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LSU Baton Rouge offering assistance to Faculty and Students affected by Hurricane Katrina

LSU Dept of Geography and Anthropology in Baton Rouge is offering assistance to faculty and grad students, anthropologists in the private and public sector, etc in the Hurricane Katrina area. In addition, LSU is looking for people to teach classes (now), enrolling students, a medical rescue/treatment center for hurricane evacuees.

  1. To facilitate communication, the Dept of Geography & Anthropology at LSU is creating a list of names and email addresses to post on the LSU web page. Please send a current email address and any other contact information to gachair@lsu.edu (hurricane email directory in subject line) or call the dept office at 225-578-5942.
  2. Our dept will find space for faculty and grad students and get you linked with computers, library privileges, and other things to get folks working.
  3. On the LSU web page there is an urgent call, as follows: "Instructors are needed immediately to teach various classes at LSU. If you are a college professor or instructor and are available to teach one or more classes, please contact us immediately at phawkin@lsu.edu. Please include your name, how you can be contacted, and classes you might be able to teach." (The email address is Patrice Hawkins).
  4. If you are displaced by the hurricane and need a place to live, see the LSU web site (www.lsu.edu). LSU is coordinating efforts to accommodate academics.
  5. LSU is accepting and enrolling students.
Sponsor

Dept of Geog & Anthropology, LSU, Baton Rouge
Contact Information
Dept Chair/Dept office
Dept of Geography & Anthropology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge LA 70803-4105 U.S.A.

Tel: (225) 578-5942

For more information, visit

http://www.lsu.edu/university_relations/mediacenter/ nr/20050902_univasst.htm

Last Modified: Monday September 19 2005