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Campus community voices opinion to legislators
Representatives from OSU caution the subcommittee on further cuts to funding
Nick Ngo
Issue date: 4/10/07 Section: News
Now, OSU is allowed a hearing to convince the Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee of why they should approve the budget.
To show the subcommittee how important the budget is, representatives from different OSU programs presented some of the current research they're conducting and the different innovations they have already discovered within their fields.
They also presented information on the number of graduate and undergraduate students enrolled, and the numbers of graduates landing a job within the first year of graduating.
Dan Edge, chairman of the department of fisheries and wildlife, said that his students have a high employment success rate after graduation. Many students are able to gain employment well before their graduation dates.
Mills was key in helping put together the meeting.
"I had a conversation with Sena tor Richard Devlin within the first month of the session," Mill said.
It was months before the subcommittee was able to have a hearing at OSU.
Devlin, who is chairman of the Joint Ways and
Means Subcommittee, said the hearing went very well.
"The presentations were quite informative," Devlin said. "It's a good time because we're right in the middle of forest and agricultural discussion."
"I think it's also good to hear from the students in the program as well. It helps understand the importance of the programs at OSU."
Mills said that getting a good responses from people who are not affiliated with the university is already a great accomplishment.
"I think the students had the greatest impact on the committee members in terms of seeing what a university can do for people and what investing in the university does for people," Mills said.
During his presentation, Schaefer mentioned that they are close to cutting-edge research in the agriculture department and the budget cut would set the research back.
"We're almost to the championships and these budget cuts will put as a step back," Schaefer said. "I would really hate that."
To show the subcommittee how important the budget is, representatives from different OSU programs presented some of the current research they're conducting and the different innovations they have already discovered within their fields.
They also presented information on the number of graduate and undergraduate students enrolled, and the numbers of graduates landing a job within the first year of graduating.
Dan Edge, chairman of the department of fisheries and wildlife, said that his students have a high employment success rate after graduation. Many students are able to gain employment well before their graduation dates.
Mills was key in helping put together the meeting.
"I had a conversation with Sena tor Richard Devlin within the first month of the session," Mill said.
It was months before the subcommittee was able to have a hearing at OSU.
Devlin, who is chairman of the Joint Ways and
Means Subcommittee, said the hearing went very well.
"The presentations were quite informative," Devlin said. "It's a good time because we're right in the middle of forest and agricultural discussion."
"I think it's also good to hear from the students in the program as well. It helps understand the importance of the programs at OSU."
Mills said that getting a good responses from people who are not affiliated with the university is already a great accomplishment.
"I think the students had the greatest impact on the committee members in terms of seeing what a university can do for people and what investing in the university does for people," Mills said.
During his presentation, Schaefer mentioned that they are close to cutting-edge research in the agriculture department and the budget cut would set the research back.
"We're almost to the championships and these budget cuts will put as a step back," Schaefer said. "I would really hate that."
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