Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ and other universities have participated.<\/p>\n