October 31, 2005

Xavier students relocate to Amherst

An AP story on CNN.com tells the story of seven students from Xavier University in New Orleans who have been “taken in” by Amherst after Hurricane Katrina closed their school.

Tameka Noel, a senior pre-med student, is described as missing “friends, and Cajun food, and Bourbon Street, which puts small-town Amherst’s nightlife to shame.”

Amherst has not only enrolled the students for the year, but has also looked out for their well-being in other ways:

Amherst took its visitors shopping for the winter clothes they suddenly needed, and is even paying for them to fly home for Thanksgiving. In the classroom, it organized tutorials to help them catch up after missing the first two weeks of class. College officials say the students are doing fine academically.

Kudos to the College for doing its part in this way; any thoughts on whether these efforts are enough, or should Amherst be doing more?

Brian Meacham '97 | October 31, 2005 09:07 PM | Student Life

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David Schaich | November 2, 2005 08:25 PM:

The college has also "taken in" a few professors from Xavier - one in the Music department, one in the Math department, and (I believe) one or two in other departments (I want to say Biology or Psychology, but I'm not sure).

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