Legislative Advocacy Archives
December 21, 2006
Join us January 31st for Virginia Tech Hokie Day at the General Assembly...
We have set the date for our 9th annual Hokie Day at the Virginia General Assembly, which provides an excellent opportunity for Virginia Tech alumni to visit their local members of the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate. If you can, please join us in Richmond on the morning of Wednesday, January 31st, to meet with your legislators and voice support for Virginia Tech. Making advance appointments for your visits is strongly recommended. Contact information for legislators is online at legis.state.va.us (click on "Senators" or "Delegates").
Hokie Day will begin with a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m. at the SunTrust Bank at 919 Main Street on the 24th floor with a brief program to follow. If you can join us on the 31st, please respond to Betty Lee in our Richmond office at 804/786-8111 or e-mail bettylee@vt.edu. Betty can provide specific directions to SunTrust and parking information. We will brief you on specific Virginia Tech priorities when everyone is gathered that morning and provide an outline of the major points to use in your visits with legislators. We will return after the convening of the Assembly sessions to the SunTrust Building for a debriefing discussion and lunch.
This year we will be continuing our push for additional base budget adequacy funding to help reduce the need for tuition increases. Our capital initiatives and priorities for Cooperative Extension and the Agriculture Experiment Station will be discussed in detail during the breakfast briefing on Wednesday, January 31st.
Sincerely,
Thomas C. Tillar, Jr.
Vice President for Alumni Relations