Educators help students affected by tsunami.

Educators help students affected by tsunami. In response to the far-reaching effects of the Dec. 26 tsunami inthe Indian Ocean, the Institute of International Education and theFreeman Foundation are accepting applications for emergency grants tohelp students studying in the United States United States,officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , the groups announcedearlier this month. The grants, in amounts of up to $5,000, will be offered toundergraduate students from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand who arestudying in the United States and struggling financially because of thetsunami's effect on the economies of their home countries. U.S. schools may nominate up to four students for the grants.Funding for the grants comes from returned and unused monies from a fundestablished in 1997 for students affected by the Asian financial crisis. "By providing emergency assistance to students from SoutheastAsia whose families may have lost their homes or livelihoods, our ** Tsunami, from pg. 3, col. 3 goal is to alleviate immediate financial burdens and provide ameasure of security during these difficult times when so many have lostso much. We wish to assist and encourage U.S. campuses to help theirstudents to be able to stay here and complete their studies,"Houghton Freeman, chairman of the Freeman Foundation, said. To be eligible for the Freeman Emergency Assistance for Studentsgrant, the student must be a citizen or permanent resident of one of thecountries listed above, be an undergraduate in an associate'sdegree or bachelor's degree program at an accredited U.S.institution, be in good academic and immigration immigration,entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. standing, and be ableto show that he or she has been directly affected financially by thetsunami. Along with the student requirements, the school must show how itwill help the student. The institution doesn't have to match thefoundation's contribution, but it must help through tuition waiversor other forms of support. According to the IIE See Apple II. , there were more than 13,000 eligible studentsfrom Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia studying in the United States asof last year. At this time the offer isn't open to the estimated40,000 students from Sri Lanka and India, though the IIE is seekingsupport for a similar program for these students. Schools already are responding to the offer. As of Jan. 13,"We've had 26 inquiries from campuses who want an applicationform. The deadline is Feb. 2, and we anticipate continued response fromcampuses," said Peggy Blumenthal, IIE's vice president ofeducational services. "And we will be making the awards within twoweeks of reviewing the applications." Students must apply for the grants through an international studentadviser or similar university official: they cannot nominate themselves.Applications may be requested by e-mailing FreemanEAS@iie.org. In addition to the joint effort by the IIE and the FreemanFoundation, some community colleges also are implementing programs toidentify and assist their students from affected areas. The Dallas County Community College District The Dallas County Community College District (or DCCCD for short) is a network of seven community colleges in Dallas County, Texas (USA). The district was founded in 1965 and the first school, El Centro College, located in downtown Dallas, was established in 1966. in Texas is offeringaid to its students through the DCCCD DCCCD Dallas County Community College District (Texas)Foundation's StudentEmergency Need Scholarship Fund. Many school organizations are spearheading fund-raising drives,such as the student government association at Richland College inDallas, which is trying to raise $1 from each student, faculty and staffmember at the school. Other students have been moved to start their own fundraisingdrives, including nursing students at the Community College of Denver Community College of Denver (CCD) is a community college located in Denver, Colorado. The main campus is at Auraria, and it has five branch campuses named East, Lowry, North, Parkway and SouthWest. It's former President Ms. ,who held yard sales to benefit the relief effort.