加州第45区.S. Representative Katie Porter Visits 欧文康考迪亚大学
国会女议员凯蒂·波特, who represents Orange County in California’s 45'th Congressional District, hosted a private meeting and Town Hall on the campus of 欧文康考迪亚大学 on April 25, 2019. The event marked the first time that a sitting member of the U.S. Congress held a Town Hall on the Irvine campus.
在崔开始她的停留. Porter first met with University leaders and students. President Kurt Krueger and Provost Peter Senkbeil, together with Director of 金融援助 Lori McDonald and head of CUI’s Hispanic-Serving initiative Lizz Mishreki, sat down with Porter and students to discuss financial aid and HSI (Hispanic-Serving Institution) status. Students who met with the Congresswoman to share their stories included first-generation Hispanic student-athlete sophomore Angel Aguirre from Whittier, CA; junior Liberal Studies major and Student Body President-Elect Isabelle Upchurch of Wake Forest, NC; and Peruvian-born senior Business major and biology minor Diego Del Risco Orbegoso of Gilbert, AZ.
“It was an amazing opportunity that I thought I’d never have,” said student Angel Aguirre. 知道那个代表. Porter is doing her best to help Irvine residents has given me more motivation to attain my dream to help others.” Porter’s District Director said that the Congresswoman was moved by the students’ stories.
会议结束后，众议员. Porter held a private Town Hall in the conference room of Grimm Hall. With overflow in the patio and standing room only, 约140名教职员工, 工作人员, and students gathered to ask questions and to get to know their new congressional representative. For moderator Assistant Professor of English Bryan Santin, the Town Hall was more than just asking questions of the freshman Democrat. "An event like this one is valuable because Congresswoman Porter models and reinforces many of the core principles of a liberal arts education,桑丁说. “Engaging with diverse ideological perspectives, 批判性和分析性思维, and debating positions with reason and respect are all part of the liberal education process.” Audience members asked questions about abortion, 移民, 投票权, 以及2020年的初选.
Organized by the Office of the Provost, CUI’s private meeting and Town Hall were two of the Congresswoman’s stops during her time in the district. Following the November election, Concordia reached out to newly elected lawmakers, like Rep. Porter, to congratulate them and welcome them to Concordia’s campus. “It’s a way to give our legislators the opportunity to get to know what Concordia stands for,教务长彼得·森克贝尔说. “And, for us to get to know our lawmakers. With higher education evolving—especially for faith-based colleges and universities—engaging with our legislators helps to build productive working relationships.”
在2018年11月的选举中，共和党众议员特朗普. 波特击败了米米·沃尔特斯, becoming the first Democrat to represent the 45 th district since it was created in 1983. In 2012, then California Attorney General Kamala Harris appointed Rep. Porter to be the State’s independent monitor of banks in a nationwide $25 billion mortgage settlement. She has been a consumer protection attorney for nearly 20 years, and is a tenured professor of law at the UCI School of Law. As a single working mom of three young children who understands firsthand the challenges faced by working families, the Irvine resident has supported proposals for expanded access on childcare and paid family medical leave. A member of the Committee on Financial 服务, Rep. Porter earned her under研究生 degree from Yale University, and 研究生d magna cum laude with her juris doctorate in 2001 from Harvard Law School.
关于康考迪亚大学欧文分校
欧文康考迪亚大学 (CUI) is a non-profit 路德 Christian liberal arts four-year university that prepares students for their vocations—their calling in life. 康考迪亚大学招收本科生, 研究生, 以及教育方面的博士课程, 护理, 神学, 业务, 体育管理. CUI’s under研究生 program is distinctive because of its nationally recognized core curriculum, 持久的问题 & 的想法，其 路德 heritage that provides a thoughtful and caring Christian community that lives out the 神学 of “恩典. 独自一人信仰." 康科迪亚是一个 U.S. 新闻 Top Tier Regional University and has been named by 高等教育编年史 as one of the fastest growing private nonprofit master's institutions. The university is part of the 康考迪亚大学系统, the second largest education ministry system in the United States just behind the Catholic Church. The NCAA DII private university enrolls over 4,每年有1000名学生.