While much of the country has put the devastation of New Orleans behind them, students from all over the country traveled there during winter break to help with reconstruction efforts. Twenty-two students and faculty members from Union College spent a week there in early December. Eighteen students from Syracuse University traveled there earlier this month. Echoing a refrain we read over and over, students say the hardest part is getting on the plane home knowing there’s still so much to be done. In related news, the University of Connecticut is one of nine schools to have won the Katrina Compassion Award; they’re also one of 141 schools on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. UConn’s student groups raised $75,000 for relief efforts and travel to communities affected by Katrina.

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