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Dear Liz: I have refrained from writing knowing how busy you must be. I'm glad that all are safe - property can always be replaced. Looks like SLIS was very fortunate. You have done an outstanding job with your emails - very professional and informative. My best wishes to you, the faculty, and students of SLIS. joe On 5/4/2011 4:54 PM, Aversa, Elizabeth wrote: > > Greetings LIS education colleagues, > > I am writing to bring you some good news from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The > entire faculty, staff, and current student body of the School of > Library and Information Studies at The University of Alabama survived > the storms that ravaged our region on April 27^th . Today I am able to > account for every single student enrolled in MLIS and MFA programs > for Spring semester; it was a great boost to see the last member of > our student body check in. > > Our University is back online in most respects, and our interim and > summer sessions will be held as scheduled. We are admitting students > to distance, on-campus, and regional program options and our campus is > ready to receive incoming students, visitors, and summer camps. Many > of our students, faculty, and staff are housing displaced students and > others who are without homes, volunteering to feed and provide needed > items for those whose personal effects were lost, serving as errand > runners for those who lost their vehicles, and working with the public > library and other agencies to assist residents in filling out forms > for insurance, FEMA, and other programs. > > We continue to make progress in digging out and cleaning up our > neighborhoods. Those affiliated with the University suffered huge > losses of real estate, vehicles, and personal effects, but almost > everyone, University-wide, has been accounted for. Sadly, the > University lost at least six students in the tornado in Tuscaloosa. > > On behalf of SLIS, our profound thanks to all of you who sent > messages and offers to assist us. You cannot imagine how much the > expressions of your concern lift our spirits. > > Elizabeth Aversa > > Professor & Director > -- Joseph J. Mika, Professor School of Library and Information Science Wayne State University 106 Kresge Library Detroit, MI 48202 USA email: [log in to unmask] phone: 1 (888) 497-8754 ext. 708 fax: 1 (313) 577-7563 www.slis.wayne.edu