Resources For Students Affected by Hurricanes

Clarification of enrollment offers are the responsibility of the student. Please check with your host institution for more information.

Resources

• The Center For Global Education: Hurricane Relief for Students
  A site offering ideas and guidance to students as the Fall terms end and the Spring terms begin; a new set of challenges is examined and addressed.
• Institutions Offering Assistance to Students--Fall 2005
  A state-by-state listing, compiled by CampusRelief.org, of over 900 institutions offering temporary enrollment, housing, and other resources to students who were affected by the hurricanes. (Alternatively, view in Excel spreadsheet format, 725 kb.)
• Mississippi Student Financial Aid
  Links to grants, scholarships, apprenticeships, internships, and  loans, including application forms for alll of these for the Mississippi Institutes of Higher Learning
• Black Women in Science and Engineering (BWISE) Foundation
  Scholarships are being offered to African American students who were enrolled in colleges in the New Orleans area for the Fall term majoring in Science, Engineering, or Medicine; for more information, contact Sharon Harper.
• National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
  Hurricane Katrina/Rita resource page on financial aid questions and concerns
• Louisiana Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS)
  Provides 3 different university scholarship opportunities to Freshmen who are Louisiana residents attending any of Louisiana's public colleges; special provisions for 2005-06 Acedemic Year
• Hurricane Katrina/Rita Student Relief Fund
  Louisiana State University has collected $560,000 ($500,000 donated from Arizona State University) to help students affected by the hurricanes, currently attending LSU, & in financial need--deadline Nov. 1
• Tom Joyner Foundation
  Offering funds to help Black college students from Dilliard, Xavier,& Southern University of New Orleans--deadline Oct. 31
• ASIA-HELP and Lumina Foundation-EAS
  Offering financial assistance for students from India, Sri Lankan, East & Southeast Asia--deadline Oct. 7
• Library Access Information 

Additional Resources

• KatrinaCollegeStudents.org is providing information to displaced students
• Testing Services (ACT, College Board, ETS) offer various accomodations to affected students
• Campus Compact--How their 950+ member institutions are helping 
• Louisiana Board of Regents
• Special Study Abroad Opportunities
• Online Learning Opportunities from the Sloan Consortium
• Offers from Colleges and Universities in Canada  
• Offers from Colleges and Universities in Mexico
• FAQ for F/M Nonimmigrant Students Impacted by Hurricane Katrina 
• USA Freedom Corps - How to Donate and Volunteer  
• FEMA Guide for Evacuees and Disaster Victims

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