{"id":7861,"date":"2025-04-28T13:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T20:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/president\/?page_id=7861"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:09:33","slug":"government-relations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/president\/government-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of Government Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m9vpt3mw-719635e9e96591d2f128579a369f5db1\">\n.avia-section.av-m9vpt3mw-719635e9e96591d2f128579a369f5db1{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/sou.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/Â鶹´«Ã½-Office-of-Government-Relations-Â鶹´«Ã½-Oregon-University-Ashland.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-m9vpt3mw-719635e9e96591d2f128579a369f5db1 main_color avia-section-huge 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Raider Advocate Â鶹´«Ã½\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m9vsyznc-b21647887e4a7459d0dba04d3c5e6595 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"pop-0 dig-0 micro-text\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Image: We Want You to be an Â鶹´«Ã½ Raider Advocate!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-33maud-7454a1f80027662442e3f5e17d9336b9 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m9vt40r1-2bf4dfaa83f9d2ba2f589b3e35d151aa\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-m9vt40r1-2bf4dfaa83f9d2ba2f589b3e35d151aa{\nfont-size:28px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-m9vt40r1-2bf4dfaa83f9d2ba2f589b3e35d151aa 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class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m9vt6dcj-d3d42e291c5785dc7c7de96984e1df76\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-m9vt6dcj-d3d42e291c5785dc7c7de96984e1df76 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m9vt6dcj-d3d42e291c5785dc7c7de96984e1df76 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock right-pillow'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Office of Government Relations is the liaison between Â鶹´«Ã½ and the Oregon Legislature, state agencies, federal officials and other governmental entities. We work to build and maintain relationships with various civic, governmental, and political entities in order to further the interests of Â鶹´«Ã½.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1tpco5-6990738adb0dd450559c76081d5bd56f\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-1tpco5-6990738adb0dd450559c76081d5bd56f{\nfont-size:28px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-1tpco5-6990738adb0dd450559c76081d5bd56f .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-1tpco5-6990738adb0dd450559c76081d5bd56f .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:28px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-1tpco5-6990738adb0dd450559c76081d5bd56f .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-1tpco5-6990738adb0dd450559c76081d5bd56f .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-1tpco5-6990738adb0dd450559c76081d5bd56f .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-1tpco5-6990738adb0dd450559c76081d5bd56f av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  av-inherit-size'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Get Involved<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m9vtguii-c19e5bdc4bcd97e8d61656da3e41c74e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-m9vtguii-c19e5bdc4bcd97e8d61656da3e41c74e .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m9vtguii-c19e5bdc4bcd97e8d61656da3e41c74e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock right-pillow'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Any alumnus or friend of Â鶹´«Ã½ can become a Raider\u00a0Advocate.<\/p>\n<p>Raider Advocates are a non-partisan network of alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends who share a commitment to higher education and to Â鶹´«Ã½. These advocates work to communicate and promote the goals, needs, and accomplishments of supporting an outstanding regional university in the Rogue\u00a0Valley.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-m9vtdzsw-4ea5914916f37efc08fd2cbb7d6d8893-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr '><a href="https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdW3vDe0v17rLoFRBtc1LDj4kBr6MiG-XdtWYZAllOOjF8tbg\/viewform"  class='avia-button av-m9vtdzsw-4ea5914916f37efc08fd2cbb7d6d8893 av-link-btn avia-icon_select-no avia-size-large avia-position-left avia-color-theme-color'  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"  aria-label=\"SIGN UP TO BECOME A RAIDER ADVOCATE\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >SIGN UP TO BECOME A RAIDER ADVOCATE<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m9w06pr2-a788686ce4c946cdb56557c64a8d6a41\">\n#top 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