**Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)**

***FY 2007 Hurricane Education Recovery Awards (HERA) by Award Number***

#### Lamar State College-Port Arthur 

**P938H070001**

Title: Hurricane Education Recovery Award

Applies funding for reimbursement of lost revenue due to decreased
enrollment during the post-hurricane recovery period from Hurricane
Rita. As a state-funded, two-year institution, the college suffered
damages due to the proximity of the hurricane, which made landfall
within one mile of the college.

FY 2007 Award: \$75,951

Contact: Vicki Ward; Lamar State College-Port Arthur, 1500 Proctor, Port
Arthur, TX 77641-0310; 409-984-6125; <Vicki.Ward@lamarpa>

**Southern University at New Orleans**

**P938H070003**

Title: SUNO HERA Project

Applies funding to construct a classroom facility to replace temporary
trailers. All eleven buildings on the SUNO campus were devastated and
closed as a result of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. None of the eleven
buildings has been renovated to date, and all remain closed. The
construction of classrooms will improve teaching and learning on campus.

FY 2007 Award: \$1,230,318

Contact: Gerald Williams; Southern University at New Orleans, 6801 Press
Drive, New Orleans, LA 70126; 504-286-5117; <gwilliam@suno.edu>

**Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College**

**P938H070004**

Title: Perkinston Campus Learning Resources Center

FY 2007 Award: \$1,077,174

Defrays losses in revenue as a result of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina to
be applied to the construction of the Learning Resources Center on
campus. The Learning Resources Center includes the library, media
services, and learning laboratory, all of which provide instructional
support for teaching and learning.

Contact: Scott Wilson; Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, P.O.
Box 609, Perkinston, MS 39573; 601-928-6356; <scott.wilson@mgccc>

**Pearl River Community College**

#### P938H070005

Title: Reconstruction and Remediation of Storm Affected Facilities

Continues construction and remediation work that has been ongoing since
Hurricane Katrina. Funds will focus on restoring service utilities,
including replacing the power and communications infrastructure damaged
by the storm with underground utilities. In addition, funds will be used
to bring classrooms and an old gymnasium into compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by the installing an elevator in a
three-story classroom facility that was heavily damaged and renovating
restroom facilities in the gymnasium that is replacing the damaged M.R.
White Coliseum. Funds will also be used to restore the library
facilities lost at the Waveland site of the campus.

FY 2007 Award: \$2,024,051

Contact: Roger A. Knight; Pearl River Community College, 1101 Highway 11
North, Poplarville, MS 39470; 601-403-1207; <rknight@prcc.edu>

**Mississippi State University**

**P938H070006**

Title: Mississippi State University Hurricane Recovery Assistance

Replaces tuition and fees revenue lost as direct result of Hurricanes
Rita and Katrina. Funds will be used to fund scholarships which would
have been covered by lost revenue.

FY 2007 Award: \$541,249

Contact: Tina Cunningham; Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 6156,
Mississippi State, MS 39762-6156; 662-325-7395;
<tcunningham@spa.msstate.edu>

**Lamar Institute of Technology**

**P938H070007**

Title: Hurricane Rita Revenue Loss

Applies support to institution's loss of revenue following Hurricane
Rita, which continue to mount. Funds will be used to offset lost tuition
and fees.

FY 2007 Award: \$144,288

Contact: Jonathan Wolfe; Lamar Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 10043,
Beaumont, TX 77710-0043; 409-880-7633; <jonathan.wolfe@lit.edu>

**Miami Dade College**

**P938H070008**

Title: Hurricane Katrina Recovery at Miami Dade College

Provides support for the institution's enrollment decline following
Hurricane Katrina. Funds will offset loss in tuition and fee income.

FY 2007 Award: \$297,551

Contact: Patti Bartels; Miami Dade College, 300 NE 2^nd^ Avenue, Miami,
FL 33132-2296; 305-237-3910; <pbartels@mdc.edu>

**Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center**

**P938H070009**

Title: Restoration of LSUHSC-NO Campus Space (Lions Building)

Restores flood damaged space in the first floor of the University's
Lions Clinic Building caused by Hurricane Katrina. Facilities include
office space for faculty and staff in the School of Medicine.

FY 2007 Award: \$685,227

Contact: Terry Ullrich; Louisiana State University Health Sciences
Center-N.O.,433 Bolivar Street, New Orleans, LA 70112; 504-568-5135;
<tullri@lsuhsc.edu>

**Delgado Community College**

**P938H070010**

Title: Rebuilding Delgado Community College's Child Care Center

Supports the rebuilding of the Delgado Community College Child Care
Center destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The Center provides childcare
services for students and staff, while providing a learning laboratory
for its Early Childhood/Care and Development of Young Children degree
program.

FY 2007 Award: \$708,253

Contact: Claudia Saucier; Delgado Community College, 615 City Park
Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70119; 504-671-5602; <csauci@dcc.edu>

**Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans (Notre Dame
Seminary)**

**P938H070011**

Title: Repair of St. Joseph Hall Building

Repairs lower floor of the St. Joseph Hall building due to Hurrican
Katrina damage. Project will include restoration of the library,
classrooms, study area, auditorium, elevator, offices, and laundry room.

FY 2007 Award: \$99,287

Contact: Wayne Trosclair; Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of
New Orleans, 7887 Walmsley Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70125-3496;
504-866-7426, x3106; <wtrosclair@nds.edu>

**University of Southern Mississippi**

**P938H070012**

Title: Continued Recovery for Southern Mississippi

Applies funds for expenses incurred because of Hurricane Katrina's
impact on the complete loss of the Gulf Park Campus, major destruction
of research facilities, and extensive loss of equipment and supplies.
The funds will focus on development of a data center capable of serving
coastal sites, upgrading buildings, and replacing computer equipment.

FY 2007 Award: \$6,000,000

Contact: Cecil D. Burge; University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College
Drive #5157, Hattiesburg, MS 39406; 601-266-5116; <cecil.burge@usm>.

**William Carey University**

**P938H070013**

Title: Enlarge and Renovate the Hattiesburg Library

Applies funds to replacing loss of tuition revenue due to Hurricane
Katrina. The funds will focus on renovating the library as well as
upgrading the technology infrastructure.

FY 2007 Award: \$969,469

Contact: Joe Riley; William Carey University, 498 Tuscan Avenue, WCU Box
2, Hattiesburg, MS 39401; 601-318-6492; <jriley@wmcarey.edu>

**Xavier University of Louisiana**

**P938H070014**

Title: Continuing to Assist Xavier University of Louisiana in Overcoming
the Challenges of Hurricane Katrina

Assists with the budget deficit resulting from Hurricane Katrina on the
Gulf Coast. The project will focus on funding the faculty needed to
teach and advise students, as well as staff to serve in critical areas
in administrative and academic departments.

FY 2007 Award: \$1,867, 321

Contact: Gene D'Amour; Xavier University of Louisiana, One Drexel
Drive., New Orleans, LA 70125; 504-520-5444; <gdamour@xula.edu>

**Loyola University New Orleans**

**P938H070015**

Title: Hurricane Recovery at Loyola University New Orleans

FY 2007 Award: \$1,374,477

Applies funding to revenue losses in tuition due to Hurricane Katrina to
cover normal operating expenses for the university. The funds will focus
on utility costs and special storm damage surcharges and insurance
premiums related to recovery.

Contact: Edward Capowich; Loyola University New Orleans, 6363 St.
Charles Avenue, Campus Box 901, New Orleans, LA 70118-6143;
504-865-3126; <capowich@loyno.edu>

**Tulane University**

**P938H070016**

Title: Tulane University Hurricane Education Recovery Award

Applies funding to revenue losses in tuition and fees resulting from
Hurricane Katrina. The funds will focus on utility operating expenses
and insurance costs.

FY 2007 Award: \$3,430,903

Contact: Yvette Jones; Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, 218
Gibson Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118; 504-865-5259; <yjones@tulane.edu>

#### Jones County Junior College

**P938H070017**

Title: Recovery of Tuition and Fee Loss Due to Hurricane Katrina

Defrays the impact of loss of revenue from the decline in student
enrollment following Hurricane Katrina.

FY 2007 Award: \$64,438

Contact: Jason Dedwylder; Jones County Junior College, 900 South Court
Street, Ellisville, MS 39437; 601-447-4115; <jason.dedwylder@jcjc.edu>

**McNeese State University**

**P938H070018**

Title: McNeese Hurrican Education Recovery

Applies funds to replace lost revenue due to the impact of Hurricane
Rita. The funds will focus on repairing buildings damaged by water
infiltration and mold due to the hurricane as well as on faculty
employment.

FY 2007 Award: \$206,125

Contact: Janet Woolman; McNeese State University, 4209 Ryan Street,
Kaufman Hall, Room 110, Box 90655 MSU, Lake Charles, LA 70609;
337-475-5125; <jwoolman@mcneese.edu>

**Dillard University**

**P938H070019**

Title: Dillard University Hurricane Recovery Plan

Applies funds to defray loss of revenue and expenses resulting from
Hurricane Katrina. The funds will focus on payment of essential faculty
salaries, costs for reoccupancy and corrective maintenance expenses, and
reimbursement for grants for students enrolled at the university.
Located in one of the lowest elevation points, this historically black
university suffered significant structural damage affecting all of the
university's facilities.

FY 2007 Award: \$6,000,000

Contact: Theodore B. Callier, Sr.; Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly
Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70122; 504-816-4261; <tcallier@dillard.edu>

#### Lamar University

#### P938H070020

Title: Hurricane Rita Education Recovery

Applies funds to recover lost tuition and fee revenue. The funds will
focus on repair costs for buildings and facilities damaged by Hurricane
Rita.

FY 2007 Award: \$679,471

Contact: Mike Ferguson; Lamar University, 4400 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Parkway, Beaumont, TX 77710; 409-880-8395; <mike.ferguson@lamar.edu>

#### Our Lady of Holy Cross College

#### P938H070021

Title: Recovery from Hurricane Katrina

Applies funds to defray expenses that would have been covered by revenue
lost as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

FY 2007 Award: \$185,142

Contact: Stanton McNeely; Our Lady of Holy Cross College, 4123 Woodland
Drive, New Orleans, LA 70131;

504-398-2208; <smcneely@olhcc.edu>

**Lamar State College**--**Orange**

#### P938H070022

Title: Hurricane Rita Campus Recovery

Applies funds to the loss in revenue from tuition and fees as a result
of Hurricane Rita. The funds will focus on operating expenses as well as
scholarships to assist students to return to college.

FY 2007 Award: \$69,885

Contact: Dana Rogers; Lamar State College--Orange, 410 Front Street,
Orange, TX 77630; 409-882-3372; <dana.rogers@lsco.edu>

#### University of New Orleans

#### P938H070024

Title: Construction of Student Dining Facility (COVE) and Faculty
Retention

Rebuilds the student dining facility damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Funds
will also provide summer research funds for faculty retention in areas
that have been brought below critical mass of staffing levels to support
student demand.

FY 2007 Award: \$2,269,420

Contact: Rachel Kincaid; University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore
Drive, Administration Building 2000, New Orleans, LA 70148-0001;
504-280-7049; <rakincai@uno.edu>