Free Tuition for Displaced Katrina College Student

[WayWicked]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 12:24am

I don't know if anyone here needs this or knows of someone this might help. I found this on a web site and think it could be very helpful to some of you. It sounds like a great (and generous) offer.
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As you know, many of our students have been displaced by the horrid effects of Hurricane Katrina. Oklahoma City University is here to help.

Oklahoma City University President Tom McDaniel announced Thursday, September 1st 2005, that Oklahoma City University will open it's arms to those students effected by this situation. This includes students who attended schools that have been effected by the damage of Hurricane Katrina.

Oklahoma City University will award one semester of full, free tuition to undergraduates, graduates and law program students for the Fall 2005 semester. Books, housing and incidental fees are not covered.

"We are opening our hearts and our university to these students", McDaniel stated. "Although we can not replace lost lives or undo damage, the OCU community is eager to help. In fact, it is part of our mission of Oklahoma City University. We don't want this natural disaster to be a road block in these students' educational path."

For over 100 years, Oklahoma City University has had a history of service and academic success. With numerous udergraduate and graduate degrees, we hope to lend a hand to those in need.

Students may apply on-line here: http://www.tgimatocu.com/apply/
OCU will waive the normal $30 application fee till this Tuesday, September 5th. The fee is ONLY waived for those students effected by the hurricane. Applications are being accepted now.

If you have additional questions, feel free to email [e-mail] or visit us at www.tgimatocu.com.. We will try to assist you as quickly as possible.

We hope that this will help. Please let us know if we can assist you through this challenging time.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 12:27am

That's nice of them!

[Act0r721]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 12:30am

I don't think universities should spell affected wrong.

[Popular]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 12:32am

LOL - nice catch about the spelling.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 12:32am

Well, maybe it was the news article ppl who did that...

Updated On: 9/2/05 at 12:32 AM

[Jwei123]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 12:33am

This is really generous of them...I like it!

[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:47am

Wow. A few little attitude queens here.

Isn't it just like some BWW snots to make fun of an organization that is going above and beyond anything they'll ever do.

Just wait. Karma.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:54am

Anyone else think this is a weird way to show charity? I mean, some of these people lost everything, I doubt a missed semester of college is really their first concern.

[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 2:06am

Wow. Is it a full moon. Are the snotty, self centered little brats out in full force tonight.

You think it's a stupid gesture. Here's a news flash you didn't get from Radio Disney.... There are thousands of college students who have been in school for one week and now...THEY DONT EVEN HAVE A SCHOOL BUILDING TO GO TO. Maybe, Ms Self Centered, you might think of these displaced students for just a second while your sitting on your comfy couch. This is a amazing and kind gesture from a major university.

And what exactly HAVE YOU done Yeah, you. The one who thinks this act of generosity is stupid. Yeah....just what I thought.

Don't call someone's generosity stupiud unless you are willing to match it. And grow up.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 2:25am

They also spelled "undergraduate" incorrectly.

[Katecab99]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 2:34am

the governor of connecticut is trying to institute free tuition and room within classes for state residents who are supposed to be attending schools in the affected area. very generous and impressive.

[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 2:45am

Thanks Kate. At least there's one human here on BWW.

All you other little snots...may your house burn down. Then go crying for some help. And you get what you deserve.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 3:09am

Mr. Tuttle, I never called it stupid, I called it weird. There's a difference.

Yes, these college students can't go to college anymore because their schools were destroyed. It's horrible and I do feel for them. But many students have homes to go back to in other states, and families to stay with in the time being.

Actually, you're right in one regard: my first thoughts aren't about the temporarily displaced college students. My thoughts are of the 30,000 people that are stuck in the Superdome with no food and no water and only an occasional bus taking them to safety. They were being taken to the Astrodome in Texas, but the Astrodome recently said they can't handle any more people, so they're turning them away. Armed gangs are looting the city, people are shooting at helicopters that are trying to bring help, the Federal government is twiddling their thumbs while people die, and you're angry because I'm not congratulating Oklahoma City University for helping out the least needy of the victims? I think it's selfish for you to be more worried about not interrupting their classes than all the people that are still in life or death situations. If they had sent food, water, and the opportunity for shelter to all these people, maybe I'd be more impressed.

And you know nothing about what I've done to help, so don't assume you know anything about me.

Updated On: 9/2/05 at 03:09 AM

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 7:21am

Orange, I don't know where you got the information that the Astrodome was turning away refugees, but that is not the case. On CNN last last the facility manager said that they had plenty of room, cots, food, water and showers and would not turn anyone away. Did something change after 11:00pm last night?

Back to the topic, students at Loyola in NO have been offered free placement in any Jesuit college/university in the country. The high school where my husband teaches is taking in 20 students who are moving up to the metro area to live with family. Alabama and Arkansas have waived all enrollment requirements for students from Louisiana and Mississippi (transcripts, immunization records, etc) and promised them free lunch. Texas communities are prepared to absorb students housed in the shelters there.

Spending 4 months or so out of school and adrift is not what the uprooted kids need.

[KelRel]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 8:21am

My college, the University of Kentucky is taking in students too. They are offering housing and tuition waivers to as many students as we can take in. I think that thats great. My husband and I are discussing talking to the housing office and offering up our spare bedroom to a displaced student if need be. We just have to figure out if we will be able to do it as we are moving soon and may lose the extra space.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 8:57am

Astrodome Full; No More Evacuees

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 9:03am

Orange - thanks for the link. Instead of being turned away, however, I would say that the refugees are being sheltered at the adjacent facilty.

"Instead of sending arriving buses away to other shelters, however, officials decided early Friday to process the refugees there and begin housing people in the adjacent Reliant Center, where the Houston Texans play football, said Houston press secretary Patrick Trahan."

[ProducersFan]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 10:43am

My college works closely with Tulane University, and is now looking for ways to help them. I believe the school is also hoping to organize groups to go down and help in the cleanup process in the near future, if possible.

I just wish there was more I could do... I feel so helpless...

~Jessica

[WayWicked]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 11:20am

Thank you to the kind hearted folks here at BWW who understand the gravity of this situation. And to the other self centered children who think this is a joke....I hope you experience first hand this situation.

Oklahoma City University has been kind to offer free full tuition. For a private, nationally ranked university of this kind to do this is amazing. Perhaps you missed the story on them that CNN recently did. And OCU is a primary enrollment school for Tulane and students can start school Monday. Click here for details: http://www.okcu.edu/news/Katrina.asp

And to those children here who think this is a joke...instead of bitching which you obviously enjoy doing...why not actually do something to help. You want to make fun of someone who has gone out their way to help and then sit on your butt doing nothing.

You are pathetic.

[Plum]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 11:36am

No, you're over-reacting. Calm yourself. No one denies that this is a generous gesture. Conversely, to those who are pointing out that many of these students need more immediate help- you do what you can. As Marx said, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." Colleges can give education, so that's what they're doing. And trust me, students are already getting organized to send supplies and other help to the Gulf coast.

[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:10pm

No, you're incorrect. At this time of need, ANYTHING anyone does should be treated with nothing but absolute RESPECT. The attitude of simple minded, self ecentered members here is disgusting.

The comments I read here are disgusting. Here a major university is doing sommething and what do our lovely BWW members do....sit here and make snide remarks. And this acceptable to you. That, in itself, is disgusting.

There is no over reacting here. It is reacting to the snotty idiots who have everything and feel superior to those who are actually doing something. That's what's insulting.

If these people actually did something (which I'm sure they're not cause would involve a heart), that would still not give them any right to make comments about someone or some place that is.

I hope people in the effected areas don't see the egotistical postings that are present here. They deserve better from so called "supporters". These posters are the first to cry foul about Bush's activities. They're the first to complain about the goverment. And then when someone besides their lazy self does something, the think it's a joke. Many of you should be ashamed.

[Plum]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:13pm

Yeah...reading it again, not seeing the disdainful mockery or "egotism". But you see what you want to see, I guess.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 1:40pm

Tuttle, get off your barstool.

But congrats to those students who have the ability to get to OKC, pay for room and board, and their books.

Then again, I haven't seen much college looking students stuck at the Nawlens convention center.

[Chitty]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 5:46pm

Bravo Tuttle! We have some real idiots here. They're actions are disgusting.

And the parade of idiots continues it seems. No end in sight.

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 9/2/05 at 6:07pm

You do what you can. I could only afford to give $5 to the Red Cross because I am flat broke. I have food and a roof over my head. Something many people do not have right now. I have to pay rent and eat but other than that I can suffer a little discomfort by ignoring my wants for a little bit so other people can get what they need to survive. Indiana University has already accepted 20 students from Tulane as of last night and I hope other colleges around follow suit. My mom is a nurse and is heading to India at the end of the month to work with the sick and help with the rebuilding there after the tsunami, and they asked for people to sign up to go down to Louisiana and Alabama to provide medical care yesterday and she signed up for that too. I wish I could take time off school to go down and do something, but we are raising money like crazy at my college and am giving everything I can. It's the best I can do right now. I hope everyone is considering every possible way they can help. I have heard people are even taking displaced people into their homes. Something I would love to do is just go down and work with the kids. This is so traumatic and they need a way to get their emotions out. A great way to get kids to deal with their emotions is theatre. I'd love to be down there to work with them and help take their mind of all of this for at least a little while. I don't know if this would be any good to anyone down there, but I have a huge compilation of theatre games and their rules that I could make copies of and send down. I dunno like I said, I am trying to think of everything I can possibly do...

Updated On: 9/2/05 at 06:07 PM