Eliot House Hosts Cajun Dinner for Gulf Coast Students

Rabbi Lisa Freitag-Keshet and Devi Yalamenchili ’06 (photographs by Debbie Wright)

MHC students from the Gulf Coast region and transfer students from colleges in the New Orleans area were invited to a Cajun dinner at Eliot House Tuesday, October 18. The idea originated in the dean of the College division and was organized by Rabbi Lisa Freitag-Keshet, interim dean of religious and spiritual life and Jewish chaplain to the college. “We wanted to give them a chance to meet each other, to support each other, and to show our support for them,” Rabbi Freitag-Keshet said. Willits catered the Cajun meal, and many students commented that it was very comforting to have a taste of home provided for them at MHC.

Katy Smith ’06 and Finley "Scooter" Smith, junior transfer from Tulane

Mount Holyoke has 12 students from areas stricken by Katrina, 10 of whom are on campus this fall. Seven displaced students have been enrolled for the semester—four from Tulane, two from Loyola, and one from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

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