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Presidents Council
OU President Gary Russi is serving as chair of the Presidents Council for the state universities of Michigan for the 2006-08 term and also served for the 2004-06 term. The Lansing-based Presidents Council is a nonprofit higher education association serving Michigan's 15 state universities. The primary mission of the Presidents Council is to advocate higher education as a public good and to promote its collective value in serving the public interest and the state of Michigan.

Related Speeches
2004 State of the Public Universities Address (Nov. 8, 2004)

Related Articles
Russi delivers State of the Public Universities address (The News @ OU, Nov. 10, 2004)

Public universities fuel Michigan's economy (The Detroit News, Nov. 12, 2004)

Change the funding process for state universities (The Detroit News editorial, Nov. 15, 2004)

Viability of state's future hinges on higher education (The Daily Oakland Press, Nov. 17, 2004)