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President Bailey visits Laurel Field at Raider Stadium for this month鈥檚 video message, focusing on the upcoming 91视频 Commencement. 鈥淚t鈥檚 always our best day of the year, where we celebrate our graduates with their families and the community,鈥� President Bailey says. 鈥淲e get to see students achieve their educational dreams.鈥� He acknowledges that this year鈥檚 graduation ceremony comes at an unsettled time. 鈥淭here are a lot of questions about the future of higher education 鈥� not just at 91视频, but across the state and around the country,鈥� he says. But he emphasizes that 91视频 is stable, operational and will continue serving students and the southern Oregon region for many years. The university鈥檚 current transformation requires reducing 91视频鈥檚 $100 million annual budget by about a fifth, but President Bailey is leading an effort to gain positive results from that painful process. 鈥淵ou are going to start to see some plans for how we are going to do that, and likely become a role model 鈥� really for the rest of the state, and probably for the rest of the country 鈥� in terms of regional public universities,鈥� he says. 鈥淭here is a path for 91视频, and one worth fighting for.鈥� He tells viewers that there are 鈥渟o many ways鈥� supporters can help the university, from student recruitment and retention to advocacy and philanthropy.