Undergraduate Student Association

12/2/2009

Results of the Deficit Reduction Plan from SUNY-SA

Voting Delegates,Today the New York State Assembly and Senate approved the Deficit Reduction Plan bill. Within the bill the following directly affect SUNY:

        $90 millioncut to SUNY, the governor mentioned before the Deficit Reduction Plan was announced

       $11.3 millioncut to Community College base aid

         You will note that TAP was not cut! 

Where are we going from here?  We need your help!  Please take a few minutes and fill out our four question survey(http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FGGXXFL). Your response will be used to craft the best possible advocacy plan for the spring semester.   Interested playing a more active role in advocacy?  Ask about joining the advocacy committe with SUNY-SA.  Have any questions or further feedback, please let us know.Cariann Quick Director of Government Relations Kyle J. Hill Associate Director of Government Relations for Ag/Tech and Comprehensive Colleges Ernesto Alvarado Associate Director of Government Relations for University Centers and Graduate Centers Hema Agwu Associate Director of Government Relations for Community Colleges

Minutes from November 11, 2009

Minutes from November 4, 2009

Today Governor Patterson issued a proclamationcalling lawmakers of both the Assembly and Senate back on Tuesday to vote on the Deficit Reduction Plan amongst other issues!  I will be updating you about the outcome of the vote. Also, for those of you interested both the Assembly and the Senate have live video feeds on their websites.

Please send petition signatures to cquick@studentassembly.org as soon as possible but no later than Friday at midnight!

Thank you for all of your hard work!

Cariann

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Cariann Quick

Director of Government Relations

Student Assembly of the State University of New York

cquick@studentassembly.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 CONTACT

Juliette Price

Director of Communications

SUNY Student Assembly

jprice@studentassembly.com

607.221.9345

SUNY STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE RALLY AGAINST GOVERNOR PATERSON’S CUTS

ALBANY (10/30/09) –On Wednesday, October 28 and Thursday, October 29, 13 SUNY institutions participated in the Many Voices, One SUNY campaign by hosting rallieson each campus. Over 10,000 signatures were collected over the two-day period on a petition headed for Governor Paterson’s office. Hundreds of calls were also made to legislative offices in Albany.

“We couldn’t have asked for a better turn out. Students rallied together to stand up for what they believe in,” said Cariann Quick, Director of Governmental Relations for the SUNY Student Assembly and graduate student at SUNY Albany.

The Many Voices,One SUNY campaign is part of the SUNY Student Assembly’s initiatives to combat Governor Paterson’s proposed budget cuts. Other SUNY schools will continue to hold petition drives and make calls to legislators throughout next week before legislators vote on Governor Paterson’s proposed Budget Deficit Reduction Program. 

“By 12 p.m., we had students reporting that when they made calls, they were being told by staffers that hundreds of students were calling. Offices had to stop taking comments and just start taking names because the phone lines were being flooded,” said Kyle Hill, Associate Director of Government Relations, a junior at SUNY Oneonta.

“10,000 signatures means 10,000 students are aware of what’s going on. Albany can not ignore this,” Quick said.

Alfred State,Oneonta State College, Upstate Medical University, SUNY Geneseo, Plattsburgh, Suffolk County Community College, Orange County Community College, University of Buffalo, Cortland, New Paltz, Binghamton University and Cobleskill all participated in this week’s rallies.

 Next week it is anticipated that Hudson Valley Community College, University at Albany, Monroe Community College, Nassau Community College, Oswego, Rockland Community College, and Broome Community College will host rallies of their own.

The Student Assembly of the State University of New York is an organization created by Article XVII of the guidelines of the SUNY Board of Trustees. Empowering students throughout the state, the SUNY SA is committed to student life and assuring the representation of its members on the state and national level as well as throughout the SUNY system. For the latest SUNY SA news, visit www.studentassembly.org


Minutes from October 28, 2009

Minutes from October 21, 2009

Minutes from October 14, 2009

Minutes from October 7, 2009

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