<p>Re: the SMU-Tulane game during parents' weekend - I was thinking of wearing red AND green!!!</p>
<p>Works for me!</p>
<p>UVA will enroll any Virginians (likely doing this to control the demand) whose colleges won't be opening this semester due to Katrina as temporary students.
<a href="http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2005/hurricane-aug-31-2005.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2005/hurricane-aug-31-2005.html</a></p>
<p>Go to the "College Search" forum and see my post from Wednesday. Apparently XU sent everyone home BEFORE Katrina came ashore. But the campus is downtown and is likely decimated.</p>
<p>LakeWashington, Xavier has been on my mind as well. There are at least three students from my son's high school class that attend there. Yes, as best as I remember it's location is at I-10 and Carrollton, I fear it has suffered some damage as well. My prayers for them as well.</p>
<p>It is hard for these kids to decide what they want to do. Especially in light of the timing. If they want to start freshman year somewhere they have to make some decisions quickly. Unfortunately our local UC is offering admission but as a permanent student. They don't want her just for a semester or 2. If they take her they want to know that she is committing to be a UCSB student for the long term.</p>
<p>For those in the Nashville area:
Sept. 1, 9 a.m.</p>
<p>Information for displaced Gulf Coast Students </p>
<p>In response to the news of approximately 75,000 college students whose educations have been disrupted by Hurricane Katrina, Vanderbilt University joins with others in the higher education community in offering limited coursework for students affected by the Gulf Coast disaster. In particular, Vanderbilt welcomes students from our local community who have returned from or were unable to begin their college experiences. </p>
<p>Vanderbilts professional schools have developed admissions polices on an individual basis. Students interested in a specific professional program should contact that schools admissions office directly. </p>
<p>Undergraduates interested in coursework at Vanderbilt should apply as a Visiting Student - under the category of Transient Student - through the Division of Unclassified Studies (DUS). No application fee is required due to these special circumstances, and applicants will be notified of their admission status to DUS within 24 hours. </p>
<p>Because the fall semester began at Vanderbilt on August 24th, September 7th is the final day on which students can begin attending classes at the university as a Visiting Student. </p>
<p>All students enrolled at Vanderbilt - including Visiting Students - are required to adhere to the Vanderbilt Honor Code, an integral part of our academic community. </p>
<p>-- Visiting Student application instructions </p>
<p>-- Visiting Student application (.pdf) </p>
<p>-- Updated Inventory of Available Visiting Student courses (This information will be posted by 2:00 p.m. CST on Thursday, September 1, 2005.) </p>
<p>-- For additional information about Visiting Students, see the Frequently Asked Questions. </p>
<p>If additional information is still needed, please contact Sandra Frantz in the Division of Unclassified Studies at (615) 322-7714 or <a href="mailto:sandie.frantz@vanderbilt.edu">sandie.frantz@vanderbilt.edu</a>.</p>
<p>September 1, 4 p.m.</p>
<p>Dear Friends of Tulane,</p>
<p>After five days on campus, our emergency team has just arrived in Houston from New Orleans, where we will be joined by the rest of our senior leadership team from locations around the country. We will be working out of Houston effective immediately. Now that we have access to electricity and Internet connectivity, we will be corresponding regularly via this website: <a href="http://emergency.tulane.edu%5B/url%5D">http://emergency.tulane.edu</a></p>
<p>Our immediate priorities are:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Attend to the needs of our faculty and staff who remain on campus. They are safe but living conditions are not good. We evacuated the entire uptown campus safely. As of today, only a core team of public safety and facilities personnel remain. We are in the process of evacuating personnel from the Health Sciences Center downtown . Additionally, we are trying to continue to supply provisions to the remaining staff on-site at the Primate Center in Mandeville. All of the students who were evacuated to Jackson State University in Mississippi have returned to their homes or are in the process of returning to their homes.</p></li>
<li><p>Re-establish our communications with constituencies ASAP. In particular, we will be giving guidance within 48 hours about our plans for this semester. I understand everyone's anxiety but we need additional time to assess the situation in New Orleans. </p></li>
<li><p>Begin the recovery process. The campus did sustain some damage, though it generally fared very well during the storm. There are many downed trees, some buildings sustained water damage, and some roofing tiles were damaged. The necessary repairs are manageable. The dorms are intact and students' belongings are safe.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>I will update you again no later than 11 a.m. CST tomorrow, September 2, 2005. Please disseminate this email as widely as you can through any additional means you may have.</p>
<p>Scott Cowen</p>
<p>My son is devastated about this situation at Tulane and is very torn. He doesn't even want to go to school. He is presently enrolled at Miami in Florida , but will consider Syracuse for the semester. He just needs a roommate for either school, male or female is fine. I fany students are planning to fo to Miami or Syracuse for this fall semester please contact me at <a href="mailto:LShops@aol.com">LShops@aol.com</a>. We need to finalize his plans for the fall. He plans on returning to Tulane in the spring. I only pray that his plans will come to fruition. He is a sophomore and was living, for one day on Broadway a few blocks down from "The Boot". Please contact me. GO Greenwave!!!!</p>
<p>Here is link to a Tulane forum site with information from students -- I hope it helps.</p>
<p>I have read happily that UMiami is going to help. If any of your children decide to go to Miami and there is any info you need about the U, please don't hesitate to ask. I'm sure that myself, wish, ctmom, my3sons or mishdoob1 would be more than happy to help!! (My apologies to any other UMiami parents I've forgotten)</p>
<p>I really hope Tulane will be open this year. Alot of colleges are taken case by case, There are about 75,000 kids with out schools right now. They just said on the news the health dept. might not let anyone live in New Orleans for up to 10 years.</p>
<p>Big THANKS! for the new link.</p>
<p>Apologizies accepted. I am a U Miami alum and so is my husband, class of 79 and my daughter is a senior at the U. Go Canes..........Go Greenwave........</p>
<p>I'm sorry Jamismom....I knew that! <em>Bops self on forehead</em> You could probably tell me things that I don't know about the U ! :)</p>
<p>Where did everyone hear that Miami was taking people?</p>
<p>It's on their web site along with a letter from President Shalala. Students will be going through the school of continuing ed. You will have to pay tuition, but the tuition will be held in escrow and either forwarded to Tulane when they become operational or donated to the school I believe to help it get back on it's feet. They are clearly not trying you make money through this. They have been wonderful to my family. Again anyone looking for a roommate in an apartment in Coral gables, please contact me at <a href="mailto:LShops@aol.com">LShops@aol.com</a>. I have a sophomore son. Male or female is fine and we are not concerned about the cost of rent, as we are willing to pick up the brunt of it.</p>
<p>Emory is taking a limited number of students from Georgia.</p>
<p>Emory has had so many request that it looks like only Emory's faculity children and siblings will actually be admitted. Other GA options are Oglethorpe and GA State University.</p>
<p>Another letter from the Tulane students who have set up the NOLA hurricane fund through CACTUS, a community service organization at Tulane.</p>
<p>What remarkable young men. With students like this, Tulane will prevail. </p>
<hr>
<p>Aug. 30, 2005</p>
<p>Friend,</p>
<p>Two years ago, Kevin, Stephen, Adam, and I graduated from different high schools across the country, eager to embark upon a unique college adventure. Rather than staying close to home, we each decided to go somewhere unknown, a place as foreign as possible. One year later, we were four good friends who had just completed our freshman year at Tulane University in New Orleans . Not only had we found each other, we had also begun to fall in love with the Big Easy and all the people who live there. While we explored the French Quarter and the tourist attractions that bring millions to New Orleans every year, we also experienced the city on a much more personal level. Much of Kevin and Stephens time was spent working as mentors at Lafayette Elementary, Adam helped tutor local students for the ACTs, and I was volunteering up to 24 hours a week as an Emergency Medical Technician.</p>
<p>On Saturday, August 27th, thousands of new students and their parents arrived on Tulanes campus abuzz with the same excitement that we shared two years ago. This year, though, Hurricane Katrina violently interrupted move-in day and sent the entire campus community fleeing the city. Many of the students and faculty members belongings have probably been destroyed and classes have been cancelled indefinitely. It has been a very stressful situation for us, constantly trying to locate evacuated friends across the country. However, the reality for most Tulane students is that the only question about evacuation was where . . . not if. The same cannot be said for the 100,000 residents who remained within the city, many without the means to leave. In all likelihood, these are some of the same students and patients that weve volunteered with over the past two years.</p>
<p>We are all truly grateful that we had the means and support to leave safely, but too many did not. Now, we are far from the devastation, watching helplessly as the damage is tallied, constantly asking ourselves what we can do for our community. So many Tulane students sit glued to the news channels, calling each other in despair, trying to figure out how to help. For this reason, we are creating an outlet for student-led action in rebuilding New Orleans . </p>
<p>What sets us apart is that we are part of the Tulane student body which has continuously proven its dedication to New Orleans by volunteering over the past decades. This fortitude will continue, long after the initial surge of support from the rest of the country has waned. Living in the city and using established University connections, we can target projects that need us most, helping the people whom we have worked with and come to care about. </p>
<p>NOLAHURRICANEFUND.ORG will be using its funds where they can be put to immediate use. Once it is safe to return home to New Orleans , we plan to assess specific needs of the community and address them one by one. Focusing on accountability, we will use 100% of our funds for the relief effort. Through our website, we will show donors exactly what a difference their money has made.</p>
<p>Thank you for your generosity and for keeping the families of New Orleans in your thoughts in this difficult time.</p>
<p>Aaron Rubens- New Orleans by way of Kalamazoo , Michigan</p>
<p>Kevin Lander- New Orleans by way of Boulder , Colorado</p>
<p>Stephen Richer- New Orleans by way of Salt Lake City , Utah</p>
<p>Adam Hawf- New Orleans by way of St. Louis , Missouri</p>
<p>Website: <a href="http://www.nolahurricanefund.org%5B/url%5D">www.nolahurricanefund.org</a></p>
<p>Email: <a href="mailto:info@nolahurricane.org">info@nolahurricane.org</a></p>
<p>If you have any questions or wish to help, please email us at <a href="mailto:info@nolahurricanefund.org">info@nolahurricanefund.org</a> or <a href="mailto:nolahurricanefund@gmail.com">nolahurricanefund@gmail.com</a></p>