Dear members of the university community: By the end of this week we expect to have our 2009-10 budget approved by the Board of Trustees, which is scheduled to meet Friday morning. The trustees will be presented with a budget that is the result of months of hard work by [...]
President’s Budget Message – Monday May 18, 2009
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President’s Budget Message – Monday May 11, 2009
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Dear Members of the university community: On Friday the Florida Legislature passed the 2009-2010 state budget that spares our public universities from catastrophic budget cuts. FIU and our sister Florida universities will see a 15 percent drop in recurring General Revenue (GR) since the Legislature approved a 4 percent cut [...]
President’s budget message – Monday, May 4, 2009
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Dear members of the university community: As of this past weekend, the Florida House of Representatives and the Senate have agreed on terms for funding universities. For us this means a cut in the 14 to 15 percent range, rather than the 24 percent or more range we discussed last week. While the universities [...]
President’s budget message – April 28, 2009
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Town Hall Meeting postponed Dear members of the university community: I was in Tallahassee last Thursday to participate in a press conference at the Capitol to highlight concerns over the Florida House’s proposed budget for higher education. Nine of my counterparts within the State University System (SUS) and I joined [...]
President’s Message — April 20, 2009
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Dear members of the university community: As you may know, the House and Senate passed their respective budgets last week. This week the House and Senate will be holding conference meetings to resolve the differences between the two preliminary budgets. Major differences in funding between the two budgets still exist, [...]
President’s Message — February 26, 2009
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Dear members of the university community: As we continue to struggle with financial challenges and the uncertainties of this economy, this week presented us with several thought-provoking developments I want to share with you today. Governor’s proposed budget Late last week Florida Gov. Charlie Crist released his proposed budget [...]
President’s Message — February 20, 2009
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Dear members of the university community: While national and state economic conditions continue to deteriorate, we must redouble our efforts in the pursuit of alternative sources of funding. A significant opportunity became available this week when President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The [...]
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