Etiqueta: Education

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Call on Biden Administration to Stop Withholding Social Security Payments to Pay Defaulted Student Loans

March 22, 2024

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), today led colleagues including U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in calling on the Social Security Administration, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Department of Education to end the practice of offsetting Social Security benefits to

Merkley on 2024 State of the Union Address: America is Strong When Working Families Succeed

March 7, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Tonight, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following response to President Joe Biden’s annual State of the Union Address to Congress and Americans:

Merkley, Colleagues Push to Increase Nursing Education and Workforce Support

February 8, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Tina Smith (D-MN), Angus King (I-ME), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Alex Padilla (D-CA), introduced the bicameral Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN)

Salinas, Wyden, Merkley Announce Federal Grant to Chemeketa Community College

January 26, 2024

Salem, OR – Today, U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas (OR-06), along with U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded $1,421,219 to Chemeketa Community College as part of the first-ever Perkins Innovation and Modernization Career Connected High Schools (CCHS) grant program. This

Merkley, Wyden, Blumenauer, Bonamici, Salinas Announce More Electric School Buses Coming to Oregon

January 9, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, along with Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Andrea Salinas (OR-06), announced that federal funding is being awarded to seven Oregon school districts to help transition school bus fleets away from outdated diesel engines and toward

El senador Merkley habla sobre la prohibición de las admisiones heredadas

29 de agosto de 2023

Senator Merkley’s remarks from a press conference announcing the introduction of the Fair College Admissions for Students Act, which would ban the practice of giving preference to children of donors and alumni in the college admissions process on July 26, 2023. Read more about the bill: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-bowman-no-more-legacy-admissions-at-colleges-and-universities/

Prohibición de admisiones heredadas

26 de julio de 2023

On July 26, 2023, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Congressman Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) teamed up to introduce the Fair College Admissions for Students Act, legislation to ban so-called legacy admissions—schools giving preference to the children of alumni and donors during the competitive college admissions process.   Learn more about the

Merkley, Bowman: No más admisiones heredadas en colegios y universidades

26 de julio de 2023

Washington, DC – El Senador de los EE. UU. de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, presentó una legislación con el Representante de los EE. UU. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (D-NY-16) para evitar que las universidades de todo el país den un trato preferencial a los hijos de ex alumnos y donantes y ayudar a garantizar la equidad en el proceso de admisión. Llega la Ley bicameral de Admisión Justa a la Universidad para Estudiantes

Merkley y Wyden anuncian la llegada de $1,7 millones a OSU para el desarrollo de la fuerza laboral de ciberseguridad

19 de diciembre de 2022

Washington, DC: los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, anunciaron que la Universidad Estatal de Oregón (OSU) recibirá $1,727,359 de la Beca CyberCorps para Servicio (SFS) de la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias (NSF) para preparar profesionales de seguridad cibernética altamente calificados para servir en gobiernos federales, estatales, locales y tribales. “Debemos estar preparados para

Wyden, Merkley: Mercy Foundation recibirá una subvención federal de telesalud $375,768 para escuelas rurales en Roseburg

27 de enero de 2022

Washington, DC – Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley anunciaron esta semana que Mercy Foundation en Roseburg recibirá $375,768 de la Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones (FCC) para expandir los servicios de telesalud para las escuelas rurales. “La pandemia nos ha obligado a encontrar diferentes formas de brindar servicios de atención médica de manera segura y eficiente,