CONWAY, Ark. (Feb. 16, 2006) – The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $75,000 grant to Hendrix College to support the college’s efforts to assist students and their families displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Hendrix currently has 57 students enrolled whose families were in the direct path of the hurricane. The college is committed to continuing support for students from these areas and for displaced persons in Faulkner County whose lives have been uprooted and altered by this national disaster.
In addition to helping students from the hurricane areas, Hendrix President J. Timothy Cloyd said the college has reached out to hurricane victims in numerous capacities. Hendrix has sponsored three relief trips to Mississippi Gulf area, provided meals to displaced hurricane families living in Conway and collected money and other donations for families in need.
“Our students, faculty and staff have been extremely involved in hurricane relief efforts, and we are grateful to the Mellon Foundation for supporting these efforts,” said Cloyd, who led one of the relief trips to Pass Christian, Miss., over the Labor Day holiday. The group took two 18-wheel trailers loaded with diesel fuel, cleaning supplies and food to the small Gulf town.
Hendrix, founded in 1876, is a selective, residential, undergraduate liberal arts college that emphasizes experiential learning in a demanding yet supportive environment. The college was selected this year by the Princeton Review as the nation's No. 4 "best value" college. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.
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Media contact: Judy Williams, 501/450-1462, williamsj@hendrix.edu