On Thursday, I met with Dan Tsui (Electrical Engineering) and then went to the reception for Katrina Fellows where I first saw June Eige and Melinda Matlack and then posed them with Jean-Godefroy Bidima before he posed with Felicia McCarren and then I posed with Felicia and Eileen Reeves (Comp Lit). Next, Toni Turano and Barbara White (Music) posed with Willie Turbinton and his wife

There followed a collection of photos after which Sandy Johnson and Peter Ramadge (Electrical Engineering) posed with Amit Ailon and Jing Deng and as people posed in various groups

with Peter Jeffery (Music) and Nichor Okom from Dillard posing together before the final picture.

I was appreciative of the hard work of my staff in helping to bring these visitors here in the face of a horrible tragedy in New Orleans.