GW, along with dozens of other universities across the country, will allow students from Tulane University and several other institutions in the New Orleans area to take classes here after Hurricane Katrina forced schools to delay their semesters.
Students from the Gulf area looking to take classes at GW would be enrolled as non-degree students on a space-available basis. While no University housing will be provided, GW said it would waive any late registration fees that these students might incur, according to an e-mail sent Thursday afternoon by Donald Lehman, executive vice president for Academic Affairs.
University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg said that he came to the decision after speaking to national organizations and finding out what other universities were doing.
Trachtenberg added that GW has several ties to Tulane, pointing out that its current university president Scott Cowen received his master's degree and his Ph.D. from GW. Louis Katz, University executive vice president and treasurer, formerly worked at Tulane.
"It's the right thing to do," Trachtenberg said in an interview Thursday night. "We would expect them to do the same thing if the situation was reversed."
The University is also coordinating a relief drive for donations to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. In a mass e-mail Thursday, John Williams, GW's provost and vice president for health affairs, encouraged all students to make a contribution to the fund, which will be located in Ross Hall.
Tulane University, whose Web site, e-mail service and telephone lines have been down because of hurricane infrastructure damage, has posted instructions for students on an emergency Web site. The page states that the university will try to recover as quickly as possible.
"The uptown campus is covered with debris from fallen trees and shrubs, making it almost impossible to drive or even walk on campus," Tulane University President Scott Cowen wrote on the Web site. "We have no power in any of the buildings other than a few where we control the power source."
Students from the Gulf area looking to take classes at GW would be enrolled as non-degree students on a space-available basis. While no University housing will be provided, GW said it would waive any late registration fees that these students might incur, according to an e-mail sent Thursday afternoon by Donald Lehman, executive vice president for Academic Affairs.
University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg said that he came to the decision after speaking to national organizations and finding out what other universities were doing.
Trachtenberg added that GW has several ties to Tulane, pointing out that its current university president Scott Cowen received his master's degree and his Ph.D. from GW. Louis Katz, University executive vice president and treasurer, formerly worked at Tulane.
"It's the right thing to do," Trachtenberg said in an interview Thursday night. "We would expect them to do the same thing if the situation was reversed."
The University is also coordinating a relief drive for donations to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. In a mass e-mail Thursday, John Williams, GW's provost and vice president for health affairs, encouraged all students to make a contribution to the fund, which will be located in Ross Hall.
Tulane University, whose Web site, e-mail service and telephone lines have been down because of hurricane infrastructure damage, has posted instructions for students on an emergency Web site. The page states that the university will try to recover as quickly as possible.
"The uptown campus is covered with debris from fallen trees and shrubs, making it almost impossible to drive or even walk on campus," Tulane University President Scott Cowen wrote on the Web site. "We have no power in any of the buildings other than a few where we control the power source."
