Public Statement Examples
By signing on to the ALL IN Higher Education Presidents’ Commitment to Full Student Voter Participation, college and university leaders are asked to make visible and public their commitment to nonpartisan electoral engagement on their campus. In an effort to share such statements, the ALL IN team has compiled a variety of examples.
2023 & 2024 Examples
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Since 2021, Johns Hopkins has hosted “Democracy Day” for our incoming first-year students as part of new student orientation. This event gives them a chance to think critically and deeply about why democracy matters and what challenges it faces.
— Ron Daniels, President, Johns Hopkins University
University of St. Thomas (MN)
University of St. Thomas President Rob Vischer gave the following remarks to attendees of the “Symposium on Voting Rights: Our Past, Our Present, Our Future” that was held on the St. Thomas campus on Feb. 1, kicking off Black History Month.
— Rob Vischer, President, St. Thomas University (MN)
Loyola University Maryland
During National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 19, 2023, Loyola University Maryland President Terrence M. Sawyer, J.D., joined more than 450 college presidents and chancellors in committing to boosting student voter registration and participation in all elections through the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge.
University of Puget Sound (WA)
President Isiaah Crawford on encouraging students to participate in the democratic process.
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Videos to Campuses
James Madison University (VA)
Go Dukes and Go Vote! pic.twitter.com/kTncL07Azs
— Madison Center for Civic Engagement (@JMUCivic) November 2, 2022
Hamline University (MN)
Midterm Election Day is two weeks away! Check out this message from President Fayneese Miller ⬇️ #MidtermsMatter pic.twitter.com/9EQKzC065Q
— Hamline University (@HamlineU) October 25, 2022
Lehigh University (PA)
University of Colorado Boulder
Brandeis University (MA)
Grand Valley State University (MI)
Denison (OH)
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
California College of the Arts
Voting Posts from Main Campus Accounts
Cleveland State University (OH)
Linfield University (OR)
Linfield University was awarded gold by @allintovote with 77% of eligible students voting in the 2020 election (compared to 68% for all other bachelor’s institutions), a huge jump from the 64% of students who voted in 2016. Let’s keep it up, Wildcats! 🗳 pic.twitter.com/lQwdRO4RfW
— Linfield University (@LinfieldUniv) November 3, 2022
Western Carolina University (NC)
Montclair State University (NJ)
Wesleyan University (CT)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Campus Communications, Op-eds, and Press
- U.S. News (March 2024): Guest Opinion: Jonathan Koppell : Colleges Must Do More to Help Students Manage Conflict and Have Civil Debate
- Center for Politics and Hoos Vote Run to the Polls with UVA President Jim Ryan (November 2023)
- James Madison University campus-wide email (November 2022)
- Towson University Communication (October 2022)
- University of Maryland Campus Communication (January 2023)
- University of Virginia Run to the Polls with the President
- Towson University
- Grand Valley State University Fall class of 2022 honored in Commencement ceremony at Van Andel Arena
- Daily Camera (November 2022): Guest opinion: Philip P. DiStefano: Let’s go ‘all in’ on democracy
- How Colleges Can Help Turnout The Student Vote (January 2023)
- Dickinson College Communication (April 2024)
- Democracy and Citizenship (blog) by Yves Salomon-Fernández, President of Urban College of Boston (June 2024)
- Insight into DIversity: Q&A With Puget Sound (September 2024)
- El Camino College’s Civic Engagement Pledge (October 2024)
- Our commitment to ensuring Hopkins votes by President Ron Daniels at John Hopkins University (october 2024)
- University of San Diego’s President Harris’ Perspective Blog (November 2024)