The funding has been officially restored and the museum is safe. Thank you for staying loud until the university backed down. Keep watching the budget reports to ensure this doesn't happen again.
March 28, 2014
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January 28, 2014
January 27, 2014
We are approaching one thousand signatures but we need a final surge to force Dean Hicke to listen. Open your text app right now and message three friends to get them to sign this page.
January 12, 2014
I am currently gathering research to present to Dean Hicke regarding the impact this funding cut will have on our community. Email her office today and demand the full restoration of the museum budget.
Reached 100 supporters
December 18, 2013
563 Comments
As a former UT component attorney, I've seen cuts. This one, though, should not happen. It's not much money in the grand scheme of things, and free is awfully hard to come by for many families seeking to educate and entertain their kids.
Research collections, with their concomitant data (DNA, morphological, geographic), remain the foundation for all the life sciences. Outreach to the public based upon these collections is an invaluable recruiting tool for UT as well as educational.
TMM is a state asset and UT has a responsibility to the countless donors over the past 75 years to properly care for those assets and make them available to the public. It's not a question. This museum has been grossly underfunded for decades.
Austin is the eleventh largest city in the nation, but it has the museum resources of a third-tier city. Closing this beloved museum would be depriving the city of Austin of one of its treasured educational resources. Please don't close it!
I was brought to this musuem by two different classes as an undergraduate at UT. My visits had a significant impact on my interest in the natural sciences. I later brought my friends and family, and have since brought my own students.
It's a crying shame a place so awesome, has to be saved. I wish I could do more. All the best TMM, all the best
This is more important than salary raises.
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The funding has been officially restored and the museum is safe. Thank you for staying loud until the university backed down. Keep watching the budget reports to ensure this doesn't happen again.
March 28, 2014
Final supporters
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
January 28, 2014
January 27, 2014
We are approaching one thousand signatures but we need a final surge to force Dean Hicke to listen. Open your text app right now and message three friends to get them to sign this page.
January 12, 2014
I am currently gathering research to present to Dean Hicke regarding the impact this funding cut will have on our community. Email her office today and demand the full restoration of the museum budget.
Reached 100 supporters
December 18, 2013
563 Comments
I understand cuts need to be made but do not agree with this one. When children visit this museum it inspires them to want to attend a place like UT to become a scientist. It makes what they see in books and on television come alive. This is a travesty.
As a former UT component attorney, I've seen cuts. This one, though, should not happen. It's not much money in the grand scheme of things, and free is awfully hard to come by for many families seeking to educate and entertain their kids.
Research collections, with their concomitant data (DNA, morphological, geographic), remain the foundation for all the life sciences. Outreach to the public based upon these collections is an invaluable recruiting tool for UT as well as educational.
TMM is a state asset and UT has a responsibility to the countless donors over the past 75 years to properly care for those assets and make them available to the public. It's not a question. This museum has been grossly underfunded for decades.
Austin is the eleventh largest city in the nation, but it has the museum resources of a third-tier city. Closing this beloved museum would be depriving the city of Austin of one of its treasured educational resources. Please don't close it!
I was brought to this musuem by two different classes as an undergraduate at UT. My visits had a significant impact on my interest in the natural sciences. I later brought my friends and family, and have since brought my own students.
It's a crying shame a place so awesome, has to be saved. I wish I could do more. All the best TMM, all the best
This is more important than salary raises.
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I understand cuts need to be made but do not agree with this one. When children visit this museum it inspires them to want to attend a place like UT to become a scientist. It makes what they see in books and on television come alive. This is a travesty.