San Diego State University - Hurricane Katrina Information Center

Get the latest information on how San Diego State is helping those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Last updated: 3:02 p.m. Oct. 24, 2005

SDSU's disaster relief efforts to-date include:

Offering shelter to evacuees at Peterson Gymnasium.
- Campus update: Vice President Sally Roush's Sept. 16, 2005 message to SDSU faculty, staff and students.
- Campus update: President Stephen L. Weber's Sept. 8, 2005 message to SDSU faculty, staff and students.
- Campus update: President Stephen L. Weber's Sept. 6, 2005 message to SDSU faculty, staff and students.
- Frequently Asked Questions regarding SDSU’s offer to establish a shelter at Peterson Gym.
Providing technical resources to disaster recovery and relief operations.
- SDSU Visualization Center assists Hurricane Katrina relief efforts
Enrolling dozens of undergraduate and graduate students from Gulf Coast colleges and universities that have been shut down by Hurricane Katrina.
- As of Sept. 22, 2005: 185 students/parents have contacted SDSU, 90 applications have been received and 36 students have enrolled. At this time, no additional students are being accepted for the Fall 2005 semester.
- Campus update: Provost Nancy A. Marlin's Sept. 9, 2005 message to SDSU faculty and staff regarding Katrina-related admissions.
- Feature: Jennifer Powell, new SDSU freshman displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Fundraising and volunteer efforts

SDSU Business Students Work to Raise $1 Million to Help Businesses Affected by Katrina: Students in a graduate business planning class at San Diego State University have put together a plan to turn $25,000 in seed money donated by their professor into $1 million in order to assist small business owners affected by Hurricane Katrina.
SDSU KARE Car Giveaway to Benefit the Small Business Disaster Relief Fund: The San Diego State University Katrina Aid & Relief Effort (KARE) is sponsoring a car giveaway fundraiser. Donations will be accepted through Dec. 6, 2005.
The San Diego State University School of Art, Design, and Art History Art Auction
The Center for Human Resources Leave memo: The Sept. 22, 2005 memo regarding leave for those involved with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.


		Nearly 150 SDSU students, staff and faculty attend American Red Cross "shelter operations" certification course at SDSU on Sept. 13, 2005. Completion of this course was required to volunteer in evacuee shelters. News clip courtesy KFMB-TV.

Aztecs Helping Aztecs: Caring for Our Own. Associated Students and Student Affairs sponsored a Hurricane Relief Day on Sept. 20.
- Donation centers: Volunteers at Aztec Center, the Business Administration building, Cuicacalli Hall and West Commons collected donations for
KPBS Bake Sale on Sept. 9, 2005 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Raising $15,300 at the SDSU-UCLA football game on Sept. 3 to aid the relief effort

Contacts:

Displaced Gulf Coast students should contact Natha Kraft, manager of the Office of Admissions’ Prospective Student Center, at (619) 594-1570, nkraft@mail.sdsu.edu.
SDSU faculty, staff and students who wish to make special offers of assistance to the evacuees should contact Ron Oshima, SDSU liaison with the American Red Cross, at (619) 594-2449, roshima@mail.sdsu.edu.
Media should contact Jason Foster, director of SDSU media relations, at (619) 594-2585, foster@mail.sdsu.edu or Gayle Falkenthal, public information officer for the San Diego/ Imperial Counties Chapter of the American Red Cross, at (619) 997-2495, gayle.falkenthal@sdarc.org.
For additional information, call the Hurricane Katrina Response Information Line (619) 594-8204 or e-mail katrina@sdsu.edu.

Additional resources:

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