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Dartmouth College

To the Dartmouth community:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Julie.Bell@Dartmouth.Edu.

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.

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.

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 http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/features/katrina/.

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:

* 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.

* 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.

* 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 http://dartmouthkatrina.blogspot.com/.

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.


James Wright
President

 

Languages and Linguistics, Comparative Literature, and
Caribbean and Latin America Studies at FAU.

The faculty in the Languages and Linguistics, Comparative Literature, and Caribbean and Latin American Studies programs at Florida Atlantic University invite displaced students and faculty from the Gulf Coast region to consider continuing their studies and research in Boca Raton. For more information on special arrangements being made to accommodate students and faculty interested in these programs, call or write Dr. Michael J. Horswell at 561-297-3863 (horswell@fau.edu) or Dr. Luis Duno-Gottberg at 561-297-0612 (lduno@fau.edu).

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
We offer a full range of courses leading to majors in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature. Students can work toward a Certificate in Caribbean and Latin American Studies, as well. For more information on our department and faculty, go to http://www.language.fau.edu/. See course offering at http://www.fau.edu/sched/sched_fal/lang.html.

GRADUATE STUDIES
Graduate courses in Languages, Linguistics and Literary/Cultural Studies being offered this semester, include

FRW 6613 L'ENTRE DEUX-GUERRES
001 15068 15 7 3 GS 212R R 04:00-06:50PM Boca Raton HOKENSON, JAN W

FRW 6938 LA COMEDIE HUMAINE
001 12211 7 7 3 GS 212R T 04:00-06:50PM Boca Raton HOKENSON, JAN W

LIN 6150 FOUNDATIONS OF LINGUISTIC THEORY
001 12671 20 11 3 GS 101 M 02:00-04:50PM Boca Raton AUGUSTYN, PRISCA S

LIN 6938 SEMINAR IN LINGUISTCS
002 15794 12 8 3 AL 348 T 07:10-10:00PM Boca Raton DUBRAVAC, STAYC H

LIN 6938 SEMINAR IN LINGUISTICS: SOCIOLINGUISTICS
003 15795 30 10 3 AL 344 T 04:00-06:50PM Boca Raton TRAMMELL, ROBERT

LIT 6066 INTRO COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LITERATURE
001 12733 12 7 3 AL240 M 05:30-08:20PM Boca Raton MUNSON, MARCELLA L

LIT 6934 LITERARY CONSTRCTION OF SEXUALITY
002 15078 5 2 3 GS 212R M 04:00-06:50PM Boca Raton SHAKTINI, NAMASCAR

SPW 6375 LATIN AMERICAN SHORT STORY
001 15081 15 9 3 AL 342 T 04:00-06:50PM Boca Raton ERRO PERALTA, NORA

SPW 6938 SEMINAR IN COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE
001 14391 12 8 3 GS 212R W 04:00-06:50PM Boca Raton HORSWELL, MICHAEL


CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
For further information on the Caribbean and Latin American Studies program, go to http://www.cclas.fau.edu/ . Courses offered this semester include

LAS 3002 INTRODUCTION TO CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
001 15598 35 30 3 GS 103 TR 11:00-12:20PM Boca Raton DUNO-GOTTBERG, LUIS

ANT 3163 THE MAYA AND THEIR NEIGHBORS
001 10188 50 41 3 SO 190 MWF 10:00-10:50AM Boca Raton BROWN, CLIFFORD

LIT 4930 CARIBBEAN HISTORICAL FICTION
001 14995 35 22 3 AL 345 MWF 12:00-12:50PM Boca Raton MACHADO, ELENA

LIT 4930 CARIBBEAN LITERATURE
005 15740 35 12 3 LA 432B M 01:00-03:50PM Davie DALLEO, RAPHAEL

LAH 4480 HISTORY OF CUBA
001 12659 35 28 3 SO 270 MWF 01:00-01:50PM Boca Raton CRUZ-TAURA, GRACIELA

LAH 3200 MODERN LATIN-AMERICAN HISTORY
002 12658 35 31 3 LA 339 T 04:00-06:50PM Davie GANSON, BARBARA A

LAH 3100 COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN HIST
002 15024 35 21 3 AD 102 M 04:00-06:50PM Jupiter BROWN, ALEXANDRA K

SPW 3130 LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM CONQUEST TO MODERN
001 14375 22 14 3 SC 180 TR 04:00-05:20PM Boca Raton HORSWELL, MICHAEL

CPO 4303 LATIN-AMERICAN POLITICS
002 11112 35 24 3 LA 339 TR 11:00-12:20PM Davie MENZEL, SEWALL H.

SYA 4930 CARIBBEAN INEQUALITIES
002 15096 50 19 3 LA 331 TR 12:30-01:50PM Davie KARIDES, MARINA


HOW TO REGISTER AS NON-DEGREE SEEKING STUDENT
FAU is working to admit students in our service area who normally attend universities in the hurricane-devastated gulf coast states. You may enroll easily at FAU as a non-degree student by completing immunization and residency forms and selecting classes. Contact the University Registrar's office at (561) 297-3050 and identify yourself as a student displaced by Hurricane Katrina to initiate this process.

 

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:

David Tisdale
Sept. 4, 2005 (601) 266-4499

EDITOR'S NOTE: THE UNIVERSITY REQUESTS THAT OUR MEDIA CONTACTS POST THIS INFORMATION ON THEIR WEB SITES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

Class registration information: 601-266-5020 On the Internet visit www.usm.edu

SOUTHERN MISS TO RESUME CLASSES
ON HATTIESBURG CAMPUS SEPT. 12

HATTIESBURG - Classes will resume at The University of Southern Mississippi's Hattiesburg campus Sept 12, following cancellations due to Hurricane Katrina, assuring a full academic term for all students.
A decision about how best to accommodate Southern Miss Gulf Coast faculty, staff and students will be made Tuesday.
Southern Miss has extended late registration for the fall semester.
Those students who are not yet registered and those students at other nearby universities and colleges displaced by Hurricane Katrina should call 266-5020 or visit www.usm.edu.
"There are many students across the region whose education has been disrupted, but with late registration we can offer them the opportunity to gain a full academic semester and remain close to their homes while they help their friends and families recover from the storm," said Southern Miss President Dr. Shelby Thames.
Students may return to their dorms Friday, Sept. 9. Until then, the Southern Miss campus remains closed to all but those who are currently on campus, emergency response personnel, those contracted to perform repairs or other services, and faculty and staff with university identification.
"Beyond the safety of our students on campus, if there is a silver lining is that we were only two days into the semester when the storm hit, so the interruption in classes and the extension of late registration means our students will be on a unified academic path, versus being weeks behind,"
said Southern Miss Vice President for Student Affairs Joe Paul. "Already, we have received numerous calls from students who are interested in attending Southern Miss while their own school is closed due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina."
Classes had originally been scheduled to resume Sept. 6, but logistical issues concerning power on campus and the clearing of debris forced moving the date back.
"I want to thank all of our employees, including our security and physical plant personnel, residence life and dining services who assisted in helping in this effort," Thames said.
According to Southern Miss Human Resources Director Russ Willis, employees who do not have direct deposit and receive paper paychecks may pick up their August paycheck Monday, Sept. 5 at the north entrance of Bond Hall, at the University Police Department between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. "We will continue to distribute payroll regularly for monthly and biweekly employees," Willis said.

 

 

“Special Issue of the Southern Quarterly.”

We are soliciting ca.1500-2000 word essays on personal experiences, either of oneself or neighbors/friends/families, for a section of the issue. Please direct all queries and submissions to me, via email (attachments using Word platforms are also fine). Thanks so much!