House Bill 9089

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9089

        By Representatives Lawson, Eggelletion, Roberts, Bush, A.
    Greene, Turnbull, Boyd, L. Miller, C. Smith, Hill and Kilmer





  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution designating April 6, 2000, as

  3         "F.A.M.U. Day" in Tallahassee.

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  5         WHEREAS, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

  6  was founded in 1887 as a state normal school and is in its

  7  113th year as the oldest coeducational institution of higher

  8  education in Florida's state university system, and

  9         WHEREAS, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

10  held its first commencement exercises in 1892, with five

11  graduates, in the historic Munro's Opera House, which was

12  located on the northeast corner of Adams and Jefferson Streets

13  in Tallahassee, and

14         WHEREAS, in 1998, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical

15  University was designated as a comprehensive/doctoral

16  institution by the Board of Regents, giving F.A.M.U. the

17  authority to plan additional doctoral programs in the

18  sciences, engineering, and technology areas, in which

19  minorities are severely underrepresented, and

20         WHEREAS, in 1997 F.A.M.U. was the nation's largest

21  producer of African-American graduates at the bachelor degree

22  level, and

23         WHEREAS, F.A.M.U. led the nation in the recruitment of

24  National Achievement Scholars in 1992, 1995, and 1997, and

25         WHEREAS, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

26  was named the "1997 College of the Year" by TIME Magazine and

27  The Princeton Review, and

28         WHEREAS, today F.A.M.U.'s twelve schools and colleges

29  provide a comprehensive approach to teaching, research, and

30  community service by offering undergraduate and graduate

31  degrees in approximately 176 fields, and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9089

    113-295B-00






  1         WHEREAS, for five consecutive years, F.A.M.U.'s College

  2  of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has led the southeast

  3  in competition for National Institutes of Health funding for

  4  research, and

  5         WHEREAS, in recognition of Florida Agricultural and

  6  Mechanical University's role as a monument of pride and

  7  accomplishment, and as a tribute to African-American

  8  achievements, it is fitting and appropriate that the House of

  9  Representatives of the State of Florida designate April 6,

10  2000, as F.A.M.U. Day in Tallahassee, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

13  Florida:

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15         That the House of Representatives of the State of

16  Florida hereby designates April 6, 2000, as "F.A.M.U. Day" in

17  Tallahassee, in recognition of Florida Agricultural and

18  Mechanical University's 113 years as an outstanding

19  institution of higher education.

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21         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

22  be presented to Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, President of

23  Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, as a tangible

24  token of the sentiments expressed herein.

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