The New Hampshire Legislature took an important step towards supporting higher education when it passed the 2014–15 state budget, which restores $53 million in funding to the University System of New Hampshire over the next biennium. To show their appreciation, student leaders from each of the four USNH institutions—Keene State, UNH, Plymouth State, and Granite State—got together to write a letter thanking  the legislature, the governor, and the citizens of New Hampshire for standing up for higher ed in New Hampshire.

The KSC student, Tyler King, from Lebanon, is a senior and the senior class representative and chair of the Student Assembly. The other student leaders were Bryan Merrill, from Londonderry, a junior at the University of New Hampshire and president of the student body; Ryan Patten, from Wolfeboro, a senior at Plymouth State University and the Student Senate speaker; and Kim Hallet, from Rochester, a senior at Granite State College and a student trustee on the USNH Board of Trustees during the budgetary process, in addition to being the GSC student representative to the board.

Read their thoughtful letter in the Union Leader or on the KSC Advocates site.