SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa., May 13 -- Slippery Rock University issued the following news release:

Slippery Rock University students are not waiting for change to happen - they are actively engaging with lawmakers and collaborating to shape the future of higher education in Pennsylvania. Nine representatives from the Slippery Rock Student Government Association traveled to the State Capitol Building in Harrisburg last month to gain career experience and advocate for higher education funding on behalf of SRU students.

SRSGA operates as an independent corporation that advocates for students, provides services and governs more than 200 student clubs and organizations.

While there, the students met with legislators, their staff members and other gove...