Member Advisory - September 15, 2008

Statement on Hurricane Ike

San Antonio, TX: The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) would like to express their concern for everyone affected by Hurricane Ike, especially to its member institutions and their learning communities across east Texas and beyond. “As we watched in disbelief on TV the forces of nature assault the Gulf of Mexico coastal areas, we were hoping the impact would be much less than anticipated. We are aware that the lack of power and other infrastructure services, especially transportation and communications, may delay the restart of operations at numerous colleges and universities,” Antonio Flores, HACU’s President & CEO, stated.

HACU will attempt to ascertain the impact of the hurricane on its member institutions as soon as possible to better assess how we might be able to assist them. Flores assigned a special staff team over the weekend to work on this priority project. An action plan is expected this afternoon for immediate implementation.

HACU responded in the aftermath of Katrina in 2005 with important results for affected institutions. Although the damage caused by Ike is not expected to be as severe, the lessons learned from Katrina will guide HACU’s actions this time.

“We will keep our membership informed as appropriate of HACU’s findings, proposed actions, and possible ways of assisting member institutions in need,” added Flores. 

Below is a list of colleges and universities in the area that may have been affected. The list below may not be comprehensive, but includes institutions *impacted by Hurricane Ike and those that were **impacted by Hurricane Ike and are HACU-member institutions. Please visit the university Web sites below for detailed information. Please note some Web sites may be offline occasionally.

Alvin Community College
www.alvincollege.edu

*Baylor College of Medicine
http://www.bcm.edu/

Blinn College
http://www.blinn.edu/emergency.htm

*Brazosport College
http://www.brazosport.edu/

Coastal Bend College (HSI)http://www.coastalbend.edu/announcements/pressreleaseHurricaneIkecollegeclosed.pdf

Del Mar College (HSI)
http://www.delmar.edu/

**Galveston College (HSI)    
http://www.gc.edu/emergency/

*Houston Baptist University
http://www.hbu.edu/hbu/Default.asp

**Houston Community College (HSI) system
http://www.hccs.edu

*Lamar University
http://www.lamar.edu/newsevents/articles/221_6921.htm

**Lone Star College System
http://www.lonestar.edu/

**Our Lady of the Lake University – Houston campus (HSI)
http://www.ollusa.edu

*Prairie View A&M University (HBCU)
http://www.pvamu.edu/pages/1.asp?SelectedTab=1

**Rice University
http://explore.rice.edu/explore/Emergency.asp

**San Jacinto College (HSI) system
http://www.sjcd.edu

**San Jacinto College, Central (HSI)

**San Jacinto College North (HSI)

*Sam Houston State University
http://www.shsu.edu/

*South Texas College of Law
http://www.stcl.edu/hottopics/watching_Ike.html

*Texas Southern University (HBCU)
http://web.subr.edu/

Texas A&M University
http://emergency.tamu.edu/

Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi (HSI)
http://www.tamucc.edu/

*Texas A&M University – Galveston
http://www.tamug.edu/news/Ike.htm

Texas A&M University – Kingsville (HSI)
http://www.tamuk.edu/

**Texas Woman’s University – Houston campus
http://www.twu.edu/

**University of Houston
http://piersystem.com/go/site/1093

**University of Houston – Clear Lake
http://prtl.uhcl.edu/portal/page/portal/HOMEPAGE

**University of Houston – Downtown (HSI)
http://www.uhdemergency.info/go/site/1553/

University of Houston – Victoria
http://www.uhvemergency.info/go/site/1523/

**University of St. Thomas (HSI)
http://www.stthom.edu/Public/index.asp?page_ID=4181

University of Texas at Brownsville (HSI)
http://www.utb.edu/ba/hurricane/Pages/default.aspx

*University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
http://www.uthoustonemergency.org/

*University of Texas Medical Branch
http://www.utmb.edu/

Victoria College
http://www.victoriacollege.edu/ (HSI)

Wharton County Junior College
http://www.wcjc.edu

Please contact Alicia Martinez, Executive Director of Membership at HACU, if you have any additional information on how HACU or its other member institutions can be of help. She can be reached at 210-576-3217 or via e-mail at amartinez@hacu.net.

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