Another reason I am proud to be a Bruin...

From Albert Carnesale
Chancellor, University of California in Los Angeles

Hurricane Katrina
September 2005

To Members of the UCLA Campus Community:

All of us at UCLA extend our sympathy to those whose lives have been tragically disrupted by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Hundreds of UCLA alumni live in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, as well as the families of some of our students, and we are especially anxious about their well-being. Students whose plans for beginning the fall quarter may be affected by this disaster can receive guidance through the contact information below.

We are also concerned about college students in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama whose schools are unable to open for fall classes. In the hope that we can provide some relief to the students and their colleges, UCLA will welcome displaced students to our regular courses through UCLA Extension for the quarter beginning September 24. Through our concurrent enrollment program, students can complete coursework at UCLA to submit for credit at their home institutions. Academic counselors will be available to guide students in selecting courses suitable to their fields of study and to their level of academic preparation. UCLA Extension is working to determine how many students it can accommodate, and UCLA campus housing is assessing the number of spaces available in the residence halls. Details will be posted at www.ucla.edu and at www.uclaextension.com as they become available. For immediate inquiries, please contact UCLA Extension at (310) 206-6201.

The UCLA School of Law also is enrolling as visiting students a limited number of second- and third-year law students from Tulane and Loyola University New Orleans for the fall semester and possibly longer, if needed.

In addition to these efforts to provide support to students at beleaguered academic institutions, we are exploring other ways to assist the communities ravaged by the storm. UCLA Health Sciences has assembled a Hurricane Katrina Response Unit to work with the National Institutes of Health in providing specialized medical consultation to emergency medical units in affected areas. And UCLA Healthcare has offered to admit to its facilities a number of seriously ill patients who require specialty care.

I urge all of you to lend any personal assistance you can through the relief efforts that are underway. Many of these efforts can be accessed through the links at left.

Sincerely,

Albert Carnesale
Chancellor