NEWS RELEASE

Office of External Communications

Houston, TX 77204-5017 Fax: 713.743.8199

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 2, 2005

Contact: Angie Joe
713.743.8153 (office)
713.617.7138 (pager)
ajoe@uh.edu

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: SELECTED HURRICANE KATRINA
STUDENTS TO RECEIVE $250 DEBIT CARDS FROM NELNET

Approximately 60 University of Houston students who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina will receive Visa gift cards, each worth $250, from Nelnet.

Nelnet is one of the leading education finance companies in the United States. One thousand students nationwide will receive cards. Gift cards are being distributed through college and university financial aid offices around the country to students in need.

UH has admitted the most displaced students from Hurricane Katrina, besides Louisiana State University.

For more information about Nelnet, go to www.nelnet.net.

WHO:    Students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, UH officials, Nelnet representatives

WHAT:   Nelnet Debit Card Distribution

WHEN:   9 - 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 3

WHERE: Room 27, Ezekiel Cullen Building, University of Houston

For more information about UH visit the university’s ‘Newsroom’ at www.uh.edu/admin/media/newsroom.