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The Legislative Advocacy program promotes the value of public higher education to elected officials in the State of Michigan. Volunteers in the program communicate with officials on the State appropriation bill, as well as other non-budget issues as needed. Make a difference for U-M by joining this effort today.



Advocates are asked to:

  • Contact their elected representative three times per year about the appropriation bill when prompted by the Alumni Association (typically in January, late spring and when the budget is finalized), by e-mail, letter or phone.
  • Participate in the Michigan Alumni Reception in Lansing each spring as the Alumni Association’s guest, along with University President Mary Sue Coleman and other campus leaders, state legislators, their staff and other advocates.
  • Respond to “calls to action” from the Alumni Association when University leaders ask alumni to contact their legislators about non-budget issues, as needed.
  • Receive electronic newsletter updates about U-M’s presence in the State of Michigan.

Legislative Advocacy Resources:
U-M Office of Government Relations
U-M Lansing Service Center
Find Your Senator
Find Your Representative
The Legislative Process
Wolverine Caucus
Michigan Legislature Web site

2012 Wolverine Caucus Forums

Wednesday, January 18

11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Christman Building, 1st floor
Forecasting Michigan’s Economic Future
Featured speaker: Professor George Fulton, U-M Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations; and Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Tuesday, February 14

11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Christman Building, 1st floor
U-M’s Role in Natural Resource Mining in Michigan
Featured speaker: Professor Kacey Lohmann, UM Department of Geological Sciences

Wednesday, March 14

11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Christman Building, 1st floor
Invasive Species and the Great Lakes
Featured speakers: Professor Allen Burton, Co-operative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem Research, and Professor Jennifer Read, Michigan Sea Grant

Tuesday, April 17

11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
State Capitol Building, Speaker’s Library, 2nd floor
Digitizing Books – Libraries in the Age of Google
Featured speaker: Professor Paul N. Courant, U-M Ford School of Public Policy

Tuesday, June 5

11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Christman Building, 1st floor
The Business of Athletics at U-M
Featured speaker: U-M Athletic Director David Brandon, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics

Wednesday, June 27

11:00 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Christman Building, 1st floor
Introducing the New C.S. Mott Children’s and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospitals
Featured speakers: Valerie P. Castle, M.D., Chair, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Health System; Pat Warner, Executive Director, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital (Invited); or Loree Collett, Associate Hospital Administrator, C.S. Mott Children’s and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospitals (Invited)

Tuesday, September 18

11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Location: TBD
“Elections 2012”
Featured speaker: Professor Michael Traugott, U-M Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research; and Communication Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Unless otherwise noted, University of Michigan Wolverine Caucus Forums
will be held at the Christman/MML Building, 208 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing, MI 48933, or at a location in downtown Lansing, MI.

To register for any of the Wolverine Caucus forums, click here.