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This message was sent from Georgia Magazine (http://uga.edu/gm/). President Michael F. Adams on the State of the University - From the President March 2012 Issue Michael F. Adams “First, the (state funding) formula must be funded fully and fairly. While I am sympathetic to the legislature in its efforts to prioritize the allocation of scarce resources, another year without funding the formula will do significant damage to UGA and the [University System of Georgia] as a whole. We owe the governor another round of thanks for including the system’s formula funding request in its full amount in his budget proposal. I assure you that we will play strong defense to protect that effort throughout the legislative session. When the increase in the formula was not funded at all last year, it meant the loss of some $15 million at UGA. That pattern is clearly not sustainable.” “We must—absolutely must—have help on faculty and staff salaries. I have made the case in Atlanta to the point that some members of the Legislature turn away when they see me coming—but I chase them down! They need to … Read full article at http://uga.edu/gm/ee/index.php?/single/2012/03/1398/.