House Bill hb9083

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HR 9083

        By Representative Kottkamp






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution designating March 5, 2002, as "FSU

  3         Day" in Tallahassee.

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  5         WHEREAS, the Tallahassee campus of Florida State

  6  University is the oldest continuous site of higher education

  7  in Florida and holds the state's first chapter of Phi Beta

  8  Kappa, and

  9         WHEREAS, Florida State University, formerly the Florida

10  State College for Women, which was recognized in 1924 by the

11  Association of American Universities as the nation's second

12  largest such state college, emphasizes teaching, research, and

13  public service, with 17 independent colleges and schools, the

14  latest being its College of Medicine, and offers undergraduate

15  and graduate degrees in more than 570 fields, many of which

16  are nationally recognized programs, and

17         WHEREAS, Florida State University enjoys a strong

18  reputation in the fine and performing arts, having developed

19  distinguished programs in theatre, music, dance, and film, and

20  is a leader in the use of new technologies, setting the

21  standard for distance learning and utilizing technology in the

22  classroom and campuswide, thus providing professors and

23  students alike an opportunity to share research with

24  colleagues and students around the world, and

25         WHEREAS, with its research facilities, as exemplified

26  by the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State

27  University is on the cutting edge of higher education and, in

28  1994, was designated by the Carnegie Foundation as a "Research

29  I" institution, placing it in an elite group of the nation's

30  top research universities, and consistently ranks among the

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HR 9083

    776-129A-02






  1  top three universities nationally in revenues generated from

  2  scientific research and discoveries, and

  3         WHEREAS, with a long-continuing tradition of promoting

  4  racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity on its campus, and with

  5  its emphasis on academics, research, and programs that enhance

  6  service, social, and leadership skills, the college experience

  7  is indeed an enriching one for Florida State University

  8  students, and is a source of great pride for its students,

  9  faculty, alumni, friends, and administrators and for all

10  Floridians, 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 designates March 5,

16  2002, as "FSU Day" in Tallahassee.

17         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

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

19  Florida State University, as a tangible token of the

20  sentiments expressed herein.

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