{"id":15669,"date":"2019-03-19T14:02:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T14:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/?p=15669"},"modified":"2019-03-19T14:11:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T14:11:08","slug":"today-is-fiuday-2019-in-tallahassee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/2019\/03\/19\/today-is-fiuday-2019-in-tallahassee\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is #FIUDay 2019 in Tallahassee!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, President Mark B. Rosenberg sent the following message to the university community:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today is FIU Day in Tallahassee!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mbr-fiu-day-300x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mbr-fiu-day-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mbr-fiu-day-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mbr-fiu-day-640x362.png 640w, https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mbr-fiu-day.png 934w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HZ4_Kivd46s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch President Mark B. Rosenberg\u2019s FIU Day message!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Members of the FIU community \u2013 including students, faculty, alumni, and members of the FIU Board of Trustees \u2013 will be in the capital, advocating for <a href=\"http:\/\/government.fiu.edu\/state\/state-priorities\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FIU\u2019s 2019 Legislative Priorities<\/strong><\/a> and 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 have helped FIU grow and thrive into one of our community\u2019s anchor institutions.<\/p>\n<p>We need your help to make sure our 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. Please<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twibbon.com\/Support\/fiu-day-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> click here<\/a> <\/strong>to get started.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15674 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mbr-social-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mbr-social-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mbr-social-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/mbr-social.png 365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Join us in encouraging the State Legislature to champion FIU\u2019s priorities and thank them for recognizing FIU\u2019s accomplishments in state and national student success, as well as research excellence rankings. Tweet this now and don\u2019t forget to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myfloridahouse.gov\/Sections\/Representatives\/myrepresentative.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tag your legislator<\/a><\/strong>: <em><strong>Today is #FIUDay in Tallahassee! I support @fiugov priorities and thank @GovRonDesantis @RepJoseOliva @BillGalvano @dadedelegation for championing higher education and @FIU!<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Follow @FIUgov on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t forget to use the<strong> #FIUDay<\/strong> hashtag and to also tag @FIUgov in your posts!<\/li>\n<li>Stop by the GC pit from <strong>11 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m.<\/strong> for free food, giveaways and to learn more about what FIU is doing for students and our community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 2019 legislative session convened on Tuesday, March 5 and is expected to conclude on Friday, May 3. Please <a href=\"http:\/\/government.fiu.edu\/state\/session-updates\/index.html?bblinkid=42064424&amp;bbemailid=3504179&amp;bbejrid=247233324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a> to find the weekly legislative updates provided by FIU\u2019s Governmental Relations team.<\/p>\n<p>To view Frequently Asked Questions regarding legislative activity, please <a href=\"http:\/\/government.fiu.edu\/state\/fiu-day\/frequently-asked-questions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, President Mark B. Rosenberg sent the following message to the university community: Today is FIU Day in Tallahassee! Watch President Mark B. Rosenberg\u2019s FIU Day message! Members of the FIU community \u2013 including students, faculty, alumni, and members of the FIU Board of Trustees \u2013 will be in the capital, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":15670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[153,450],"class_list":["post-15669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-fiu-advocate","tag-fiuday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15669"}],"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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15669"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15675,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15669\/revisions\/15675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}