Governor Patrick heard our message loud and clearAmherst gave Deval Patrick 84% of the vote -- his biggest majority of any city or town in Massachusetts -- when he ran for Governor in 2006. MSP hailed his early pronouncement that he would be the Champion for Public Higher Education. But on July 17, MSP and other campus union members picketed the Governor when he came to Amherst.  See the quiz we handed out.

Tell Governor Patrick (617-725-4005) and your state representative and senator that there are better ways to balance the state budget.

As you know, despite claiming to be on the side of workers and public higher education, Governor Patrick has indicated that he intends to solve part of the budget crisis (caused in large measure by the failure to raise revenues by more progressive means) on the backs of state employees. He has included in his proposed FY09 state budget a plan to shift more than $51 million in costs to state employees by increasing the premiums you pay for your health insurance coverage.

Four names have been put forth to President Wilson from the Chancellor Search Committee: Martin Hall, Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town; Robert C. Holub, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee; Harris Pastides, Vice President for Research and Health Sciences at the University of South Carolina and Executive Director of the University of South Carolina Research Foundation; and Satish K. Tripathi, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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