Gallaudet University provides relief to deaf and hard of hearing victims of Hurricane

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Gallaudet University has opened its doors to deaf, hard of hearing and hearing undergraduate and graduate students who were attending a college or university now closed due to Hurricane Katrina.

According to University Provost Jane K. Fernandes, displaced students may enroll either on a visiting student basis or as a full-time transfer student. Two deaf undergraduate students attending schools in New Orleans at the time of the hurricane are already being processed by the Gallaudet Admissions Office. The University is also open to deaf and hard of hearing students displaced from elementary or secondary schools.

Undergraduate students, please contact:
(202) 651-5114 (tty)
(202) 651-5750 (voice)
(202) 651-5744 (fax)
(800) 995-0550 (tty/voice)
admissions.office@gallaudet.edu (e-mail)

Graduate students, please contact:
(202) 651-5400 (tty/voice)
Graduate.School@gallaudet.edu(e-mail)

Deaf or hard of hearing elementary and secondary school students, please contact:
(202) 651-5397 (tty/voice)
Michael.Peterson@gallaudet.edu (e-mail)

Gallaudet also welcomes Deaf Community members displaced by the hurricane and is working with the Louisiana School for the Deaf and the Mississippi School for the Deaf to identify those deaf and hard of hearing people in need of food and shelter, including the use of campus facilities.

The University has established a special fund to support relief efforts for the deaf and hard of hearing community in the storm-affected area, including especially the Louisiana School for the Deaf and the Mississippi School for the Deaf. Contributions should be sent to:

The Office of Development
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002

Checks should be made payable to: Gallaudet University/Hurricane Relief Fund

The Mental Health Center at the University is prepared to offer services to displaced students, as well as current Gallaudet students, faculty, teachers or staff who have family and friends in the hurricane-ravaged areas.
 
Hmmm?

No Sorsenson VP contact info at Gally? They still have TTY numbers....
 
very cool! Yeah, the general relief efforts probaly won't be enough for deaf and hard of hearing folks....that's awesome that Gally is doing this....
But what of the little kids who need a place to live? KES doesn't offer residental education...it's a day school....This will be nice....less little kids living on the streets...
 
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