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| | Massachusetts Public Higher Education Advocacy Day, March 8 |
Contact: Lea Ann Scales
Assistant Vice President,
Public Relations & Marketing
508-929-8018
lscales@worcester.edu
Contact: Tracy Gebhart
Student, UMass Amherst
tgebhart@student.umass.edu
Cell: 605-212-7534
March 2, 2012
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, STATE UNIVERSITY &
UMASS STUDENTS UNITE FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION “ADVOCACY DAY”
First-ever Joint Advocacy for Increased
Support of Public Higher Education
Boston, MA – Worcester State University will join a broad coalition of students, faculty and supporters of Massachusetts public colleges and universities in an all-out, united effort to convince legislators of the critical need to support the educational aspirations of more than 200,000 students enrolled at public colleges and universities across the Commonwealth.
The March 8 Massachusetts Public Higher Education Advocacy Day will open with a program in Gardner Auditorium where students will share personal accounts of their struggles to finance their education, and the resulting delays for many in their ability to graduate and enter the workforce. Following the morning program, students will fan out across the State House for meetings with their legislative representatives.
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Massachusetts Public
Higher Education Advocacy Day |
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Thursday, March 8, 2012 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. |
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Massachusetts State House, Gardner Auditorium (reporters are also invited to accompany students as they meet with legislators) |
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Speakers including students, Education Secretary Paul Reville, Higher Education Commissioner Richard Freeland, Higher Education Committee Co-Chairs Senator Michael O. Moore (D- Millbury) and Representative Tom Sannicandro (D-Ashland)
An issue backgrounder, “Top 10 Reasons for Massachusetts to Invest in Public Higher Education,” can be found here. | |
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