{"id":294,"date":"2019-04-18T15:13:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T19:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/grn\/?p=294"},"modified":"2019-04-18T15:13:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T19:13:39","slug":"294","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/grn\/2019\/04\/294\/","title":{"rendered":"Statehouse News March 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/h1>\n

Statehouse News:\u00a0<\/strong>March 2019<\/b><\/strong><\/h1>\n

News<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n

Executive Budget Released<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Governor DeWine released his proposed executive budget for FY 2020-2021. This budget, which would spend approximately $150.4 billion, includes new funding allocated for children’s services, water quality, and drug addiction treatment. The state legislature has until June 30, 2019 to research this proposal and make amendments.<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n

Meetings:<\/h2>\n

Our annual Alternative Spring Break Advocacy and Leadership Conference was held from March 22nd to March 28th. 66 Miami students traveled to Washington, D.C. and Columbus to advocate for the university and higher education in Ohio.<\/p>\n

In Washington, D.C., students were able to:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Hear from a panel of Miami alumni who have built their careers in the nation’s capital<\/li>\n
  • Meet with 50 legislative offices in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to share their experiences at Miami<\/li>\n
  • Host a poster session on Capitol Hill to present student research, campus resources, and student organizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    Students in D.C. at Sidley Austin LLP for an Alumni Networking Brunch.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    Students with Congresswoman Susan Brooks (IN) in her D.C. office.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    Senior Carmen Stone (top) and Graduate student Max Leveridge (above) present their research on The Hill.<\/p>\n

    In Columbus, students and administrators were able to:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • Meet with 126 members of the Ohio General Assembly, also to share their experiences at Miami<\/li>\n
    • Visit Ohio Governor and Miami alumnus Mike DeWine, and received a personal tour of his Statehouse office.<\/li>\n
    • Host a poster session at the Statehouse, where students again presented about research, campus resources, and student organizations<\/li>\n
    • Listen as Miami University President Greg Crawford presented an update on his Boldly Creative initiative to legislators and staff<\/li>\n
    • Listen as Graduate School Dean James Oris presented on how the Graduate School is leveraging academics and business to create companies<\/li>\n
    • Participate in a tour of the Ohio Supreme Court given by Justice and Miami alumnus Pat DeWine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      Freshman Victoria Villanueva presents her poster on her student organization, the First Miami Student and Alumni Federal Credit Union at the Ohio Statehouse.<\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

      Students meet with Governor DeWine in his office at the Statehouse.<\/p>\n

      Hana Hall & Natalie Assaf<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Advocacy Team for the Office of Institutional Relations
      \nhallhe@miamioh.edu<\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Statehouse News:\u00a0March 2019 News: Executive Budget Released Governor DeWine released his proposed executive budget for FY 2020-2021. This budget, which would spend approximately $150.4 billion, includes new funding allocated for children’s services, water quality, and drug addiction treatment. The state legislature has until June 30, 2019 to research this proposal and make amendments. Read more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2543,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/grn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/grn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/grn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/grn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2543"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/grn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/grn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/grn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/grn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/grn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}