Welcome to the UC Day 2008 Web Site
Updates - 2.27.08
UC goes green
Join the alumni, faculty, staff , students and friends of the University of California on March 4th as we celebrate the green innovation taking place across the University.
Spirited by the Sierra Club's recognition of UC as one of the top 10 "green" universities in the nation, UC is hosting a green Alumni Association of the University of California (AAUC) Day in Sacramento. Under a large tent (20' x 40') on the north side of the Capitol, students and researchers will showcase green research projects from throughout the university.
All ten campuses, Berkeley and Livermore National laboratories, Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the multi-campus research centers are invited to showcase examples of UC's green research projects.
UC Day Advocacy Workshop
The Alumni Associations of the
University of California invite you to the
UC Day Advocacy Workshop featuring Natalie Foster, on March 4, 2008 at the Bataglieri Room, Sheraton Grand at 4pm—5pm.
Natalie is the National Online Organizing Director for the Sierra Club, the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots environmental group, and she’s based in Atlanta, GA. Natalie’s job is to leverage the power of email and internet to bring the Sierra Club’s work to enjoy, explore and protect the planet to scale, particularly around the climate fight. Before coming to the Sierra Club in 2008, Natalie was the Deputy Organizing Director for MoveOn.org, and developed the organization’s field network, Operation Democracy. Natalie played a key role in Call For Change, MoveOn’s successful get-out-the-vote program, where over 100,000 volunteers made 7 million phone calls to voters in swing Congressional districts.
This one hour workshop will provide an introduction to effective advocacy strategies, materials and tools which will assist participants in advocating for funding for the University of California.
UC Day will be Tuesday, March 4, in Sacramento.
UC Day is the annual event that brings together University of California family of alumni, stakeholders and friends to share their UC story with California’s elected officials in Sacramento. That message emphasizes the vital role that the University of California plays in:
- Providing a high-quality, affordable education;
- Improving the quality of life for Californians through its fundamental missions of teaching, research and public service; and
- Creating solutions for the health, environmental, social and economic challenges facing the state.
This year’s theme will be “UC Goes Green,” showcasing the public service the 10-campus system provides California through environmental innovation. UC, named one of America’s greenest schools last year by Sierra magazine, is also a leader in researching environmental issues, hosting the new Energy Biosciences and Joint BioEnergy institutes.
About UC Day
UC Day is when the entire UC family comes together as a group to acknowledge UC’s academic excellence and to celebrate the contributions of UC and its alumni to the state. UC has 170,000 faculty and staff, 214,000 students, and 1.5 million alumni. UC develops more patents than any other university. And UC plays a vital role in the state’s economy, triggering $14.3 billion to $16.7 billion in economic growth and $4 billion in state and local tax revenue.
About UC advocacy
Help spread the message. Your participation is essential to the success of UC Day. UC alumni, stakeholders and friends are in a unique position to share their stories with public officials about the importance of the University of California to the welfare of the state and to its residents. Sharing your story is especially important given the state’s budget deficit.
Meanwhile, we are taking several steps to encourage and facilitate advocacy. We will soon unveil a new advocacy tool kit with software and social networking components. We already have launched a UC Facebook page – contact Advocacy Communications Coordinator Brandon Kline at Brandon.Kline@ucop.edu for more information.
Stay connected
Please watch this page for UC Day 2008 updates, news and other information. Every year at UC Day, we acknowledge individuals as Advocates of the Year for their support of UC’s mission of teaching, research and public service. To see who has been previously recognized, go here, and check the page in February to see who will be honored in 2008.
Click here to alert your campus that you are interested in participating in UC Day 2008.
We hope that you will be able to join us.
To become involved in other advocacy efforts for UC, visit UCforCalifornia.org
Read the latest UC news:
- 2007 UC annual financial report
- Regents approve 2008-09 budget proposal
- Energy Biosciences Institute contract signed
- 53 UC researchers elected AAAS fellows
- Green and cool
For more UC news, visit www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news