Published March 25, 2015
Various entities from the University of Louisiana at Monroe and the surrounding community
will hold a joint forum on higher education at 10 a.m., Monday, March 30, in the ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½
Conference Center, located on the seventh floor of the ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ Library.
The event is collaboratively hosted by the ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ Student Government Association; and
the ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ faculty and staff senates.
The panel will include ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ Faculty Senate President, Dr. Joshua Stockley; Staff Senate
President, Michael Davis; Student Government Association President, Adrian Lejeune;
various local state legislators; and business and community leaders.
The forum will highlight the importance of ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½â€”and higher education as a whole—in
regards to workforce and economic development.
The panel will also discuss the potential impact of additional cuts to higher education,
solutions to avoid additional cuts, and state legislators’ plans to protect and fund
higher education in the upcoming session.
For more information, contact Joshua Stockley at stockley@ulm.edu or at 318-342-3216.
