President's Letter to Alumni
September 5, 2005

We begin this year against the backdrop of one of the greatest disasters our country has ever experienced. Just one week after our students began classes, Hurricane Katrina arrived on the Gulf Coast , assailing Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama . By Monday morning, many breathed a sigh of relief that the worst predictions had not come to pass.  But during the day, the New Orleans levees broke and a great catastrophe, the magnitude of which we are now only understanding, started to unfold. 

http://www.professor.rice.edu/professor/090505.asp

Rice enrolls 106 Houston-area Tulane students in fall
September 13, 2005

In support of a sister school stricken by Hurricane Katrina, Rice University has enrolled 106 Houston-area undergraduates from Tulane University for fall semester classes at Rice as emergency visiting students. The students – freshmen to seniors – began their classes Monday, Sept. 12, the start of the fourth week of the 15-week semester.

http://www.explore.rice.edu/explore/Tulane.asp

Rice MBA Response to Katrina
Updated September 13, 2005

As part of Rice University’s response to Tulane students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, the Jones School is hosting visiting Tulane MBAs in our program to assure that they continue to make academic progress in their programs.

http://www.explore.rice.edu/explore/Rice_MBA_Response_to_Katrina.asp

Rice Community Involvement Center coordinates campus efforts
The Community Involvement Center is helping the Rice community make a difference in this time of need. Its web site (http://www.rice.edu/service) contains extensive information on volunteer opportunities and is continually updated to meet changing needs.

Resources are also available for:

• Monetary Donations - Online donation sites for several agencies.
• Donation of Goods - Information on collection sites for on-going drives.
• Direct Service - Learn how you can be involved in hands-on service with relief efforts.
• Training Opportunities - Find the training you need to help with direct refugee assistance.
• General Information

Texas Universities Serving Students Impacted by Hurricane Katrina
Rice has mobilized to assist students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The following is a partial list of other universities providing assistance.

http://explore.rice.edu/explore/Katrina_Other_Universities.asp

Jones Graduate School of Management Food Drive
The Central Charity Challenge has spearheaded a volunteer initiative and is currently running a donation drive for the Jones School students, staff, and faculty.  We have used email as our means of communication to inform our classmates of current volunteer opportunities and donation needs.  Over the past several days, the Jones School has shown tremendous compassion and generosity in donating goods and personal time to the relief effort.

http://www.explore.rice.edu/explore/JGSMFoodDrive.asp

Fondren Staff sets up site of Houston-area resources.

http://www.rice.edu/fondren/tmp/katrina.htm

Rice Athletics Hurricane Katrina Efforts (Clothing Drive)

The Rice University athletic department will stage a "clothing" drive to benefit those who were victimized by Hurricane Katrina. The athletic department's goal is to collect gently worn athletic shoes and athletic wear, to include any T-shirts, sweats, collared shirts, shorts, etc. The drive is primarily directed to the student-athletes and athletic department staff at Rice, but is most definitely open for donations by anyone inside or outside of the Rice community.

http://riceowls.collegesports.com/genrel/090205aaa.html

http://alumni.rice.edu/blooddrive.html

HOOTS/RICE Hurricane Katrina Food Drive Update
Updated September 8, 2005

Last week, the High Order of Owl Tailgaiting Society (HOOTS) collected more than 2,500 pounds of supplies for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

http://explore.rice.edu/explore/HOOTSHurricaneRelief.asp

Lifeworks offers employee counseling

http://www.lifeworks.com/index.aspx?netlogin=hlLtoRQ0ZhI1DblsrL5oZg%3d%3d

International Students/Scholars, Faculty, Staff, and Friends of Internationals at Rice

Many of you have been so kind to offer assistance for the many victims of the recent tragedy in the Gulf States. We admire your generous offers! At the OISS (Office of International Students & Scholars), we are conducting a fund-raiser in our office for the victims of Katrina. We hope to raise $10,000 tentatively by Thursday (9/8/05) and we strongly feel that, with your generous support, we'll be able reach this target.

http://explore.rice.edu/explore/OISS_Katrina_Response.asp

By David Brown | Thresher Editorial Staff

Hundreds of Rice students were among the thousands of Houston volunteers who went to Reliant Park , the George R. Brown Convention Center and other service agencies looking to help victims of Hurricane Katrina last weekend.