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Whether providing a world-class education, generating economic growth and new jobs, or working to improve California's healthcare – UCSD's impact is felt in the lives of all Californians.

UCSD's best advocates are its alumni. As an advocate, you can help support and defend the University of California on major issues pending before the state legislature and remind elected officials why protecting the UC is critical for our future.

Take Action. Become a UCSD advocate.

Alumni and students gather in Sacramento for UC Day 2006.

The 2009 UC San Diego UC Day Delegation

Advocacy Update

January 2009

Your Action Will Make it Happen

Dear UC San Diego Friends:

As a UC San Diego Alumni, you are one of our greatest advocates and assist us in continuing the local, national and global impact of the region’s leading public university. You understand first-hand the value of a UC San Diego education and its far-reaching impact in the world, from cutting-edge research on renewable energy sources, to nano-technology exploration, to advances in the social sciences and fine arts. Your collective voice helps to ensure that UCSD remains one the world’s premier institutions. If Alumni engage as Advocates, you can help shape decisions on public and UC policy, and your participation as an active supporter of UCSD lets our elected officials know why investing in UC San Diego is critical to California’s future. As our state and nation are in the midst of a serious financial crisis, UCSD is also facing a serious challenge. Since 1990, the state’s per-student funding of education at UC schools has fallen nearly 40 percent. Additionally, mid-year state budget cuts are now being proposed, which could mean a rise in fees and a reduction in funding for critical research projects and other vital initiatives in 2009. We recognize the severity of the state’s immediate fiscal situation, and it is vital that we let our elected officials know that UCSD is part of the solution. We are an economic engine adding $7.2 billion to our local and state economies. Become an advocate. Support UC San Diego. Help ensure that the hallmarks of a UCSD education will be sustained for generations to come and that we can continue to deliver our local impact, national influence and global reach.

Take the following actions to make change happen:

Click here to join UC San Diego’s advocacy program today
Click here to join the growing numbers of UC San Diego alumni on today!
Click here to learn more about the budget situation and proposed cuts.

Sincerely,

UC San Diego Advocacy

Action

Past Events

UC Day 2009: News Release
California's annual “UC Day” brought alumni, students and friends from all 10 University of California campuses to the state Capitol to share the story of UC’s contributions with the state’s elected officials.

Back to Campus 2007
Alumni from local, state and federal government offices came back to campus for a VIP luncheon and campus tour on July 27.

UC Day 2007: News Release
With the UC Davis Marching Band leading the way, 350 UC supporters walked to the state capitol for UC Day.

UC Day 2006: News Release
Seventeen UCSD alumni and two UCSD students were joined by Chancellor Marye Anne Fox in Sacramento to meet San Diego area legislators and bring a message of the University’s importance to the state.

Resources

UCSD Government & Community Relations Advocacy Program

UC for CA Home
Learn about advocacy tools, the many ways California benefits from the University and how the state budget impacts research and education, student fees and K-12 outreach.

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