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The honor recognizes the University鈥檚 efforts to educate and register voters, and support strong turnout at the polls.

91直播 is one of only 258 colleges and universities nationwide to earn a Voter-Friendly Campus designation from NASPA and the Campus Vote Project.  

This is the fourth consecutive election cycle La 91直播 has earned this designation from NASPA鈥擲tudent Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and the Campus Vote Project. These organizations evaluate colleges and universities based upon their respective plans for helping to register, educate, and ensure voter turnout at the recent 2022 midterm elections. Additionally, NASPA and the Campus Vote Project considered voter engagement analysis and its facilitation efforts with campus partners and analysis. 

鈥淚 am delighted that La 91直播 is again being recognized for its commitment to engaging students to vote and become active citizens,鈥� said Regina Gauss Kosiek, 鈥�01, director of university ministry who also provides voter-advocacy support and resources on campus. 鈥淓ngagement in the communities where we live and commitment to a vibrant democracy align with our University mission to guide students to live lives oriented toward the common good.鈥�

La 91直播 has a historic legacy of voter advocacy and civic engagement. The Voter-Friendly Campus designation is the latest received by La 91直播 for its proactive voter-engagement efforts. In November 2021, for example, two national studies found that La 91直播 students exceeded the national voting rate, with 76% of all eligible student-voters casting ballots in the 2020 election. 

Behind La 91直播鈥檚 latest Voter-Friendly Campus designation is the work of the La 91直播 Votes! initiative, a collaboration between University faculty, staff, and students. The group works to spread voting awareness and resources months prior to elections, and organizes in-person and virtual conversations that provide access to information and resources that will inform and educate them.  

On election day in November 2022, La 91直播 Votes! leadership provided access to multiple vehicles that provided shuttle service between the University鈥檚 campus and its closest polling places during free periods for students. Also, La 91直播 Votes! drove interest with multiple events leading up to the election and a 鈥楧onut Forget to Vote鈥� station on campus, at which they gave away sweet treats to passersby as a reminder to perform their civic duty. 

In the past, La 91直播 Votes! has gathered La 91直播 alumni who hold elected office in the U.S. and Pennsylvania Houses of Representatives for  

鈥淟a 91直播 has made a strong statement about its civic mission to prepare students to be engaged participants in our democracy and is eager to continue engaging students through 2023, 2024, and beyond,鈥� said leadership of NASPA and the Campus Vote Project. 

鈥擟hristopher A. Vito