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DSU Offers Free Tuition to Students in Hurricane Katrina-Affected States

DOVER– Delaware State University is offering free tuition for enrollment in DSU during the 2005 fall semester to any students who are currently enrolled in a college or university located in the region affected by Hurricane Katrina.

The students have to be enrolled in a college or university located in the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, and must be a resident of those states or a resident of the Mid-Atlantic States region (which includes Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia).

 “DSU wants to reach out and help the people of this affected region in these hard and tragic times,” said DSU President Allen L. Sessoms. “Because we are a state university, we can offer a way for students there to continue their studies in Delaware and not have to put their progress in higher education on hold.”
  
Delaware State University has 67 undergraduate degree programs, 19 master degree programs, and two doctoral programs. DSU offers a broad range of majors that includes, biotechnology, education, airway science, agriculture, natural resources, nursing, social work, sports sciences, sociology, sport sciences, criminal justice, foreign languages, as well as various natural and social sciences, management, visual and performing arts, and mathematics degree programs.

Delaware State University is located in Dover, the state capital of Delaware, and currently has a student enrollment of more than 3,200 students. It is located two hours east of Washington D.C. and 1½ hours south of Philadelphia.

Eligible students interesting in attending DSU during the 2005 fall semester, can contact Germaine Cheatham, executive director of admissions, at (800) 845-2544 or at (302) 857-6351.