ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ Rallies for Higher Education Day
Posted on February 25, 2016
The ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ family β students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters β rallied in Montgomery today at the annual Higher Education Day and delivered a message to state lawmakers.
βThe importance of higher education is that it bridges the gap between dreams and reality,β said Ravi Rajendra, president of the Universityβs Student Government Association, which helped organize several busloads of ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ students who left campus early this morning for the rally. βAt ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½, we are realizing our dreams every day.β
Rajendra spoke at a ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ luncheon which followed the rally on the State House steps, where the University had one of the largest delegations of student supporters. Also present at the rally and luncheon was University President Tony Waldrop.
βItβs great to see ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ people here today,β said Waldrop, who hosted the luncheon for the ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ contingent and the Southwest Alabama legislative delegation. βBy showing up here you represent 16,000 students, 6,000 employees and more than 80,000 graduates.β
Gov. Robert Bentley also spoke at the luncheon, along with Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, Speaker Pro Tem Victor Gaston and other members of the Southwest Alabama legislative delegation.
Higher Education Day is sponsored by the Higher Education Partnership, the advocacy network for the state's public universities. The event is considered Montgomeryβs largest annual advocacy rally, as students and employees from public universities throughout the state come together to remind Alabamaβs political leaders of the need to improve appropriations for higher education, and to also remind lawmakers that universities have a large and involved voting bloc.
Earlier at the rally, Executive Director of the Higher Education Partnership Gordon Stone urged attendees to encourage state legislators to protect education funding. βWe want to remind every person in this state that Alabamaβs public universities make a difference,β said Stone. βWhen you invest in higher education, you invest in Alabamaβs future.β
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