2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2005
Marlesa Roney
Vice Provost for Student Success
What is the Student Success?
MR: Student Success is the umbrella name for 19 departments at the University.
The office of the Vice Provost for Student Success, we provide support and leadership for those 19 departments that comprise Student Success.
Why is it important to have a Student Success department?
MR: It's important because we provide the services and programs that enable students to earn their degrees, develop leadership skills and become responsible and capable adults.
What is the most difficult part of your job?
MR: Dealing with challenging issues such as students' deaths, significant problems and difficult issues.
What is the most rewarding part of your job?
MR: Working with KU students.
What is a typical day like for you?
meetings with other university administrators and everything in between.
MR: There is no typical day, which is what I really enjoy about my job.
I do tend to spend a lot of time in meetings. It's a variety of meetings and it can range from meetings with individual students to larger groups to
What is your favorite KU tradition?
MR: The alma mater followed by the Rock Chalk Chant. Putting our arms around each other and singing the alma mater.
I think it brings a wonderful feeling of warmth and community. I love the Rock Chalk Chant too, but singing the alma mater is really what brings people together.
Tulane transfers get help
▼ HURRICANE KATRINA
— Edited by Kellis Robinett
BY MALINDA OSBORNE
mosborne@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Kansas schools are split in their policy toward the students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Private universities, such as Washburn and Rockhurst, are waiving or delaying tuition payments entirely, while the public institutions, such as the University of Kansas and Kansas State University are offering to waive late fees and work with students for possible financial aid.
University officials said so far 19 displaced students have been admitted, 15 of those being from Kansas.
Marles Roney, vice provost for student success, attributed the discrepancies to legal constraints set forth by the Kansas Board of Regents.
"From a legal perspective, we can't reduce tuition." Roney said. "The Board approves a fee structure that has been approved already."
At the moment, all the University can do is work with the federal government on loans and scholarships because there is no reliable method of contacting the students' former colleges, Roney said.
"I it's a fairly complex situation and we are very limited on what we can do immediately," Roney said. "But we'll know more by the end of the week hopefully."
UNIVERSITIES DIFFER ON ASSISTANCE
Public colleges and universities in Nebraska and Oklahoma have offered to reduce or eliminate tuition for displaced students altogether.
Joan Sanmann, admissions staff
Assistance provided to displaced students at universities (OSU, KSU, Missouri, KU, Rockhurst, Nebraska, Washburn):
* Extending enrollment period until Friday, Sept. 9
* Financial help with textbooks and school supplies
* Elimination of late fees
* Assistance in finding federal aid
Additional help:
Public Oklahoma Universities — Waiving tuition for the fall semester
♦ Washburn University
— Waiving tuition for the
entire academic year
♦ University of Nebraska (all
four campuses) — In-state
tuition for the semester
- Rockhurst University
  - Delaying tuition billing for eight weeks
adviser for Oklahoma State University, said all public higher education institutions in Oklahoma were allowed to waive tuition to displaced students for a semester after the Oklahoma Board of Regents approved the measure during a teleconference, last week.
"Right now, we're just admitting them," Derritt said.
Erin Brush, originally from Edmond, Okla., is a sophomore transfer student to the University from Tulane, where she was in the School of Architecture. Brush first looked at Oklahoma State University, which is a 45-minute drive from her home. But like the University of Tulane, the University has a five year masters program for architecture students
Sources: Larry Moeder, director of admissions at KSU; Christian Basi, spokesman for the University of Missouri; Dawn Shew, director of student activities at Washburn; Brent Gage, associate director of admission at the University of Nebraska; Joan Sannmann, admissions staff adviser at Oklahoma State University; Katherine Frohoff, director of media relations for Parkhurst University.
Cindy Derritt, director of the University registrar, said there was no discussion under way at the Kansas Board of Regents about reducing or waiving tuition for the students.
Rockhurst University.
"If I want Tulane on my diploma, I can't afford to get behind in architecture classes," Brush said.
Brush met with the dean of the architecture school, John Gaunt, and then associate dean, Michael Swann who she said were both extremely helpful and accommodating. Even though many of the studio classes were already full, Gaunt and Swan ensured Brush that the enrollment process would be as smooth as possible.
"They almost transferred my whole semester from Tulane." Brush said. "The professors looked up what classes I would be taking and went by Tulane's program, and not theirs, which is a little different."
But the downside to Brush coming to the University is having to pay double tuition. Tu-
iane's dean of architecture, Reed Kroloff, in a letter posted Sept. 6, on www.tulaneschoolofarchitecture.com said, "Pay your tuition to Tulane, if you haven't already, and all tuition will be waived at the host school. You may still have to pay some student fees, and you will be responsible for all your living expenses, as you would have been in New Orleans."
According to www.lunchmoney.com, a Web site that tracks universities' tuition, a year's worth of tuition and room and board at Tulane is $40,000. On top of paying Tulane, Brush must also pay out-of-state tuition to the University.
"It's not like I'm asking for a hand-out," Brush said. "My parents can afford to send me to college, but paying for it twice is hard. I'm not living out of a box but at the same time it does put a strain on everything."
The TSA Web site encouraged students to look elsewhere for the semester, and in regards to professional schools it said students should try to find an equivalent program.
Brush's hope is that she will be reimbursed or compensated by Tulane, eventually. Tulane president Scott Cowen said in an address to students posted on www.tulane.edu, on Sept. 3, that students could be sure that Tulane would implement the plan in a manner that was fair and equitable as it regarded the tuition that students had paid or must pay to the institution they attend this fall.
Edited by Kellis Robimett
HURRICANE KATRINA
Kansas prepares for more evacuees
BY JOHN MILBURN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Joy Moser, spokeswoman for the Kansas Adjutant General's Department, which includes the National Guard and emergency management, said yesterday that fewer than 1,000 people were already in Kansas.
TOPEKA — State officials are preparing for an estimated 4,000 evacuees from Hurricane Katrina to arrive in the coming days, far fewer than originally rumored.
"We might be able to handle more," Moser said. "We want to make sure we can handle what they give us. They don't want to stress everybody. Texas is stressed."
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was
asked by Texas officials to take in people whom they couldn't handle, said Nicole Corcoran, the governor's spokeswoman. Sebelius signed a letter yesterday asking for federal funds to assist Kansas in caring for evacuees.
"Supplementary federal assistance is necessary to save lives, protect property, public health and safety and to lessen the overall impact of this effort on the evacuates and the state of Kansas." Sebelius said.
Communities across Kansas were beginning to see people trickle in from the storm, with the bulk of evacuees still to come.
"Still waiting. Ready and waiting," said Angie Duntz, spokeswoman for Sedgwick County.
The county and Wichita
Todd Weddle/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hurricane Katrina refuges Jack and Cassie Holcomb of Gautier, Miss., help their daughter, Keara Holcomb, 5, get ready for her first day of school at Mark Twain Elementary School yesterday in St. Joseph, Mo. Keara, who had already started kindergarten about two weeks ago in Mississippi, will attend elementary school in St. Joseph for many months until her family can return to Louisiana.
plan to provide shelter for 1,800 people. They are also prepared to help 500 medical patients. Refugees will come
first to a receiving center at the Kansas Coliseum, where they will register with the Red Cross.
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