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09/22/05
Hurricane Rita Update
Students from the Gulf region now affected by Hurricane Rita are asked to contact the University if they are unable to arrive for the start of classes due to flight cancellations or other situations. Undergraduates should contact the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs at 650-725-1808. Graduate students are asked to contact their department or program directly.

09/21/05
Stanford welcomes guest students
Approximately 27 undergraduate students from universities affected by Hurricane Katrina have begun arriving on Stanford University's campus as guest students for the Fall Quarter. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors from Tulane, Xavier, Dillard and Loyola universities will begin classes when instruction begins Monday, September 26. All  of these students have been encouraged to join Stanford's freshman class and transfer students in New Student Orientation activities this week.

In addition, five third-year students from Tulane Law School began taking classes when Stanford Law School's term began earlier this month. Offers also have been made to graduate students in the Business School and the schools of Humanities and Sciences, Engineering and Earth Sciences.

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Stanford hurricane response news

• Cajun Benefit Luncheon at SLAC on September 22
• Campus rallies relief efforts after hurricane (Stanford Report, 09/17/2005)
• Stanford to aid Katrina relief with Red Cross fundraiser
• Office for Religious Life encourages staff to support relief efforts
• Stanford hospitals and clinics contribute to medical relief efforts
• Stanford implements hurricane disaster relief leave policy for staff (pdf)
• Academically eligible graduate students displaced from colleges and universities may apply to non-degree guest programs
• Stanford Alumni Association offers online clearinghouse for alumni relief effort
• SFCU contributes to disaster relief

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