President Neil D. Theobald will be in Harrisburg today advocating on behalf of the university's annual commonwealth appropriation. The president will appear with the leaders from the three other state-related schools at hearings before the House and Senate Appropriations committees.

Today's House Appropriations Committee hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m.; the Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet at 1 p.m.

Information on how to view the sessions is available at the Pennsylvania Cable Network website.

After being reduced by more than $32 million in the 2011 fiscal year, Temple’s commonwealth appropriation has remained flat at $139.9 million for the last four years. Gov. Tom Wolf's proposal would restore $16 million for the university as part of the appropriation.

The budget must be approved by the General Assembly and sent to the governor for his signature before July 1.