During his weekly campus update, President Ortiz shares the outcome of a meeting he attended last week with leaders from the CSU, UC and community colleges, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. At the meeting, Schwarzenegger said he would not sign a budget that did not include the restoration of $305 million to the CSU.

“To maintain momentum, everyone must get involved,” he says. The president encourages the campus community to contact their local state representatives and ask them to support higher education. 

For a transcript of the video message, visit http://polycentric.cpp.edu/news_stories/presidentmessage050310.pdf.

PC & Mac links

High Bandwidth (Broadband Connection Rate)
http://video.cpp.edu/President/WeeklyAddress-100503-655.asx

Mid Bandwidth (Broadband Connection Rate)
http://video.cpp.edu/President/WeeklyAddress-100503-245.asx

Low Bandwidth (56 K dialup Modem Rate)
http://video.cpp.edu/President/WeeklyAddress-100503-035.asx

The following links are for viewing Closed Captioning on a Mac only. Otherwise Mac users should use the above links.

High Bandwidth (Broadband Connection Rate)
http://video.cpp.edu/President/WeeklyAddress-100503-655.mov
Mid Bandwidth (Broadband Connection Rate)
http://video.cpp.edu/President/WeeklyAddress-100503-245.mov
Low Bandwidth (56 K dialup Modem Rate)
http://video.cpp.edu/President/WeeklyAddress-100503-035.mov

In order to view these files, users will need Windows Media Player. To download the latest player for PC, Mac OSX, Mac OS9 or below, visit www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx.