University of Richmond Accepts 37 Students From Area Affected by Hurricane Katrina Tuition Free for Fall Semester
September 7, 2005
The University of Richmond has accepted tuition free for the fall semester, 37 students dislocated from colleges and universities in the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
The undergraduate and law spots available for the fall semester have been filled. Several spots, however, are still available in the university’s MBA program. For more information, contact Richard Coughlan, associate dean for graduate and executive programs in the Robins School of Business, at (804) 289-8553 or rcoughla@richmond.edu.
Among the students accepted for fall are two exchange students from the University of Queensland in Australia who were studying at Tulane, which like Richmond, has an agreement with Queensland.
Although most of the class space available to students from the affected area for fall semester is now taken, Richmond officials said that if stricken schools are not able to reopen in the spring, their students may apply for regular admission to Richmond for the spring semester, which begins January 2006.
That would give the university time to plan for increased housing and course availability for spring semester to accommodate as many mid-year undergraduate admissions as feasible, they also said.
Students who are admitted mid-year will have regular full-time student status and thus will be eligible to apply for financial aid to meet the cost of tuition, fees and room and board. Undergraduate students interested in applying for the spring semester should contact the Office of Admission at (800) 700-1662 or admissions@richmond.edu.