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Alamo Community College District Offers Assistance to Community Colleges Affected by Hurricane Rita

For Immediate Release
September 23, 2005
Contact: Kay Hendricks, Coordinator of Communication
(210) 208-8006
khendric@accd.edu

The Alamo Community College District (ACCD) has offered its support and assistance to 12 community colleges/districts in areas expected to be affected by Hurricane Rita.

“We want you to know that our thoughts and prayers are with you and your families at this difficult time,” wrote ACCD Acting Chancellor Dr. Dan Derrico in an email to the heads of the 12 institutions. He pledged that the ACCD would work with the affected colleges “in any way that we can to help you recover from the effects of Hurricane Rita, including helping your students, if necessary, to resume their college classes as soon as possible.”

In his email, Derrico noted that the ACCD and its colleges have been active in providing support to Hurricane Katrina evacuees in San Antonio. These efforts have included short-term workshops and job training classes, as well as assistance with college enrollment. Derrico expressed confidence that ACCD’s experience with those affected by Katrina would be invaluable in assisting evacuees from Hurricane Rita.

Derrico was joined in the email by the five ACCD college presidents, who offered their willingness to be of assistance as well.

The email was sent to the chief administrators of: Alvin Community College; Brazosport College; Coastal Bend College; College of the Mainland; Del Mar College; Galveston College; the Houston Community College System; Lee College; the North Harris Montgomery Community College District; San Jacinto College; Victoria Community College and Wharton Community College.