Katrina/Xavier University New Orleans

[wheelsonfire]

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Are there any students from Xavier University of Louisiana out there?
How did you get out of New Orleans and how can others help?
Have you been re-routed to other schools in Texas? I know SMU is taking in the Tulane students, but I don't know details.
My thoughts are with you and your families and the victims of this disaster. If anyone is online from Xavier College of Pharmacy or has information, please post it.
Thanks!

 

[Caverject]

http://www.xulaemergency.com/

 

[wheelsonfire]

http://www.xulaemergency.com/

Thank you so much!!!

 

[Peppermint]

I'm a Pharmacy student at the University of Florida and received the following email today. If anyone knows of any Xavier University Pharmacy students please let them know about it:

Fellow Students of the College of Pharmacy-

In light of the catastrophic events that have taken place over the past week in New Orleans, please take a moment of your time to read the following email (originally from Dr. Peris and Dean Riffee). It is our duty as professional students to reach out to our fellow colleagues at Xavier University in this time of need!

Thank you very much-
Kim Farrin
President, Kappa Epsilon, Kappa Chapter


Dear Kim,
As president of the University of Florida Kappa Chapter of KE, I am asking for your assistance in contacting pharmacy students that may know students at Xavier School of Pharmacy in New Orleans LA, who have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
This morning, the faculty at the Gainesville Campus of the University of Florida College of Pharmacy were instructed by Dean Riffee that our college will do all it can to assist pharmacy students at Xavier in continuing their pharmacy education at least temporarily at the Jacksonville campus at UF. The problem is getting the information about this opportunity to the individual students, who are more than likely displaced from their housing and without University phone or email access. Perhaps you or your classmates know contact information for students at Xavier and could disseminate this information to them. If so, please let them know they should contact Dean Riffee directly to discuss the possibility of continuing at UF at least temporarily. His contact information is below; email is probably the best route if that is possible. The University of Florida and the College of Pharmacy have set a tentative deadline of Sept 12th for students informing us that they would like to continue their education here, although students that contact Dean Riffee after that date will be addressed on a case by case basis. Details about reduced tuition and relocation issues are being discussed.

Thank you very much for your help in this matter.

Sincerely, Joanna Peris
Faculty Advisor, Kappa chapter

William H. Riffee, Ph.D.
Dean College of Pharmacy
P.O. Box 100484
JHM Health Science Ceneter
Gainesville FL 32610
352-273-6309 (office)
352-273-6306 (fax)
[email protected]
Kappa Epsilon
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Joanna Peris, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacodynamics
University of Florida

[email protected]

 

[Caverject]

From AACP

Update on Xavier University [9/2/05]
AACP is relieved to have confirmed the safety of key administrators at the Xavier University School of Pharmacy in New Orleans and have pledged our support to assist them and their students in the weeks and months ahead. An inventory of offers of assistance has been established. Please send a message to [email protected] with your name, your institution (if applicable), email and telephone contact information, and the nature of the assistance you or your organization can provide. Our thanks to all for your support.

AACP Expresses Concern for Colleagues Affected by Hurricane Katrina [9/1/05]
AACP leaders and staff join with pharmacy faculty and students across the country in expressing concern for colleagues in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast who have had their lives changed so significantly by Hurricane Katrina. Given the downtown location of Xavier University we are especially concerned about the faculty and students at this school of pharmacy but we know ULM and Ole Miss students and faculty were impacted as well. Thus far we have not received direct confirmation of the status of Xavier or their needs. AACP stands ready to work in collaboration with the administrators of those institutions affected by the hurricane and will do all in our power to assist them, their students, and others in this time of tremendous need. Our thanks to all for your expressions of concern and support for our colleagues.

 

[ButlerPharm.D.]

Butler's taking 5 students 1 from Tulane and 4 from Xavier.

 

[vafcarrot]

UK is taking undergraduate students but no pharmacy students. Our class is filled to the max, literally. We have 132 students and only 130 seats in our biggest classroom. I hope that everyone finds a spot and does well. I start crying every time time I turn the TV. Props to the schools that are able to open their doors to fellow students.

 

[Got Em]

Texas Tech's School of Pharmacy is taking 24 students (6 from each class). I will do whatever I can to help out. We're at the max capacity too, but we still have to help out. I'm sure Univ. of Texas or Univ. of Houston are helping out too. Hopefully we can reach all the pharmacy students.

 

[rcs3255]

i'm a P3 at xavier university.

as far as relocating to other universities, P1's and P2's and P4's will probably be able to. however, since curriculums vary widely from pharmacy school to pharmacy school, the first semester of P3 year will be difficult to salvage because many of the courses taught are unique to the university. currently we're scheduled to begin classes in early january and will likely finish the fall semester in late april/early may and start the spring semester shortly thereafter. the spring semester will be finished by august 06 and our rotations will start shortly thereafter.

we had been in class for a week until hurricane katrina hit. actually, it caught us off guard; alot of us celebrated the start of our P3 year friday night by doing some partying and were totally unaware of the change of the hurricane's path until we were awoken in a drunken stupor early saturday morning as our bosses called and told us to come into work. the vast majority of the new orleans area started to evacuate so the majority of us in retail had to stay in town saturday to fill the prescriptions of those who were evacuating. i, personally, left sunday afternoon and the hurricane made landfall monday morning. some of my friends were on call and therefore had to stay at various hospitals throughout new orleans.

my parents actually live about 20 miles west of new orleans and luckily escaped the major flooding that new orleans has been stricken with, although we do have some wind damage.

i returned to my parent's house on tuesday and took part in rescue efforts. i'd just like to say that the images on TV can do no justice to the chaos and death that is actually going on in new orleans. i have seen things that i would have never expected to see. i'm not the least bit political but i will say that federal help has taken much too long to arrive. things are getting better now that the national guard and coast guard have arrived.

there was no telecommunications in the new orleans metropolitan area unitl late this afternoon. electricity and water were actually just restored a few hours ago in my hometown. cell phones are now obsolete since cell towers and phone lines are down throughout southeastern louisiana. it is nearly impossible to contact friends and family to determine whether they are safe.

i would like to say thanks to everyone who has made any contribution to the relief effort. i have heard wonderful stories about people throughout the southern states literally opening their homes to the refugees of hurricane katrina. a classmate of mine is actually staying with a complete stranger who was kind enough to provide food and shelter. the hospitality of people throughout texas and other southern states is simply awesome. if you would like to help with the recovery effort, i would urge you to make cash donations to the american red cross since they coordinate the shelters. also, prayers are needed. we from louisiana are a strong and determined people and we will endure and rebuild.

 

[ultracet]

i have been told they think classes will resume in jan.