| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution designating March 10, 2004, as ?Stetson |
| 3 | University Day.? |
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| 5 | WHEREAS, established in 1883 as Florida?s first private |
| 6 | university, Stetson University is a comprehensive university |
| 7 | comprised of four strong colleges and schools in four Florida |
| 8 | locations--DeLand, Celebration, Tampa, and Gulfport--and offers |
| 9 | study-abroad programs at eight foreign centers, and |
| 10 | WHEREAS, Stetson offers more than 60 majors and minors |
| 11 | through its College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business |
| 12 | Administration, and School of Music located on its historic |
| 13 | campus in DeLand, and its College of Law, the state?s first law |
| 14 | school, has educated attorneys for more than a century and is |
| 15 | ranked number one in the nation for trial advocacy, and |
| 16 | WHEREAS, Stetson?s duPont-Ball Library houses the state?s |
| 17 | first federal document depository, established in 1887; its |
| 18 | college-level Model Senate program is the first such program |
| 19 | established in the state and is a prototype for the nation; and |
| 20 | it was the first private university in the state to integrate, |
| 21 | the first in the state to have a building certified as a green |
| 22 | building under the United States Green Building Council?s |
| 23 | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building |
| 24 | Rating System, and is now the first law school in Florida to |
| 25 | share space with a working court, the Florida Second District |
| 26 | Court of Appeal, and |
| 27 | WHEREAS, 80 percent of Stetson University?s undergraduates |
| 28 | are Florida residents, seven of its alumni are serving as |
| 29 | members of the Legislature, and its students represent 37 |
| 30 | foreign nations, and |
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| 32 | WHEREAS, the university?s 195 full-time faculty members on |
| 33 | the DeLand campus are committed to blending superior teaching |
| 34 | with scholarly research, and its University Values Council was |
| 35 | created in 1998 to integrate values into the learning process, |
| 36 | focusing on the areas of religious and spiritual life, ethical |
| 37 | decisionmaking, diversity, gender equity, environmental |
| 38 | responsibility, community service, and wellness, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 40 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 41 | Florida: |
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| 43 | That the House of Representatives warmly welcomes members |
| 44 | of this prestigious university to the Capitol and hereby |
| 45 | designates March 10, 2004, as ?Stetson University Day.? |
| 46 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be |
| 47 | presented to Stetson University President H. Douglas Lee as a |
| 48 | tangible token of the sentiments expressed herein. |