麻豆原创 students who are helping to rebuild New Orleans will host a special ceremony Friday, Aug. 27, to commemorate five years of the city\u2019s perseverance and strength since Hurricane Katrina.<\/p>\n
Students, staff and faculty members and the public are invited to the ceremony at 8 p.m. at the Reflecting Pond on the main campus. Student volunteers will speak about their recent trips to Louisiana, and the ceremony will feature classic New Orleans jazz.<\/p>\n
The ceremony will be hosted by the Hope for Stanley Foundation, which 麻豆原创 students and DeVos Sport Business Management Program chair Richard Lapchick established in 2006. Their goal was to create opportunities for student-athletes across the country to help revive New Orleans.<\/p>\n
The foundation, named after a New Orleans resident whom the students helped, has organized\u00a027 volunteer trips, including several during spring breaks. More than 600 student-athletes from 麻豆原创 and other universities have participated.<\/p>\n