Senate Bill sb3104

    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)                      SR 3104

    By Senators Smith, Argenziano, Dockery, Cowin, Atwater,
    Campbell, Aronberg, Wasserman Schultz, Lynn, Alexander,
    Haridopolos, Pruitt and Constantine



    14-2309-04

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution to honor the University of

  3         Florida.

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  5         WHEREAS, the University of Florida, the leading

  6  institution of higher learning of the state of Florida and the

  7  state's only university honored by membership in the

  8  prestigious Association of American Universities, has recently

  9  completed its sesquicentennial celebration and now, led by its

10  new president, Dr. J. Bernard Machen, looks forward to even

11  greater achievements in teaching, research, and service for

12  generations to come, and

13         WHEREAS, through its continuing commitment to

14  excellence, the university attracts the best students in the

15  state and country, ranking first among all public universities

16  in the number of National Achievement Scholars enrolled in

17  2003 for the second year in a row, ranking second for National

18  Merit Scholar enrollees for the second year in a row, and

19  ranking first among all universities in enrolling

20  International Baccalaureate students, and

21         WHEREAS, the university is home to the finest faculty

22  and staff to be found on any campus in Florida, where a record

23  $458 million in research and training grants were awarded in

24  the 2002-2003 academic year, and where its overall

25  accomplishments and quality of education earned the University

26  of Florida a Top-5 ranking by Kiplinger Magazine in 2003, and

27         WHEREAS, the university, one of the top five largest in

28  the United States, also is one of the most diverse in the

29  number of academic programs at both the undergraduate and

30  graduate levels, thus providing the state a center of

31  education significant in size and scope to offer the full

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 1  range of professional skills necessary for a 21st-century

 2  society, and

 3         WHEREAS, its service to its state is unrivaled, with

 4  its student enrollment representing all 67 Florida counties,

 5  with the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences providing

 6  extension services to each Florida county, with the

 7  university's health-related clinics and research institutions

 8  serving Floridians each day, and with faculty, staff, and

 9  student donations and charitable services to their local

10  community reaching $2 million in the last full academic year,

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12         WHEREAS, its student-athletic program, which has been a

13  Top-Ten program nationally for the past 20 years, was, once

14  again in 2002-2003, the top-ranked varsity program for both

15  men and women, continually produces exceptional student

16  athletes, placing a record 193 student athletes on the

17  Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, and has led the

18  conference with 1,621 Academic Honor Roll recipients since

19  1980, and

20         WHEREAS, many graduates of the University of Florida

21  have left an immensely positive, indelible mark on our society

22  through their commitment to others, such as Heisman Trophy and

23  Draddy Award winner and honors graduate Danny Wuerffel, whose

24  efforts on behalf of his local communities off the playing

25  field are as exceptional as they were on, especially his work

26  with underprivileged youth, NOW, THEREFORE,

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28  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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30         That the Florida Senate celebrates April 15, 2004, as

31  "University of Florida Day" in Tallahassee, in honor of the

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 1  University of Florida's singular contribution to this state,

 2  the nation, and throughout the world.

 3         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

 4  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Dr. J.

 5  Bernard Machen, President of the University of Florida, as a

 6  tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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