Xavier
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Xavier Rally Point
Alert - Join the Xavier Online Forum to get in touch and stay informed! There are 97 members participating in this forum.
Alert - ABC News wants to interview Xavier evacuees. Details are on the forum in a message relayed from Ethan Pearson story editor for ABC's Primetime and 20/20. Ethan.Perlson@abc.com - 212-456-1456
This page served as a rally point during the evacution of Xavier on September 1st, 2005. The information from that evaction/old page is on a page called Xavier Evacuation History.
It can still serve as a Rally Point, by providing links to information regarding Xavier Univerisity. Make sure you get involved in the Xavier Google Groups where people can share information.
Please take a moment to learn about Who We Are and Our Mission.
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Primary Resources
- Offical XULA Emergency Page - Offical word on the restoration of services.
- Dr. Carmichael's Xavier Premed Updates - Dr. Carmichael's personal blog to update XULA Premed students about recommendations, etc.
- ThinkNOLA Xavier Group - At Google Groups. This is an e-mail list an web forum for Xavier students, facutly, family, and friends. Xavier Google Groups
- Physics Department News - Unoffical information and news concerning Physics and Engineering Department students and faculty.
- A comprehensive guide to opportunities for our students
- Louisiana Board of Regents displaced faculty registry
To Do - Sub categories.
- Xavier academic catalog - a copy of the Xavier course catalog from College Source (thanks to the web4lib mailing list).
- Couse Catalog Online - This is a large file. If you can't read the file ask for help in the Xavier Google Group.
Facilty Status
How To Update This Page
Create a login using the login link in the top corner.
- If you feel confident in your ability to edit the Wiki directly, click edit and add go for it.
- If you don't feel confident go here Xavier Inbox, click edit, scroll to the bottom and paste your data. A Wiki guide will notice the update and format it for you.
- If your totally afraid of this thing, email your update to thinknola@engrm.com with Xavier in the subject line.
Make it easy on me to edit, by ending your post by putting the following on separate lines:
Your Name Your Contact Information (always optional) Category Suggestions
Examples from my old neighborhood, "Mid-City", "Esplanade Park Apartments", "City Park", etc.
Don't worry about losing data. We can always restore an older version.
I hope this helps. Need Help With Page? Got News? Call Alan Gutierrez 734 662 5787 - (8-12 EST).
How To Use This Site
This site is a model for other Think New Orleans Katrina recovery communities. We went out and choose the best free web resources, and are prepared to get people set up to use them to reconnect, organize, and rebuild New Orleans.
For starters, you can...
Do a Head Count
Everyone here? Everyone go check in at Family Messages. It's a place where you can say you're okay, or ask about someone else.
Best of all, each name gets a message box, so you can keep in touch until you get e-mail.
Get An E-Mail Address
Get back in touch. Go create a new e-mail address at Yahoo! or Hotmail.
Then you can update your e-mail address at Family Messages.
Then you can join the Xavier Google Group.
Edit This Page
This page is a Wiki Page. A Wiki is a web site you can edit. Let me know if you want to learn how to edit these pages. If you know HTML already, Wiki is very easy.
Create New Pages
It's easy to create a new page, we can create as many pages as necessary.
You might want to create...
- An FAQ page.
- A list of important contact information.
- An evacuation story, success story, or other personal experience.
Ask your Community Guide to Set You Up with however many pages you need.
