{"id":14416,"date":"2018-02-06T14:10:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T19:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/?p=14416"},"modified":"2018-05-09T13:33:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T13:33:52","slug":"fiu-day-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/2018\/02\/06\/fiu-day-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU Day 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, February 7, members of the FIU community \u2013 including students, faculty, alumni, and members of the FIU Board of Trustees will be in Tallahassee, advocating for FIU\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__t.e2ma.net_click_dk6qm_dc4bf3b_5x76re&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=lhMMI368wojMYNABHh1gQQ&amp;r=P7e2FhpajbrXhBK8zWFXBA&amp;m=2pGxiUDpdWO6z3Al2m9PK1ZMiLIVCB5l5U8nBdpLLVE&amp;s=RqnyYTyGBRCdfwSnZWS-T76yXXtoWBO__eSHF3c7iGc&amp;e=\">2018 Legislative Priorities<\/a>\u00a0and thanking our legislative delegation for their continued support of FIU.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Florida Legislature, which includes six FIU alumni, have been extremely supportive of FIU\u2019s priorities, and helped FIU grow and thrive into one of our community\u2019s anchor institutions.<\/p>\n<p>We need your help to make sure Panthers are heard loud and clear on FIU Day! Here\u2019s how to help create buzz about FIU wherever you are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add some FIU spirit to your Facebook or Twitter profile.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__t.e2ma.net_click_dk6qm_dc4bf3b_lq86re&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=lhMMI368wojMYNABHh1gQQ&amp;r=P7e2FhpajbrXhBK8zWFXBA&amp;m=2pGxiUDpdWO6z3Al2m9PK1ZMiLIVCB5l5U8nBdpLLVE&amp;s=fVdpvDFweZ2SDcYwI8iDkBqhGEUeyafXpfIquM7x1vs&amp;e=\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to get started.<\/li>\n<li>Join us in encouraging the State Legislature to champion FIU\u2019s priorities and thank them for recognizing that FIU\u2019s success is our community\u2019s success and that Higher Education = Stronger Economy. Post and tweet\u00a0this now and don\u2019t forget to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfloridahouse.gov\/Sections\/Representatives\/myrepresentative.aspx\">tag your legislator<\/a>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s #FIUDay 2018! Help support @FIU priorities because Higher Education=Stronger Economy @DadeDelegation @FIUgov<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Follow @FIUgov on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t forget to use #FIUDay and tag @FIUgov in all of your posts.<\/li>\n<li>Stop by the GC pit on MMC or Panther Square at BBC from 10 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m. for free food, giveaways, and to learn more about what the university is doing for students and the community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 2018 legislative session convened on Tuesday, January 9 and is expected to conclude on Friday, March 9. Please\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__t.e2ma.net_click_dk6qm_dc4bf3b_x3a7re&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=lhMMI368wojMYNABHh1gQQ&amp;r=P7e2FhpajbrXhBK8zWFXBA&amp;m=2pGxiUDpdWO6z3Al2m9PK1ZMiLIVCB5l5U8nBdpLLVE&amp;s=6HFZNFo5XLIXu3kjfgMSA23QfYB4xR0jzJc9iBZRGLo&amp;e=\">click here<\/a>\u00a0to find the weekly legislative updates provided by FIU\u2019s Governmental Relations team.<\/p>\n<p>FIU faculty and staff are invited to view our Frequently Asked Questions regarding legislative activity by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/government.fiu.edu\/state\/fiu-day\/index.html\" data-type=\"url\" data-name=\"clicking here\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, February 7, members of the FIU community \u2013 including students, faculty, alumni, and members of the FIU Board of Trustees will be in Tallahassee, advocating for FIU\u2019s\u00a02018 Legislative Priorities\u00a0and thanking our legislative delegation for their continued support of FIU. Members of the Florida Legislature, which includes six FIU alumni, have been extremely supportive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":14417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-14416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-advocacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15268,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14416\/revisions\/15268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}