| Statement
from Chancellor James L. Oblinger
We join the nation in mourning the devastation and
loss of life as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Those
who have been affected, many of whom have lost everything,
are in our thoughts. The destruction and grief are
overwhelming. The need is great. In our tradition of
service, NC State is responding with action, using
our resources to make a difference.
We have opened our doors to students from universities
in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama who have been
affected by this tragedy. We welcome these students
to the NC State family, and we offer them our support.
Across campus, faculty, staff and students are organizing
events and fundraising drives to provide assistance
to those in need. I encourage our community to support
these efforts. A list of these activities is included
below and will be updated as further details are available.
Faculty, staff, students and alumni who wish to join
me in making monetary donations to national relief
efforts can find information below on how to contribute.
At this point, these donations will best help the hundreds
of thousands of victims affected by this disaster.
Responding
to the needs of people is what we do best. Thank
you for joining me in helping others.
Campus
Relief Efforts
In
response to the tragic events on the Gulf Coast,
NC State is taking a number of steps to offer assistance
to those in need. These include the following:
- The
university will accept students from colleges and
universities directly affected by the hurricane.
NC State is working to provide on-campus and distance
education programs to as many affected students
as possible. All academic-related issues, such
as advising, applications and registration, will
be handled by Credit Programs and Summer Sessions
Administration, located at the McKimmon Center
at the intersection of Western Boulevard and Gorman
Street, 919/515-2265, or toll free at 866/294-9903.
All issues pertaining to student services, such
as housing, dining, health, etc., will be handled
by University Housing, 1112 Pullen Hall, 919/515-2440.
The after hours number is 919/515-4339. For more
information, go to www.ncsu.edu/registrar/hurricane/.
- NC State
joins more than 200 college and universities nationwide
in offering free distance education classes
through the Sloan Semester initiative. The classes
- which will run from Oct. 10 to Dec. 15 at NC State
- are intended for students from institutions impacted
by Hurricane Katrina and students serving in the
National Guard whose studies were interrupted by
being called to active duty in the aftermath of the
storm. The initiative is a collaboration between
the Southern Regional Education Board, an organization
that promotes distance education courses for institutions
across the South, and the Sloan Foundation. All courses
are online and carry degree credit from regionally
accredited colleges and universities, which will
transfer back to the students’ home institution.
NC State is offering 10 classes for the Sloan Semester.
Registration begins Sept. 19. For additional details,
check the Web.
- NC
State students have organized "Compassion
in Action," a hurricane relief effort. All
donated funds will be directed to the American
Red Cross, National Disaster Fund. For more information,
visit www.ncsu.edu/univ_relations/compassion.html.
- NC
State is contacting its students from the hurricane-affected
states to offer financial assistance, as needed.
- The College
of Veterinary Medicine is providing timely assistance
to animals – and people – in
the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Kelli Ferris and
a 4th year student, a CVM shelter medicine intern
and an area veterinarian technician are currently
in Baton Rouge, La., helping care for animals stranded
after the hurricane. Dr. Dianne Dunning, director
of the college’s Animal Welfare, Ethics and
Public Service program, is coordinating NC State’s
animal relief efforts and supporting the companion
animals that have been evacuated to the Raleigh shelter
with their owners. The college was also prepared
to provide housing and medical care in the event
equine support was required; Dr. Dick Mannsman and
Dr. Barrett Slenning were prepared to coordinate
that effort. And Dr. Arnold Brody, professor of pathology
at Tulane University and a friend and colleague of
NC State’s Dr. Kenneth Adler, has joined us
and will share office space in the CVM Research Building.
Dr. Brody will have access to our labs, which will
allow him – to a limited extent – to
continue some of his NIH-funded research involving
asbestos and lung disease.
- NC State alumni, students and friends of the College
of Design will hold an Aid from Artists art auction
on Friday, Sept. 9, at the Fish Market Gallery located
at 133 Fayetteville Street. A preview and reception
will begin at 6 p.m. followed at 8:30 p.m. with a
Live Auction. All proceeds go to the American Red
Cross.
- North Carolina 4-H will support fellow 4-H and
extension families in the Gulf States through community
service projects designed to raise money and materials.
Members are also being asked to evaluate available
space in local 4-H centers that could be used to
house displaced families. For more information: www.nc4h.org/relief
- Including about $45,000 contributed by football
fans at NC State's first game of the season, the
university community has raised about $56,000 in
cash contributions for hurricane relief.
- Dr.
Marc Grimmett, assistant professor of counselor
education,
is traveling to the Gulf Coast to help
counsel survivors of Hurricane Katrina. He and Dr.
Ed Gerler, professor of counselor education, have
launched a Web site
to use Grimmett’s experiences to teach the
students in one of his classes, ECD525 Cross Cultural
Counseling.
Updated
listings of relief efforts will appear on the NC
State home page.
Links
to National Relief Agencies
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