{"id":280992,"date":"2017-11-07T14:06:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T19:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=280992"},"modified":"2022-11-30T14:21:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T19:21:42","slug":"university-welcoming-hurricane-maria-irma-puerto-rico-virgin-islands-280992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/university-welcoming-hurricane-maria-irma-puerto-rico-virgin-islands-280992\/","title":{"rendered":"University welcoming students from Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than a month after Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma made landfall in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, many residents still do not have power or access to clean water. Universities and colleges in these areas have had to temporarily shut down, forcing many students to suspend their degree programs. In response to this, the University of Rochester is inviting displaced college students from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to continue their undergraduate coursework in Rochester during the 2018 spring semester.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/news\/community-engagement\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-277062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bug-community-engagement.jpg\" alt=\"Community Connections: A Newscenter series highlighting the ties between the University and its communities.\" width=\"450\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>Eligible students can arrive in January as a visiting student to continue their\u00a0education while their home college or university prepares for their fall 2018 semester return. The University will\u00a0arrange travel to Rochester for these students and provide on-campus accommodations. They will not have to pay tuition, room or board and will be able to take the courses that correspond with the academic program they were enrolled in before their studies were interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>The University can accommodate up to 12 undergraduates as visiting students beginning in January. As needed, added language support will also be available through the University\u2019s partnership with the Cambridge Education Group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we began to think about how we could help, we realized that our educational resources could truly benefit those who have experienced so much devastation in recent months,\u201d said Jeff Runner, dean of the College. \u201cThere are many University faculty and staff who have helped make this effort come together, and we know our student body will warmly welcome these individuals as classmates for the upcoming semester. We certainly hope this invitation reaches those students in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Office of Admissions is working with higher education associations and local and international organizations to make this offer to eligible students in need. Interested students are encouraged to apply by\u00a0December 1. For full information, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/enrollment.rochester.edu\/guest-semester-program\/\">https:\/\/enrollment.rochester.edu\/guest-semester-program\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rochester will be welcoming students affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria so they may continue their studies while their home colleges are temporarily shut down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":281032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[21242,29502],"class_list":["post-280992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","tag-admissions","tag-featured-post-side"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>University welcoming college students from Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rochester will be welcoming students affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, so they may continue their studies while their home colleges are shut down.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/university-welcoming-hurricane-maria-irma-puerto-rico-virgin-islands-280992\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"University welcoming college students from Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rochester will be welcoming students affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, so they may continue their studies while their home colleges are shut down.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/university-welcoming-hurricane-maria-irma-puerto-rico-virgin-islands-280992\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-07T19:06:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-30T19:21:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/campus.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Miller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Miller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/university-welcoming-hurricane-maria-irma-puerto-rico-virgin-islands-280992\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/university-welcoming-hurricane-maria-irma-puerto-rico-virgin-islands-280992\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sara Miller\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/27e096963bc860db530195ce8e8547f7\"},\"headline\":\"University welcoming students from Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-07T19:06:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-30T19:21:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/university-welcoming-hurricane-maria-irma-puerto-rico-virgin-islands-280992\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":320,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/university-welcoming-hurricane-maria-irma-puerto-rico-virgin-islands-280992\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/newscenter\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/campus.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"admissions\",\"featured-post-side\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Campus &amp; 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