Members of the media are encouraged to attend. Participants will be available for interviews following the discussion. In a stepped-up effort to rally support throughout the state for its biennial legislative request, University of Minnesota deans will visit nine Minnesota communities this month. During the visits, university leaders will discuss the impact of the biennial request with citizens and members of the university's legislative network, a grassroots advocacy group of alumni and community-based friends. Local officials and legislators have also been invited to attend.
All events are free and open to the public.
Throughout the year Minnesota has been engaged in a dialogue about how to keep our economy strong and the university's role in that work. This legislative session will give citizens an opportunity to weigh in on this critical issue. University's Southern Research and Outreach Station, with Shirley Baugher, dean of the College of Human Ecology, and Muscoplat. Joining the deans at each stop will be Richard Hemmingsen, associate director of the university's Government Relations office, and Dan Madsen, Government Relations.