Boston College To Accommodate 150 Students Displaced By Katrina

Chestnut Hill, Mass (9-6-05)--Boston College has accepted approximately 150 displaced undergraduate students from Loyola and Tulane universities in New Orleans through its Woods College of Advancing Studies, the University announced today. The students have been accepted as visiting students on a non-matriculating basis and will return to their respective universities once they re-open.

To accommodate the students, the University worked with Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino to provide temporary, emergency housing for 100 students at St. William’s Hall on BC’s Brighton Campus. The students will be provided for and supervised by the University’s Residential Life staff.

"So many people are in great need, and the BC community wants to help students to continue their studies while the relief efforts take place," said University President William P. Leahy, SJ. "We hope our actions will provide a small measure of hope for people who have suffered so much."

In addition to the University’s outreach to undergraduate students, BC Law School has accepted more than a dozen second and third year law students and the Graduate School of Social Work, the Carroll Graduate School of Management, the Lynch School of Education and the Graduate School at the College of Arts & Sciences have also accepted students from Gulf Coast region schools.

Boston College will also conduct a special collection for victims of Hurricane Katrina during the BC-Army football game on September 10. Members of the BC community have also been encouraged to make donations to the American Red Cross and Catholic Charities and prayers will be offered for the victims and their families during all Masses celebrated on campus during the month of September.