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>The University of Pennsylvania is also going to take in both undergraduate
>and graduate (PhD) students whose campuses have
been closed by the hurricane. See the memo below that gives details or
links to other messages.
Robert L. Schuyler
Graduate Group Chair
Anthropology
>Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 10:27:21 -0400
>From: Karen Lawrence <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Hurricane response for PhD students
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>TO: Graduate Deans
> Graduate Group Chairs
> Graduate Group Coordinators
>
>FROM: Karen Lawrence
>
>As you probably know, universities around the country are rallying to
>support the students and institutions displaced by the recent hurricane.
>Yesterday President Gutmann made a public announcement, including a
>statement that "Penn expects to be able to accommodate as many as 100
>undergraduate students. In addition, graduate and professional students
>will be considered on an individual basis, depending on available
>space." The full announcement is at
>http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/hurricane2.php
>
>Many of our graduate and professional schools are fielding calls from
>dislocated students looking to transfer. A voicemail phone tree
>(215-573-4338) has been established to triage calls to the appropriate
>offices. As with all admissions decisions at the PhD level, you will
>decide locally within your school/program whether to accommodate
>requests. If you chose to host graduate students as visitors, and allow
>them to take courses or do dissertation research for a semester or two,
>you may accept them on the same terms as "Exchange Scholars", and
>coordinate the application and registration through Marco Manzo in the
>Graduate Division of Arts and Sciences. The student would not be billed
>tuition at Penn, but would pay tuition to the HOME institution. Visiting
>Scholars will be required to purchase Penn Student Health Insurance.
>You are not constrained to taking students native to the Philadelphia
>area, but please be aware that local housing capacity may become an issue.
>
>A special Visiting Scholars application form will be posted online later
>today at www.sas.upenn.edu/GAS
>If you have questions, you are welcome to contact me or Marco Manzo
>(8-7444).
>
>Karen Lawrence
>Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Education
>University of Pennsylvania
>122 College Hall
>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6303
>telephone (215)898-1842 / fax (215)898-6567
Robert L. Schuyler
University of Pennsylvania Museum
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324
Tel: (215) 898-6965
Fax: (215) 898-0657
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