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Post-Hurricane Sandy
 Message from AACC President/CEO
Resilience, resourcefulness, and service. These are the words that come immediately to mind as we monitor the response of our community colleges to the horrific devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath.
Certainly, our hearts go out to the colleges and the college families that have suffered damage to their places of work, their homes, and their communities. Full assessment of that destruction is as yet incomplete, but through news reports and direct outreach to college leaders, we are getting a clearer picture of the impact of this latest disaster.
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Federal News Regarding Post-Sandy
At the Local Level
- Atlantic Community College (New Jersey), College foundation establishes emergency relief fund for its students
- Anne Arundel Community College (Maryland), Hurricane pushes back the end of the semester by three days
- Brookdale Community College (New Jersey), Brookdale is developing plan to help students successfully complete the semester
- Brookdale Community College (New Jersey), Business owners seek federal help through college's small business development center
- The City University of New York, Chancellor announces Hurricane Sandy Relief Council to help coordinate funding, volunteer activities
- The City University of New York, Academic Commons News - Hurricane Sandy services and resources
- The City University of New York, CUNY says there will be a minor delay in student aid payments
- The City University of New York, Classes at New York colleges resume Nov. 2, with the exception of Borough of Manhattan Community College, New Community College and Kingsborough Community College
- Gateway Community College (Connecticut), The American Red Cross is holding an urgent blood drive at Gateway Community College to help get the state's supply replenished
- Housatonic Community College (Connecticut), A disaster recovery center opens at Housatonic Community College
- LaGuardia Community College (New York), LaGuardia avoids damage, extends deadline for official class withdrawal
- Nassau Community College (New York), Nassau Community College seeks volunteers to help 800 victims housed at the shelter
- Northampton Community College (Pennsylvania), Letter from the President Mark Erickson
- Norwalk Community College (Connecticut), FEMA disaster recovery center at Norwalk Community Center
- Owens Community College (Ohio), Owens student groups aid Hurricane Sandy victims with disaster relief supply drive
- Queensborough Community College (New York), Queensborough Community College offers counseling service for students, faculty and staff
- Raritan Valley Community College (New Jersey), Raritan Valley gymnasium set up at Red Cross shelter
- Salem County Community College (New Jersey) Salem County residents seek shelter at community college
- Sullivan County Community College (New York) Sullivan County Community College field house opens as Red Cross shelter
News Articles and Resources
- AACC, Crisis management planning resources
- CMJ, How college radio stations weathered the storm
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Flooding, snow and power outages close colleges in storm's wake
- Community College Times, Lesson from Katrina: Don't wait for FEMA
- Community College Times, Using social media in a crisis
- Community College Times, Don't forget hazardous materials in emergency plans
- Huffington Post, A New Jersey community college student advocates for online mapping to locate open gas stations in the state
- Huffington Post, Teaching after a disaster
- Inside Higher Education, Coping with Sandy open forum postings
- Sacramento Bee, In wake of Hurricane Sandy, free webinar explores strategies for unified emergency messaging on campus
- USA Today College, Schools took emergency precautions as storm hit
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