Join the Advocacy Effort

May 4, 2005

Members of the Rutgers Community:

This is an important moment in the New Jersey Legislature's budget deliberations for the coming year. Legislators are facing difficult budget decisions and have many competing interests vying for limited resources. We must remind them that Rutgers plays a unique and crucial role in New Jersey and that a strong state university is essential to the state's future prosperity.

Please join the Friends of Rutgers (FOR) as they take action on behalf of the university. Your letters and e-mails will make a difference. Legislators need to hear that citizens like you firmly believe that Rutgers' mission is critical to the quality of our lives and the future prosperity of our state.

You will find new tools on the FOR web site, including "Rutgers in Your District" data sheets, to help you describe Rutgers' impact on your community. The site makes it easy to advocate effectively for your state university.

To take action, please visit http://for.rutgers.edu. If you need more information or assistance, please contact Rick Considine, director of advocacy programs, via email, or call 732-932-7084, ext. 626.

Thank you for your support of Rutgers.

Richard L. McCormick
President
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey