<p>i know i just repeated a lot of stuff but hofstras a suggestion if u live in ny... and wanna stay nearby or at least live in the tristate area and wanna stay in a dorm but wanna b closer to home</p>
<p>Its in hempstead,ny on Long ISland and within a hours ride from NYC...</p>
<p>Allow me to join other Tulane and non-Tulane parents expressing our appreciation for and admiration of the leadership provided by President Cowen and his team. </p>
<p>Further thanks are in order for the community of colleges and universities who have stepped up to the plate for our students. We expect to take advantage of the Bates offer and are in process with that.</p>
<p>I think happydad's D has taken another fine approach. I have heard mixed information as to whether young, healthy, energetic yet untrained college-age students can be of help in NOLA at this time. However, if Tulane outlines plans for its students to spend this term helping in the recovery, that is an option that we might take instead of the visiting student status. Many good ways to spend this "found" time.</p>
<p>Last, but definitely not least, I am so grateful for and impressed with the Tulane parents I have encountered - mostly on this board but one or two IRL. Your spirits, loyalty, wisdom and support have lifted me up, I know. Ditto the many non-Tulane parents who have rung in with their support and concrete offers of housing, "surrogate" services (will drive kid to visiting school etc. etc.). Thank you to all.</p>
<p>From Brandeis President's email message:</p>
<p>Brandeis University and other members of The Association of American
Universities (AAU) are working together to respond to the needs of
students from the Greater Boston area who attend Tulane University and
other schools affected by the storm. We have already heard from some
students and their families. </p>
<p>Many academic institutions in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana are
dealing with the storm's aftermath. Brandeis is prepared to grant
'special student' status at the undergraduate and graduate level, while
these schools struggle to recover. Brandeis will offer access to classes
on a space available basis. </p>
<p>Although we cannot accommodate additional students in our residence halls,
we will try to assist any student who needs help finding off-campus
housing. </p>
<p>The Brandeis science community is working with the AAU, assessing capacity
and need, to find appropriate laboratory, office or research space for
faculty requiring assistance.</p>
<p>Concerneddad, thanks for your response and for all your input on these boards. </p>
<p>Sorry, but I have no extra feelings or sorrow for freshmen and seniors. Our daughter is a freshman. She already feels part of the Tulane community and would like to help when she could be useful. Like you, I have confidence that Tulane leadership will figure out a way to pull through this. I realize that Tulane might not open this semester. But, given the national tragedy that just occurred, although the Tulane students had a tough break, they are safe and have viable options. I think they are very fortunate. </p>
<p>I have not been a Tulane fan. At decision time in April, I thought our daughter should go to another college. As you can tell, I have changed my opinion and think Tulane was a wise choice. </p>
<p>Thanks again for all your input and the input of others who make these Tulane boards so helpful.</p>
<p>All Hawaii state higher ed campuses will accept HI college students which were displaced by Katrina. Tuition waivers are possible by contacting the campus of their choice and making arrangements.</p>
<p>
[quote]
University of New Orleans, Tulane and other university students wanting to enroll in the University should call the admissions office to start the process at 578-1175. The University said it will accommodate about waiving tuition and fees when those have already been paid to another institution. Questions about loans will be answered individually with the Office of Student Aid at 578-3103.
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</p>
<p>Also posted on thread about Duke helping:</p>
<p>Brown has opened its doors to students for one semester, free of charge. There is no housing available (apparently they have fifty more students needing on-campus housing than they had anticipated), but promise to help find off-campus housing.</p>
<p>I just came on to post this about Brown and see that MomofThree posted a link but I can't get her link to open so not sure if that does for others or not. But my D just emailed me a copy of a letter she got (as a student at Brown) from Brown's President, Ruth Simmons. She knows I am active on CC and we were talking of the dilemma of college students at Tulane (and other colleges in the affected area) when I was dropping her at college yesterday. She likely figures I can pass this on here. </p>
<p>Here is the email and I hope it helps someone:</p>
<hr>
<p>Members of the Brown Community,</p>
<p>The loss of life, devastation, and desperate conditions that Hurricane
Katrina inflicted on communities in New Orleans and the Gulf region
calls us to act quickly to bring appropriate relief and support to
those who are displaced, injured and economically disadvantaged.</p>
<p>Members of the Brown community are already on the scene, including
some members of Brown's emergency medical services staff, assisting
with relief efforts. Our Program in Public Health and Brown Medical
School are working with federal agencies to arrange consultations on
critical health issues and to identify needed resources, including
hospital beds, for patients requiring evacuation from the Gulf Coast
area.</p>
<p>As relief organizations provide food, water, clothing and other
essentials, Brown will take a number of steps to help some of the
students at higher education institutions who have no hope of
attending their colleges and universities this semester. We will
accommodate as many of these students as space allows, providing free
tuition for one semester.</p>
<p>Brown and the seven other institutions in the Rhode Island Independent
Higher Education Association (RIIHEA) will offer admission for the
upcoming semester to Rhode Island residents whose studies at colleges
and universities in the devastated areas have been interrupted by the
hurricane. Students will apply through RIIHEA, which will coordinate
with member institutions. Brown will supply a staff member to assist
this effort for undergraduate students, graduate students, and medical
students who are Rhode Island residents. Displaced students who are
Rhode Island residents may contact RIIHEA directly at (401) 272-8270.</p>
<p>Students who would otherwise be enrolled in colleges and universities
in the affected communities and who are siblings of currently enrolled
Brown students will also be offered admission to the University for
one semester. They may contact the admission office directly.</p>
<p>Brown will accept undergraduates for one semester from Xavier
University of Louisiana, Dillard University, and Tulane University
whose studies have been interrupted by the disaster. Brown will
encourage Leadership Alliance institutions to join us in this effort.
Leadership Alliance students whose studies have been interrupted by
the hurricane may contact the Leadership Alliance at Brown: (401) 863-
1474.</p>
<p>The College Admission Office is developing a streamlined process to
handle the admission of all students as special students when they
present evidence of enrollment at an institution that has suspended
its operations because of the hurricane. The College Admission Office
may be contacted at (401) 863-2378.</p>
<p>Although we have no space available to house students, we will do
everything possible to help them find housing during their time at the
University. Efforts will be made to arrange accommodations for
students with demonstrated need as determined by the Free Application
for Student Aid (FAFSA).</p>
<p>Graduate Students:</p>
<p>The Dean of the Graduate School has sent a letter to Chairs and
Directors of Graduate Study asking that they accept qualified students
from graduate institutions that have been forced to close as a result
of the hurricane. Admitted for one semester as exchange scholars on
special student status, they will not be charged tuition. Places will
be assigned on a space-available basis, which varies from department
to department. Students may call the Graduate School at (401) 863-2600
to inquire.</p>
<p>Post-Doctoral Fellows and Faculty:</p>
<p>The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) will send a
message to Brown faculty members requesting that they reach out to
collaborators and colleagues at affected institutions and invite them
to send their post-doctoral fellows to Brown, and to come to the
University as visiting faculty, if space and other necessary
facilities can be provided to support their research. OVPR will
provide limited funding for travel or minimal research expenses.
Inquiries should be directed to OVPR at (401) 863-7999.</p>
<p>What you can do to help:</p>
<p>We are fortunate to be in a position to help some of the students and
faculty whose studies and research have been interrupted in such a
tragic way by Hurricane Katrina. In moments such as these we must do
more than offer sympathy. We must act, and act quickly. I encourage
all members of the Brown community to direct contributions to relief
efforts through many established organizations. Information about
some of these organizations is available at <a href="http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov%5B/url%5D">www.usafreedomcorps.gov</a>
and elsewhere on the Internet.</p>
<p>As the coming days pass and we learn more about the tragedy, we may be
asked to do more. I know that you, as I, are anxious to respond.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Ruth J. Simmons</p>
<p>COLUMBIA. classes start next week. no mention of free tuition, however:
[quote]
The University is prepared to assist the many students who attend colleges and universities in the region and whose lives and education have been disrupted, so that they may continue their education without interruption. While it will not be possible to provide housing, the University will make it possible for such students to explore taking courses at Columbia University.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Interested undergraduates should contact the School of Continuing Education for further information and help in applying at <a href="mailto:ce-info@columbia.edu">ce-info@columbia.edu</a> or 212-854-9699.
The deadline for new applications is Tuesday, September 6, at 6 p.m.
Further information is available at the School of Continuing Education Web site: <a href="http://www.ce.columbia.edu/hurricane.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.ce.columbia.edu/hurricane.cfm</a> </p></li>
<li><p>Columbia University Engineering School's Columbia Video Network (CVN) will open its distance learning to students entering their senior year of undergraduate studies and to graduate students. Courses are available in computer science as well as in most engineering and applied science disciplines.
Further information is available at the CVN Web site: <a href="http://www.cvn.columbia.edu/katrina.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.cvn.columbia.edu/katrina.htm</a> </p></li>
<li><p>Graduate Professional School students should contact the admissions offices of the specific school in question. See the Academic Programs page on the Columbia University Web site for links to each school's Web site. <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/academic_programs/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.columbia.edu/academic_programs/index.html</a> </p></li>
<li><p>Graduate students interested in exploring the possibility of taking courses at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences should contact the office of the dean at 212-854-2861 or <a href="mailto:ca2117@columbia.edu">ca2117@columbia.edu</a>.
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</p></li>
</ul>
<p>And, in California, according to the LA Times:
[quote]
California's two public university systems and colleges around the country said Thursday that they would act quickly to find room this fall term for some of the thousands of students whose campuses were closed by Hurricane Katrina.</p>
<p>The 23-campus California State University system, the nation's largest public university, will take in "a good couple hundred, at least," of the affected students, spokeswoman Colleen Bentley-Adler said. Cal State's overall enrollment is about 400,000....</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the flagship of the 10-campus University of California system, UC BERKELEY, said it would accommodate about 70 students affected by the hurricane, including 20 law school students. CAMPUS SPOKESWOMAN JANET GILMORE said Berkeley had not determined whether the students would be permanently enrolled or offered a single semester on the campus.</p>
<p>UC officials said other campuses also were looking into taking affected students. In addition, private schools around California, including the law schools at USC and Stanford, said they would take some students from the Gulf Coast, at least for one term....
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</p>
<p>Tufts University (<a href="http://www.tufts.edu%5B/url%5D">www.tufts.edu</a>) Has also opened their doors to Tulane University students.</p>
<p>Looks like dd will be off to Willamette University in Oregon in a couple of days -- a school that had accepted her last spring and that has been generous and accomodating with incredible speed. They are waiving tuition, leaving what we have paid to Tulane to stay there in support of its recovery effort. I am hoping that we will hear about Scott Cowen's plan quickly, but I don't think that NOLA is going to be ready to house or use unskilled volunteers for a long time.</p>
<p>I have been so impressed with his handling of this devastating and complicated situation, and am increasingly proud of our brand new connection with this fine university. I'm thrilled that dd will still have a chance for a more-or-less normal semester in a new geographic location, but I'm also eager for her to get back to NOLA and her mildewed clothing and become part of what will surely be an extraordinary class in an extraordinary university.</p>
<p>Letter from Dart's president:</p>
<p>To the Dartmouth community:</p>
<p>In response to the needs of college students whose lives have been disrupted by Hurricane Katrina, I have today approved a plan to offer temporary admission to academically qualified undergraduates from the colleges and universities whose operations have been affected. </p>
<p>Because we are still three weeks away from the opening of our fall term on September 21, we hope this will be of particular help to students who need time to assess their options and take action but hope to continue their studies this fall. </p>
<p>The students will be admitted under a temporary expansion of our Special Community Student Program, and we will not impose a limit on the number. We will review the program on a term-by-term basis, and will expect students to return to their home institutions once that is possible.</p>
<p>We will waive the tuition for these students, but they will be admitted with the provision that they pay the regular tuition at their home institutions. We envision that the home institutions will use the tuition funds to help rehabilitate their campuses and to help offset some of the impact on their local employees. </p>
<p>We are not in a position to offer housing on campus, but we will reach out to the community to organize a volunteer effort to help any students admitted under this program to find housing within a reasonable distance of the College.</p>
<p>There are many details of this arrangement yet to be worked out, but I am confident that we will soon be prepared to accept visiting students, and I look forward to welcoming them. We will work with affected institutions, higher education associations, the media, and members of the Dartmouth family to get this information out as widely and quickly as possible. Inquiries about these arrangements may be directed to Julie Bell, Coordinator of Dartmouth's Special Community Student Program at (603) 646-3098 or via email at <a href="mailto:Julie.Bell@Dartmouth.Edu">Julie.Bell@Dartmouth.Edu</a>. </p>
<p>Paul Danos, Dean of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, has also announced that Tuck will arrange for a limited number of special exchange students to be admitted to the second year of the MBA program. Arrangements for students in Dartmouth's other graduate and professional programs are under consideration.</p>
<p>While we are putting the special admissions program in place, I have asked a range of Dartmouth administrators to find ways we may be able to convey material aid and assistance directly from Dartmouth to the affected areas. We will explore options to grant leave time to faculty and staff members who wish to join with various agencies to assist in hurricane relief efforts in the affected areas. Student interest in participating in relief programs is being coordinated by the Tucker Foundation. I expect more information on these programs to be available next week.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, I encourage members of the Dartmouth community to participate in relief efforts already under way. You can find an online list of links to the web pages of organizations conducting such efforts on the Dartmouth web page <a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Enews/features/katrina/%5B/url%5D">http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/features/katrina/</a>.</p>
<p>We are also working to help Dartmouth students, faculty, staff and alumni who have been directly or indirectly affected by the hurricane and its aftermath:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Members of our community who may feel a need for counseling can find, on the web page mentioned above, information about campus offices that offer such services. </p></li>
<li><p>We have a number of current undergraduates and members of the incoming Class of 2009 who are from the affected areas, and we are working to make sure they know that we can help them with a variety of needs they may have when they arrive back in Hanover for the fall term. </p></li>
<li><p>For alumni and others looking to provide or get information about members of the Dartmouth family who may have been in harm's way, we have established a special "blog" (weblog) at <a href="http://dartmouthkatrina.blogspot.com/%5B/url%5D">http://dartmouthkatrina.blogspot.com/</a>. </p></li>
</ul>
<p>More information on all these efforts will be available in the near future, and we will update our web page on Dartmouth responses to Hurricane Katrina accordingly. Please check that website regularly for additional information.</p>
<p>James Wright
President</p>
<p>NYU
Dear Students, Faculty, and Administrators,</p>
<p>We at NYU keenly remember the events of 9/11, and the outpouring of support
that we received at that difficult time. In the aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina, it is our turn to help now.</p>
<p>The University is starting a process for accepting on a space-available
basis undergraduate students from the New York region who are unable to
attend their Gulf States college or university because of the devastation
inflicted by Hurricane Katrina. These students will be admitted as special
visiting students, not transfer or degree-seeking students, and their family
must be within commuting distance (no housing will be available). There is no
guarantee of admission. </p>
<p>Priority consideration will be given to those with pre-existing family
relationships with the University, such as the siblings of currently enrolled
NYU students, or the children of faculty or staff. </p>
<p>Information on the special application process is now posted on the NYU
admissions office website (admissions.nyu.edu/katrina). We will begin
evaluating applications on Monday, Labor Day (however, the admissions office
will not be open or accepting phone calls that day), and we expect to notify
accepted candidates no later than Thursday, September 8th. If you have family
members who are interested, please urge them to apply immediately if they wish
to be considered for this opportunity.</p>
<p>
I second that emotion.</p>
<p>princeton will provide housing and classes to "academically qualified" students</p>
<p>
[quote]
The 23-campus California State University system, the nation's largest public university, will take in "a good couple hundred, at least," of the affected students, spokeswoman Colleen Bentley-Adler said. Cal State's overall enrollment is about 400,000....
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<p>These specific 7 CSUs will accept any student displaced at in-state tuition costs, with fees not required immediately. </p>
<p>CSU Chico
CSU Bakersfield
CSU Dominguez Hills
CSU LA
CSU East Bay
CSU Humboldt
CSU Sacramento</p>
<p>Looks like I might be heading to Brown if I qualify academically (which I won't).
It's really the only place I can commute to unless I can move in with my friend that has an apartment off campus. She said she'll see what she can do for me.</p>
<p>I called them earlier today and they said there will be an application up tomorrow, which I assume means an academic application :-/</p>
<p>Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg VA will take up to 20 students, no charge for tuition, just room and board.</p>