{"id":9967,"date":"2013-03-06T10:47:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T17:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=9967"},"modified":"2013-03-07T11:01:21","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T18:01:21","slug":"state-lawmakers-cu-leaders-to-promote-cooperation-at-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=9967","title":{"rendered":"Advocates for CU to learn about keeping higher education a priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 22 is CU Advocacy Day at the Capitol, a day leaders from the state and the University of Colorado invite the public to learn more about funding trends and legislative priorities affecting CU and higher education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Advocacy-Day.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9970\" alt=\"Advocacy Day\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Advocacy-Day-300x287.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Advocacy-Day-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Advocacy-Day-555x531.jpg 555w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Advocacy-Day.jpg 606w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Guest speakers will be two CU-Boulder alumni who hold high positions in state government, Lt. Gov. Joseph Garcia and Natalie Mullis, chief economist from the Colorado Legislative Council Staff.<\/p>\n<p>The 9 a.m.-noon event, hosted by the Office of Government Relations and CU Advocates Program in the Office of the President, is followed by a lunch reception from noon-2 p.m. Registration is required for both events. Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cusys.edu\/cuadvocates\/2013_03-22_cudayatthecapitol.html\">https:\/\/www.cusys.edu\/cuadvocates\/2013_03-22_cudayatthecapitol.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The day\u2019s program promises to prepare attendees to promote the university\u2019s educational, research and economic contributions, as well as raise awareness about the state\u2019s and CU\u2019s funding challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates for CU will learn about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Funding trends for public higher education<\/li>\n<li>Higher education economic development<\/li>\n<li>Legislative priorities<\/li>\n<li>How to advocate and work with legislators<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The advocacy lunch reception will feature CU President Bruce D. Benson, campus chancellors and state elected officials.<\/p>\n<p>The 9 a.m. event takes place in the State Capitol House Committee Room 112. The lunch is at First Baptist Church, 1373 Grant St., across from the Capitol at Grant Street and East 14th Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Questions? Contact \u00a0Michele McKinney, Office of the President, <span class=\"baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">(303) 860-5622<\/span> or <a href=\"mailto:michele.mckinney@cu.edu\">michele.mckinney@cu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>March 22 is CU Advocacy Day at the Capitol, a day leaders from the state and the University of Colorado invite the public to learn more about funding trends and legislative priorities affecting CU and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=9967\" title=\"Advocates for CU to learn about keeping higher education a priority\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-events","category-upcoming-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Advocacy-Day-300x287.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-2AL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9967"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9972,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967\/revisions\/9972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}