[Uosenate] [Uosenateexec] UO (Virtual) Lobby Day: May 25

[Senate Pres Elliot Berkman]

I’m pasting the relevant message from State Affairs without the disappearing ink phenomenon:

Message from State Affairs

We are inviting you to consider joining us for UO Day at the Capitol. This year it’s being held on Tuesday, May 25th. As you know, UO Day is the day when students, alumni, staff, and faculty join forces to advocate for increased funding for the UO and legislation to support students.

With the Capitol Building closed to the public, the event will be taking place virtually, so the time commitment will be pretty minimal.

Attendees will have a short orientation/training the night before, be assigned to groups of folks from the same legislative districts, and will have between one and three 15-minute meetings with legislators throughout the day.These legislator meetings will occur between 1:00-3:00 p.m. PT.

While the percentage of UO funding from the state is small, it is crucial to our ability to deliver for our students. At the moment, the university is just $14 million shy of the budget request that we have for this year. Having a robust showing from faculty can help us close that gap – keeping tuition increases low for students and helping address the financial uncertainty the pandemic has caused for UO.

You can register and see more information, including the schedule, here.

If you have any questions or would like additional information, please feel free to contact Kimberly Koops, associate director of advocacy, at kkoopswr at uoregon.edu or 541-393-7826.

Thanks for considering this request, and if there are other colleagues, donors or alumni who you think might like to participate, please pass along this message.

Thank you!

- Ell

Elliot Berkman
Senate President
Professor, Department of Psychology & Center for Translational Neuroscience
he/him/his
On May 10, 2021, 1:14 PM -0700, Angela Wilhelms <wilhelms at uoregon.edu>, wrote:
> For some reason the weird white font thing happened again…so the message doesn’t show in your send.
>
> From: uosenateexec-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu <uosenateexec-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu> On Behalf Of Senate Pres Elliot Berkman
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2021 1:12 PM
> To: uosenate at lists.uoregon.edu; uosenateexec at lists.uoregon.edu
> Subject: [Uosenateexec] UO (Virtual) Lobby Day: May 25
>
> Greeting, Senators and members of the Senate Exec,
>
> Very often we have all wondered how we can help garner more state support for UO. One very tangible thing you can do right now is participate in UO’s Virtual Lobby Day on May 25. More information from the state affairs team is below. I think it is critical that faculty leaders such as yourself join this effort in addition to students and staff.
>
> - Ell
>
> Elliot Berkman
> Senate President
> Professor, Department of Psychology & Center for Translational Neuroscience
> he/him/his
>
>
> Message from State Affairs
>
> We are inviting you to consider joining us for UO Day at the Capitol. This year it’s being held on Tuesday, May 25th. As you know, UO Day is the day when students, alumni, staff, and faculty join forces to advocate for increased funding for the UO and legislation to support students.
>
> With the Capitol Building closed to the public, the event will be taking place virtually, so the time commitment will be pretty minimal.
>
> Attendees will have a short orientation/training the night before, be assigned to groups of folks from the same legislative districts, and will have between one and three 15-minute meetings with legislators throughout the day.These legislator meetings will occur between 1:00-3:00 p.m. PT.
>
> While the percentage of UO funding from the state is small, it is crucial to our ability to deliver for our students. At the moment, the university is just $14 million shy of the budget request that we have for this year. Having a robust showing from faculty can help us close that gap – keeping tuition increases low for students and helping address the financial uncertainty the pandemic has caused for UO.
>
> You can register and see more information, including the schedule, here.
>
> If you have any questions or would like additional information, please feel free to contact Kimberly Koops, associate director of advocacy, at kkoopswr at uoregon.edu or 541-393-7826.
>
> Thanks for considering this request, and if there are other colleagues, donors or alumni who you think might like to participate, please pass along this message.
>
> Thank you!
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