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UT Slashing Funding for a 'Treasure'
RECEIVED Tue., Nov. 19, 2013
Dear Editor,
I was appalled to read that UT will slash funding for the community institution, the Texas Memorial Museum [“UT to Slash Memorial Museum Funding,” News, Nov. 15]. I hope that current staff will consider creating a public advisory committee to explore new revenue and grant options, as well as fundraising possibilities (perhaps a 75th anniversary gala?). In addition, I hope the museum will expand their current docent program to include unpaid student interns from the College of Natural Sciences and create a public volunteer program to offset budget cuts. As an educator, parent, and former UT student, I have spent countless hours at the Texas Memorial Museum and consider it a treasure.
I was appalled to read that UT will slash funding for the community institution, the Texas Memorial Museum [“UT to Slash Memorial Museum Funding,” News, Nov. 15]. I hope that current staff will consider creating a public advisory committee to explore new revenue and grant options, as well as fundraising possibilities (perhaps a 75th anniversary gala?). In addition, I hope the museum will expand their current docent program to include unpaid student interns from the College of Natural Sciences and create a public volunteer program to offset budget cuts. As an educator, parent, and former UT student, I have spent countless hours at the Texas Memorial Museum and consider it a treasure.
Kathleen Coyne