Dartmouth provides support for student volunteer efforts in Biloxi, Mississippi
Helping the Gulf Coast region on its long road to recovery, Dartmouth will provide funding to send a group of 35 students to Biloxi, Mississippi over the first two weeks of the College's winter interim break. The team will work with other volunteers in the region to meet a variety of needs, ranging from construction to advocacy to resumé building for hurricane victims searching for employment.
Shortly after the hurricanes struck, Dartmouth announced that it would accept displaced students and faculty for its fall term. Over 30 students from the Gulf Coast region are currently enrolled. Four faculty members from institutions forced to close after the hurricanes have been given temporary appointments in the departments of environmental studies, linguistics, music, and philosophy. On campus, students, faculty and staff continue to work in a variety of ways to organize educational and volunteer efforts.
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Admissions through Dartmouth's Special Students program, for undergraduates displaced by Hurricane Katrina, are now closed, because the fall term term has begun. A decision about whether or not to extend the program into the winter will be made before the end of the fall term, based in part on information about the ability of Tulane and other schools to re-open.
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