Signing up for UC Day 2008 at UCday.org!
February 6th, 2008 by Albert T. Wong `01
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UC Day is the annual event that brings together University of California family of alumni, stakeholders and friends to share their UC story with California’s elected officials in Sacramento. That message emphasizes the vital role that the University of California plays in:
* Providing a high-quality, affordable education;
* Improving the quality of life for Californians through its fundamental missions of teaching, research and public service; and
* Creating solutions for the health, environmental, social and economic challenges facing the state.
This year’s theme will be “UC Goes Green,” showcasing the public service the 10-campus system provides California through environmental innovation. UC, named one of America’s greenest schools last year by Sierra magazine, is also a leader in researching environmental issues, hosting the new Energy Biosciences and Joint BioEnergy institutes.
About UC Day
UC Day is when the entire UC family comes together as a group to acknowledge UC’s academic excellence and to celebrate the contributions of UC and its alumni to the state. UC has 170,000 faculty and staff, 214,000 students, and 1.5 million alumni. UC develops more patents than any other university. And UC plays a vital role in the state’s economy, triggering $14.3 billion to $16.7 billion in economic growth and $4 billion in state and local tax revenue.
About UC advocacy
Help spread the message. Your participation is essential to the success of UC Day. UC alumni, stakeholders and friends are in a unique position to share their stories with public officials about the importance of the University of California to the welfare of the state and to its residents. Sharing your story is especially important given the state’s budget deficit.
Meanwhile, we are taking several steps to encourage and facilitate advocacy. We will soon unveil a new advocacy tool kit with software and social networking components. We already have launched a UC Facebook page – contact Advocacy Communications Coordinator Brandon Kline at Brandon.Kline@ucop.edu for more information.
Stay connected
Please watch this page for UC Day 2008 updates, news and other information. Every year at UC Day, we acknowledge individuals as Advocates of the Year for their support of UC’s mission of teaching, research and public service. To see who has been previously recognized, go here, and check the page in February to see who will be honored in 2008.
Click here to alert your campus that you are interested in participating in UC Day 2008.
We hope that you will be able to join us.
To become involved in other advocacy efforts for UC, visit UCforCalifornia.org
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Good afternoon.
I have registered at Facebook, and joined the UC Advocacy Group after some email exhange with Brandon at UCOP (down the street from my office).
Now what?
So here’s the question Frank, how much do you want to get involved? There’s a whole group of people who work just in UC Advocacy.
Well, I graduated from UC, and I’ve worked for UC for over 23 years. I suppose that represents some level of involvement with UC’s mission.
On the other hand, I suspect I might run into potential Conflict of Interest and “No Lobbying” rules if I try to do too much before I retire.
But after I retire (in October), I can be a regular, bald “old coot” gadfly, complete with white beard, twisted arthritic hands, bad hearing in one ear, an eye patch, and bushy eyebrows that resemble antennae. (Oh, that should make my future high school students love me.)