Interfaith Council Service
updated 09.07.2005

An Interfaith Council Service is being held Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Ferguson Plaza. This group, led
by Jack Alvy, has planned a brief service. President Witt will make a few remarks, representatives of various denominations and groups, and hopefully the AAA choir. Ken Fields, Canterbury Episcopal Center, and
several others are assisting with the program itself. It will be roughly a 30 minute session.

REMINDER: If you are a student or student organization and you are participating in the Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort, please let the Community Service Center know so we may recognize your efforts! Call 348-2865 or email volunteer@bama.ua.edu.

NOTICE: Student groups who wish to coordinate special programs for hurricane evacuees may notify the Community Service Center at 348-2865 of your plans which will be communicated to the appropriate agencies. Based on agency and evacuee needs, agency representatives will determine if programs are beneficial at that time.

STUDENT ASSISTANCE: The UA Dean of Students office has established a Student Hurricane Assistance Center to help students from the gulf coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with problems resulting from the storm. It will also help students who have sustained damage to property in the Tuscaloosa area.

The center will serve as a campus resource to address the special needs of students affected by the storm. Anticipated needs may include serving as a communication center to relay messages between students and parents in cases where cell and land line phones are inoperable, assisting with temporary housing for students who have been displaced by the storm, and assisting with academic needs for students who must leave campus to help family or deliver relief supplies.

In addition, the Counseling Center and the campus ministers are available to counsel students in the wake of the hurricane. For more information, students should call the Dean of Students Office at 205/348-6114 or come to 231 Ferguson Center.

UA REGISTRATION EXTENDED: In response to requests from a number of students whose academic careers are being interrupted due to Hurricane Katrina, UA has extended the registration period for college students from New Orleans and the Mississippi gulf coast area who want to enroll at UA for fall semester. Dr. Jacqueline Morgan, assistant director of admissions, will work with the students and expedite the process, assisting these students with admission, registration, housing and financial aid. Morgan can be reached at 205-348-2914, 205-348-8190 or Jacqueline.Morgan@ua.edu.

ASSISTING RESEARCHERS FROM OTHER UNIVERSITIES: Dr. Keith McDowell, UA vice president for research, will be contacting research faculty at universities in the impacted area to offer use of UA facilities or to arrange cooperative efforts with UA faculty members. This is a critical area of need with several research universities impacted by the hurricane.