What may Tulane University gain from the government because of Hurricane Katrina?
Hurricane Katrina Main article: Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Tulane University As a result of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and its damaging effects on New Orleans, most of the university was closed for the second time in its history—the first being during the Civil War. The closing affected the first semester of the school calendar year. The School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine’s distance learning programs and courses stayed active. The School of Medicine relocated to Houston, Texas for a year. Aside from student athletes attending college classes together on the same campuses, most undergraduate and graduate students dispersed to campuses throughout the U.S. Facing a budget shortfall, the Board of Administrators announced a “Renewal Plan” in December 2005 to reduce its annual operating budget and create a “student-centric” campus. Addressing the school’s commitment to New Orleans, a course credit involving “community service” became a requirement for an undergraduate de
Hurricane Katrina, as the world knows, devastated the lives of thousands of people and businesses in the Gulf Coast region, including many universities and colleges. Tulane University was one of Katrina’s many victims. Our faculty, staff, and students are now spread around the country, and the Tulane administration is operating out of locations in Texas, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Louisiana and Connecticut. Despite the challenges we face, we are determined to reopen the university in New Orleans on January 17, 2006. As difficult as this experience has been for the Tulane community, we consider ourselves fortunate in comparison with the plight of many others affected by the hurricane. This natural disaster has created a metropolitan diaspora of historic proportions that will forever affect our region and its people. Never in my wildest imagination could I have envisioned the tremendous suffering and loss of life that consumed our city. Yet every disaster carries with it remarkable stories
The media section of Tulane University’s Tilton Library was totally destroyed by the Hurricane called Katrina, ruining the music archives held in the library basement when flooding came because of the storm. Sources: Infomation came from the Times-Picayune NOLA.com.
