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. . The Kentucky General progress. We will continue to established for the University l
Assembly has completed its push forward; we should not of Kentucky. And we will  
biennial session. stand still, and we will not. continue to press the case for I
r Our top budget priority in We have many persons the funding needed to enable 1
z3; '’‘` . the session was improvement to thank for what has been UK to become one of the
. _ G , H   ,·· in salaries for both faculty and accomplished. In particular, national leaders of public .
  A I  _ V.'`     staff, and this remains our top we are grateful to have higher education. ‘ I '
  ` ·— ·   r~   priority. received support from l think that the momentum I
I A   The initial proposal was Gov. Wilkinson and the and spirit found when I came  ·
_.     for no salary increases. In Legislature. But especially we to this University are still here. ’
   Y fact, there were no increases need to thank the many I think we can continue to I
if proposed for operating friends of the University who provide excellent and  
' . __ expenses or maintenance and held meetings and rallies, met improving educational .  I
{ operation of new buildings with the governmental leaders opportunities for the young  
coming on line. and stayed in constant people of Kentucky. We ‘A 
` ln the end, however, we contact with the Legislators. pledge to work hard to make l "
  did receive some salary The media was also you proud of your University I .
W help—2% the first year of the highly supportive in higher of Kentucky, ’
biennium, and 5% the next. education’s cause and I thank you for your past
We also received some other carrying the message. UK support, I invite you to
support, including funds for: itself undertook media continue your loyalty to UK, ,
• Maintenance and initiatives through newspaper and I will appreciate your —
operation of new and television ads. Many assistance as the University I
buildings, friends and alumni helped works to gain the state
•SpeciaI initiatives in the sponsor these ads, and for support that it needs and I ‘
College of Engineering, this we are sincerely thankful. deserve;
•An addition and Some of our top
A renovation of the administrators, faculty and A
Business and staff formed a "BIue Ribbon
I Economics Building, Speakers Bureau" and talked I
• Support of the UK to civic clubs and
Agricultural organizations and reached
Cooperative Extension hundreds of Kentuckians with
I Service, UK’s request for help. A A
•And debt financing on We also had the help of I I A
a number of new the UK alumni in getting our I {
buildings for the message to legislators and .
Community College others. Hundreds of you I
System. wrote letters to the Governor
In short, while we have a and your legislators. Many of rl
very tight budget, we have you turned out for the rally in i  
one which is much better than Frankfort, which was led I  
what was initially proposed. by an alumnus of the  
· Although we have not University, Robert Bell. We I 
been funded to provide are deeply indebted to the ·  
program support at the level Kentucky Advocates for zi
sought, we will, nonetheless, Higher Education which Mr. ·  
attempt to make provisions in Bell founded and so ably    
the budget that will enable leads. ` I  
our academic and student We will attempt to meet I  
support programs to make the goals we have  
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