Dallas TX: Aug. 3rd 2011. Prasad Thotakura, TANA President in a press release requested all UNV Students to attend a meeting with the Indian Ambassador at Indian Embassy (2107 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008) on Friday, August 5th 2011 at 11:00 AM. After that meeting at the same place, students can have FREE Legal Consultations with attorneys from one of the top most leading law firms in the USA, Murthy Law Firm. Also, representatives from the University of Southern Missipppi, MS; Murray State University, KY and Concord University, WV would be there to answer students’ questions in transferring to Universities of their choice if they are interested to do so. This is a great opportunity to meet all concerned officials at one place and I request all UNV students to avail this rare opportunity.

“Hundreds of students who are expecting to graduate this December and who are on OPT from UNV are afraid of their status if authorities shuts down the University. Most of these students are pursuing education with Bank loans and it will be an additional financial burden on them if they need to repeat their courses from the beginning at other Universities” Satish Vemana, TANA Treasurer said.

I sincerely appreciate the hard work of our TANA Leadership of Virginia including Satish Vemana, Treasurer, Trilok Kantheti, Regional Representative and Subba Rao Kolla, Foundation Trustee who are working relentlessly in meeting with officials of Indian Embassy, Lawyers from Murthy Law Firm in assisting UNV students and Ashok Kolla NRI Student Services Chair interacting with UNV students and guiding them.

So far, we have contacted and made transfer arrangements to needed UNV students with three Universities: University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Mississippi, Concord University in West Virginia which is a State University and Murray State University in Kentucky.

University of Southern Mississippi (USM) contacts Venkat Goriparthi and Subhkar Sunkara stated the following protocol should be followed if students are interested to transfer to USM:

The primary contact person at USM is Elizabeth Shoemake in International Student Affairs (Email: Elizabeth.Shoemake@usm.edu, and Ph:601-266-5645 and Fax: 601-266-4898). Please do NOT email or call other faculty/staff in various departments. All queries must be directed to Elizabeth Shoemake. Wed. Aug 10, 2011 - deadline to submit a complete application along with the application fee. A complete application includes:

a) Application – signed; b) Original Transcripts -- (they do NOT need a transcripts from Univ of Northern Virginia -- it is not accredited and USM will NOT transfer any courses) c) GRE and TOEFL or IELTS scores. d) Letters of Recommendation must be addressed to a Southern Miss Department. e) Statement of Purpose and Goals.

Concord University, in West Virginia which is State University: Dr. Jay Joshi is the primary contact representing the Concord University will be present at this Friday’s meeting.

Murray State University KY – Ashok Kolla is the primary contact and can be reached at 270-293-0003 or ashokpharma@gmail.com.