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Admissions accepts students affected by Hurricane Katrina
Somsopheap Vey
Issue date: 9/15/05 Section: News
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09/15/05 - For the past two weeks, the University of Rhode Island has been conducting an ongoing emergency admission process enrolling students who have been affected by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
"Our great hope is for those institutions affected by the hurricane to recover and reopen soon," Dean of Undergraduate Admissions James Lynch said. "Until that time, we are working to help each student move forward as expeditiously as possible not knowing when and how life will return to normal in those impacted areas."
The applications were accepted from students attending Loyola University, Tulane University, Xavier University and the University of New Orleans.
"The university is making every possible financial accommodation for the students on a case-by-case basis," Director of Communications Linda Acciardo said. "We dropped the application fee, waived the housing deposit for displaced students seeking on-campus housing and are allowing students to defer payment in effect advising these students that they can pay when they are able. We are also providing transfer scholarships when appropriate and within the financial capacity of the university."
Out-of-state students are being charged in-state tuition, Admissions Officer Nancy Stricklin said. In-state students will still be charged the regular in-state tuition and fees but payment may be deferred for a period of one year.
The emergency enrollment process consisted of reviewing available transcripts and SAT scores for college freshmen and upperclassmen. However, some students were admitted by phone.
"We've never done emergency admissions before," Transfer Admissions Officer Joe Walsh said.
Most of the students were accepted immediately. "We made an immediate decision which normally takes weeks by the time we get all the information and official documents," Stricklin said. "We managed a decision that was an on-the-spot acceptance."
Currently there are 23 displaced students enrolled at URI. Out of the 23 students, 11 of the students are freshmen and 12 of the students are upperclassmen. Most of the displaced students are Rhode Island residents from Barrington, Cranston, Foster, Glocester, Narragansett, Newport, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Tiverton, Wakefield and Warwick. There are also several students who are from Massachusetts and Connecticut.
"Our great hope is for those institutions affected by the hurricane to recover and reopen soon," Dean of Undergraduate Admissions James Lynch said. "Until that time, we are working to help each student move forward as expeditiously as possible not knowing when and how life will return to normal in those impacted areas."
The applications were accepted from students attending Loyola University, Tulane University, Xavier University and the University of New Orleans.
"The university is making every possible financial accommodation for the students on a case-by-case basis," Director of Communications Linda Acciardo said. "We dropped the application fee, waived the housing deposit for displaced students seeking on-campus housing and are allowing students to defer payment in effect advising these students that they can pay when they are able. We are also providing transfer scholarships when appropriate and within the financial capacity of the university."
Out-of-state students are being charged in-state tuition, Admissions Officer Nancy Stricklin said. In-state students will still be charged the regular in-state tuition and fees but payment may be deferred for a period of one year.
The emergency enrollment process consisted of reviewing available transcripts and SAT scores for college freshmen and upperclassmen. However, some students were admitted by phone.
"We've never done emergency admissions before," Transfer Admissions Officer Joe Walsh said.
Most of the students were accepted immediately. "We made an immediate decision which normally takes weeks by the time we get all the information and official documents," Stricklin said. "We managed a decision that was an on-the-spot acceptance."
Currently there are 23 displaced students enrolled at URI. Out of the 23 students, 11 of the students are freshmen and 12 of the students are upperclassmen. Most of the displaced students are Rhode Island residents from Barrington, Cranston, Foster, Glocester, Narragansett, Newport, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Tiverton, Wakefield and Warwick. There are also several students who are from Massachusetts and Connecticut.
