FIU co-hosts state seminar on federal stimulus money for business owners


WHAT: Florida Economic Stimulus Special Advisor Don Winstead will join senior-level state officials for a public seminar, “Energizing Florida’s Economy: Seminar on Florida Stimulus Package”, co-hosted by the Florida Department of Management Services’ Office of Supplier Diversity and Florida International University. Participants will discuss how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will impact Florida’s businesses. The general public is encouraged to attend. A webcast of the meeting will be available at http://www.fiu.edu/docs/web_cast.htm.  (If you are unable to access the webcast during the meeting, archived video will be available at www.FlaRecovery.com next week.)

 WHO: One-on-one appointments for the end of the day can be made with senior level officials from state agencies including the Agency for Health Care Administration, Agency for Workforce Innovation, Department of Children and Families, Department of Community Affairs, Department of Corrections, Department of Education, Department of Elder Affairs, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of Health, Department of Management Services and the Department of Transportation. RSVP to (850) 487-0915 or osdhelp@dms.state.fl.us.

 WHEN AND WHERE:  Saturday, May 30, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center, Florida International University-University Park, 11200 S.W. 8th St.

 FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information about Florida’s use of the federal recovery dollars made available through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, please visit www.FlaRecovery.com.

Media Contact: Governor’s Press Office at (850) 488-5394. 

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 About FIU:
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International University was founded in 1965 and is Miami’s only public research university. With a student body of more than 38,000, FIU graduates more Hispanics than any other university in the country. Its 17 colleges and schools offer more than 200 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations and law. FIU has been classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a “High Research Activity University.” In 2006 FIU was authorized to establish a medical school, which will welcome its first class in 2009. FIU’s College of Law recently received accreditation in the fastest time allowed by the American Bar Association.

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