policy_to_help_hurricaneaffec.html
  Contact Wayne Sigler, admissions director, U of M, Twin Cities via David Ruth, University News Service, (612) 626-1720 and cell, (612) 702-9473

• Blackboard Offering Support to Schools Impacted by Katrina
• Posted by Marie Farrar at Blackboard Inc. on September 7, 2005 at 5:54pm EDT

• No-Cost Three Month Hosting Available So
  Students Can Continue Learning Online
  In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many students are unable to attend schools, colleges and universities in the region impacted by the natural disaster. Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB), a leading provider of e-Learning software, campus commerce systems and related services is reaching out to academic institutions impacted by Katrina to provide free hosting for their Blackboard Academic Suite™ e-Learning programs for three months.

  Through the offer, schools impacted by Katrina, are eligible to have their e-Learning programs up and running on a Blackboard hosted server located at a Blackboard ASP data center, at not cost. To participate in this offer, interested institutions should contact their Blackboard account managers or call 800-424-9299 Ext. 2594 or katrinarelief@blackboard.com.

  “Hurricane Katrina has brought a lot of hardship to the people in the gulf coast region. Blackboard wants to do what it can to help out during these difficult times; giving students and teachers access to their coursework may be one small step towards normalcy for this region,” said Ahmar Abbas, Vice President for ASP Services at Blackboard. “We want to get the word out to Blackboard schools who have been impacted so that their students can continue learning – even if they are not able to go to actual campus or classrooms. As administrators execute their disaster recovery plans – we want them to know that they have the option to get direct assistance from Blackboard”

  One example in which students have been able to continue with their studies despite damage by Katrina is evident at Mississippi Virtual Community College, a consortium of 14 of Mississippi’s community colleges. Activity was at peak levels on Tuesday for Mississippi Virtual Community College, which is hosted by Blackboard.

• Posted by Pat Florez at Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences on September 8, 2005 at 8:15am EDT

• As the magnitude of the tragedy in New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast unfolds, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences (KGI), a member of The Claremont Colleges, expresses sincere concern for all the victims affected by the devastation.

  "We are very concerned for the personal well being of our friends and colleagues and about how this event will impact their scientific work," says Sheldon Schuster, KGI’s president. "Without even considering the affects of damaged laboratory infrastructure, the disruption of ongoing research and loss of productivity can have long-term negative consequences to faculty and student careers. In the applied life sciences, work saved in special freezers can be lost in a matter of a few hours after the loss of electricity. In some instances, this can represent a scientist’s entire career."

  KGI is offering working space to faculty and graduate students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The campus maintains state-of-the-art laboratories that include: bioengineering, bioprocessing, computational biology, genomics, and proteomics. The offer is also part of a coordinated effort by the American Council on Education.

  Scientists wishing to contact KGI can call 909/607-0107 or send an email to president@kgi.edu.

  KGI Background
  Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences is an independent, coeducational graduate school offering a unique professional Master of Bioscience (MBS) degree that is accredited through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. KGI is the seventh and newest member of the Claremont University Consortium, located in Claremont, California.

  Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences is dedicated to education and research aimed at translating into practice the power and potential of the life sciences for the benefit of society.

• Helping Katrina Students
• Posted by Theresa Wiseman , Director of Media Relations at College of Notre Dame of Maryland on September 8, 2005 at 9:54am EDT

• College of Notre Dame of Maryland, a Catholic women's college in Baltimore, is offering free tuition for the fall semester to women undergraduates affected by Hurricane Katrina. Priority is being given to students from Newcomb College, Loyola University New Orleans and Xavier University of Louisiana. For more information, log onto www.ndm.edu.

• Options for students affected by Katrina.
• Posted by Lauren on September 8, 2005 at 12:34pm EDT

• Cross-Cultural Solutions is offering scholarships for their international volunteer & internship programs to those students that have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

  Cross-Cultural Solutions offers 2–12 week programs in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Peru Russia, Tanzania and Thailand. Many students gain academic credit for their participation in Cross-Cultural Solutions programs.

  Students are encouraged to contact Cross-Cultural Solutions on either 1.800.380.4777 or via email at info@crossculturalsolutions.org. The Cross-Cultural Solutions website is www.crossculturalsolutions.org

• U. System of Maryland Offers Tuition Assistance
• Posted by University System of Maryland on September 9, 2005 at 4:20pm EDT

• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Anne Moultrie
  September 9, 2005 301.445.2722; amoultrie@usmd.edu

  Regents Adopt Resolution to Alleviate Tuition Hardships
  Of Qualified Students Affected by Hurricane Katrina

  ADELPHI, Md. (September 9, 2005) —The University System of Maryland Board of Regents today unanimously approved a resolution to ensure that no qualified student whose education has been disrupted by Hurricane Katrina will be financially disadvantaged in paying for their education at a USM institution. This applies to those students who have paid tuition at one of the institutions closed by the hurricane and qualify for transfer to any of USM’s 11 degree-granting universities.
  The resolution commits the university system to “make every effort to accommodate the academic program needs of students whose higher education has been disrupted by Hurricane Katrina’s devastating destruction.” To date, USM institutions have admitted nearly 200 students from Gulf Coast-area universities.
  “As the state’s public higher education system, we want to help alleviate, in whatever way we can, the destructive impact that this terrible storm is having on students and their families,” said David Nevins, chair of the USM board. “All of our institutions stepped up immediately to open our doors and I am very pleased that we have adopted this resolution.”
  Specifically, the resolution calls for the presidents of USM institutions to implement the following measures:
  • Ensure that no affected students are financially disadvantaged in paying for the cost of their education;
  • Provide financial assistance and scholarship support as available and as appropriate to the students’ needs;
  • Provide flexibility in bill payment for those university students; and
  • Provide counseling and emotional support to students affected by the hurricane.
  In passing the resolution, the board said that a student who has paid tuition for the current fall semester at a Gulf Coast-area university closed by the hurricane, and who qualifies to transfer to a USM institution for the semester, would not be charged again for tuition. In addition, the board urged institutions to be flexible and to consider each student’s situation on a case-by-case basis.
  To learn more about how some USM institutions are helping the victims of the hurricane, please visit the following sites:
  Bowie State University
  Frostburg State University
  Salisbury University
  Towson University
  University of Baltimore
  University of Maryland, Baltimore
  University of Maryland Baltimore County
  University of Maryland, College Park
  University of Maryland Eastern Shore
  University of Maryland University College
  University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

• An Alternative Educational Oppotunity for Katrina Victims
• Posted by David Fyten at Center for Purposeful Living on September 10, 2005 at 4:14pm EDT

• A dynamic and transformative service-learning program that offers a unique opportunity to discover one’s purpose in life and acquire skills to achieve one’s potential is available to persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

  The year-long, full-scholarship program is sponsored by the Center for Purposeful Living, an innovative, all-volunteer, non-profit, organization in Winston-Salem, North Carolina focused on service education and training for individuals and groups from all over the world.

  The program is practical and has the power to transform. Through study, service, and reflection, it builds common sense, clear thinking, interpersonal and leadership skills, and freedom from barriers. Outcomes include better relationships and communication skills, enhanced leadership and entrepreneurial abilities, practical life skills in time and money management, and the ability to remain positive and productive, no matter the circumstances. All are achieved while invoking and discovering greater love, compassion, joy, and connectedness to others.

  For further information, go to the Center’s Web site at www.purposeful.org, e-mail inquiry@ufhg.org, or call or write Joanna White at (336) 761-8745 or 3983 Old Greensboro Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27101.

• Students with Disabilities & Katrina
• Posted by Richard Allegra , Associate Executive Director at Associaiton on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD) on September 12, 2005 at 1:29pm EDT

• I thought I’d pass this on to you about a grassroots effort by our members to assist disabled students affected by the Gulf Coast hurricane.

  Within less than a week, a group of AHEAD members generated an online resource to help disability service providers at colleges around the country handle students who have had to transfer to their schools because of Hurricane Katrina. A crucial step in setting up accommodations for disabled students is the review of disability documentation by on campus disability service providers. Because of the hurricane, students may have lost paperwork and other materials that verify their conditions.

  The AHEAD members involved in this online project put together guidelines of best practices that service providers can use in order to arrange for temporary disability accommodations. We’re impressed at how quickly and efficiently the members pulled this information together; we’re indebted to them.

  The online resource can be viewed by visiting the AHEAD homepage www.ahead.org and clicking on the SOS link in the News and Notes section. We hope to make this available not only to Disabled Student Services staff, but to others on campus who are working with displaced students.

• Help from the Art Institutes
• Posted by , on September 12, 2005 at 8:20pm EDT

• The Art Institutes Offers Educational Assistance to College Students From Gulf Coast Universities
  Monday September 12, 10:38 am ET
  On-Campus and Online Courses available at 31 campuses

  PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Art Institutes announced today that it will assist both domestic and international students from universities in New Orleans, southern Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama universities, which have been closed for the foreseeable future due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.

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  The Art Institutes will make available both on-campus and online courses that might be able to permit dislocated students to progress in their academic careers during this semester of disruption. Students at a university forced to close by Hurricane Katrina may register at any of The Art Institutes 31 locations across the nation for courses, on a space-available basis, for the fall semester.

  The Art Institutes will waive tuition for dislocated students who have already registered and paid tuition at their home institution for the fall 2005 semester. If dislocated students have not yet paid their tuition at their home institution, they will be assessed the lesser of the current published tuition and fees at the home institution, or The Art Institutes' published tuition and fees for the fall semester, as determined by the school president.

  "The Art Institutes strives to assist college students who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina," says Dave Pauldine, president of The Art Institutes. "The Art Institutes offers this initiative as a way to reach out to the students in the Gulf Coast region whose lives and education have been impacted by Hurricane Katrina and do what we can to assist those students."

  The Art Institutes is a group of 31 educational institutions located throughout North America. Offering a broad range of programs including: audio production, culinary arts, culinary management, fashion design, fashion marketing, graphic design, industrial design technology, interior design, media arts & animation, multimedia & Web design, photography, restaurant management and video production. Not all programs are offered at all schools.

  The Art Institutes operate in Atlanta, Arlington, VA (as The Art Institute of Washington), Boston (as The New England Institute of Art), Charlotte, Chicago and Schaumburg, IL, Cincinnati (as The Art Institute of Ohio - Cincinnati), Dallas, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles (as The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles and California Design College), Miami (as Miami International University of Art & Design), Minneapolis, New York, Orange County, CA, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, Toronto , Vancouver (as The Art Institute of Vancouver, York, PA (as Bradley Academy of the Visual Arts) and The Art Institute Online, a division of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh.

  Students seeking additional information about The Art Institutes' initiative can view the policy in its entirety at (www.artinstitutes.edu/katrina) or call the National Admissions Information Center at 1-888-328-7900.

  The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), with 31 education institutions located throughout North America, provide an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary professionals. The parent company of The Art Institutes, Education Management Corporation (www.edmc.com) is among the largest providers of private post-secondary education in North America, based on student enrollment and revenue. Student enrollment exceeded 66,000 as of fall 2004. EDMC has 71 primary campus locations in 24 states and two Canadian provinces. EDMC's education institutions offer a broad range of academic programs concentrated in the media arts, design, fashion, culinary arts, behavioral sciences, health sciences, education, information technology and business fields, culminating in the award of associate's through doctoral degrees. EDMC has provided career-oriented education for over 40 years.

• Distance Learning Option for Students Affected by Katrina
• Posted by American Public on September 15, 2005 at 4:47pm EDT

• Distance Learning Institution Reaches Out to Students From Colleges in Hurricane's Path

  CHARLES TOWN, W.Va., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- American Public University
  System is offering a full semester of study at no charge for up to 2,500
  students affected by Hurricane Katrina. The scholarships are for students
  enrolled in colleges in the Gulf area forced to cancel fall classes, and which
  do not offer distance education courses. Priority will be given to students
  who have already paid tuition to their institutions for enrollment in the fall
  semester. The University web site provides more information at
  http://www.apu.apus.edu/hurricane-katrina/index.htm .
  American Public University System ( http://www.apus.edu ) is a distance
  learning institution that serves more than 12,000 students worldwide. It
  offers more than 50 undergraduate and graduate programs.
  "We want to help displaced students through this difficult transition and
  help minimize the difficulties of those institutions affected by the
  disaster," says Wallace E. Boston, Jr., American Public University System
  president and chief executive officer.
  "Our thoughts are with the people of the Gulf Coast," says Dr. Frank
  McCluskey, University System provost. "Many of our professors and students are
  serving -- or will serve -- as first responders, either in military service or
  the public sector. Some are helping out even now with Katrina relief."
  The scholarships provide up to 12 hours of transfer credits (four 8-week
  courses) for classes starting in October or November. Students must enroll by
  Sept. 25 for October classes, and Oct. 30 for November classes. Students also
  can receive a 15 percent discount on new or used books purchased through its
  book vendor, MBS Direct.
  Students may apply by calling the University System's enrollment services
  team at 1-877-468-6268 or emailing the team at info@apus.edu . Students will
  need to provide documentation from the last 12 months showing proof of
  enrollment in one of the eligible colleges. Documentation may include a copy
  of a school identification card, tuition receipt, grade report, or similar
  paperwork.
  Students are encouraged to review their school's policy and degree program
  requirements regarding transfer credits. The University System will work with
  the students and their schools to facilitate this process.

• Expense-paid Internships Offered
• Posted by ABW at Student Conservation Association on September 20, 2005 at 9:36am EDT

• The Student Conservation Association (SCA), the nation’s oldest and largest provider of conservation service opportunities, is offering expense-paid internships nationwide for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. SCA provides housing, a living-stipend, possible academic credit, AmeriCorps education awards, insurance, and travel to the project site. SCA interns serve for 3 to 12 months and gain on-the-job experience with partners like the National Park Service, the US Forest Service, and many other federal, state, and non-profit partners in conservation fields from archaeology, to education, history, wildlife studies, visitor services and everything in between!

  For a list of positions that are currently looking for applicants, please click go to http://www.thesca.org/pdfs/kat.pdf.

  We are waiving the usual application process for displaced students and only require a resume and cover letter for these positions. Please email us at makecontact@thesca.org or call us at 603-543-1700 if you have any questions.

  You can find out more about SCA and our programs at www.thesca.org