House Bill 9333

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9333

        By Representatives King, Thrasher, Merchant, Arnold,
    Horan, Peaden, Mackenzie, Gay, Kelly, Lawson, Roberts-Burke,
    Chestnut, Safley and Garcia




  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution designating March 16, 1998, as

  3         F.S.U. Day.

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  5         WHEREAS, the Tallahassee campus at Florida State

  6  University is the oldest continuous site of higher education

  7  in Florida, and

  8         WHEREAS, Florida State University was founded as an

  9  institution of higher learning in 1851 by a legislative act

10  and began in Tallahassee with its first students in 1857, and

11         WHEREAS, spring 1998 marks the fiftieth anniversary of

12  the ratification of the Florida State University Constitution

13  by its faculty, setting the institution on course toward its

14  present standing as a bastion of the Liberal Arts, and

15         WHEREAS, over 197,000 men and women have graduated from

16  Florida State University and its success as an institution is

17  reflected in the success of these graduates around the world,

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19         WHEREAS, the university's mission emphasizes teaching,

20  research, and public service with 16 colleges and schools,

21  offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in over 342

22  fields, and

23         WHEREAS, U.S. News and World Report ranked Florida

24  State University the "most efficient university" for the

25  second year in a row in its 1998 "America's Best Colleges"

26  issue, and

27         WHEREAS, Florida State University's graduation rate is

28  well above the national average and the best among Florida's

29  state universities, and

30         WHEREAS, while developing internationally recognized

31  programs in the Fine and Performing Arts and in the Basic and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9333

    135-317-98






  1  Social Sciences, Florida State University has also developed

  2  strong student life programs including one of the major

  3  Intercollegiate Athletic programs in the country, NOW,

  4  THEREFORE,

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  6  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  7  Florida:

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  9         That the House of Representatives hereby designates

10  March 16, 1998, as F.S.U. Day and recognizes Florida State

11  University as the oldest continuous site of higher education

12  in the State of Florida and an outstanding institution of

13  higher education.

14         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

15  be presented to Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte, President of

16  Florida State University, as a tangible token of the

17  sentiments expressed herein.

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