Senate Bill sb2652

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    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                      SR 2652

    By Senator Lawson





    6-1667A-05

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing March 23, 2005, as

  3         "FAMU Day."

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  5         WHEREAS, the Tallahassee campus of Florida A&M

  6  University (FAMU) is the oldest coeducational, land-grant

  7  institution of higher learning in the State University System,

  8  and

  9         WHEREAS, FAMU was founded in 1887, named a land-grant

10  institution in 1891, and designated a university in 1953, and

11         WHEREAS, FAMU is a 4-year, historically black

12  university, offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral

13  programs, which seeks qualified students from all racial,

14  ethnic, religious, and national groups, and

15         WHEREAS, FAMU provides immeasurable educational

16  opportunities that enhance the quality of life for young men

17  and women, and

18         WHEREAS, the university's academic components consists

19  of 13 colleges and schools and two institutes: Arts and

20  Sciences, Education, Engineering Sciences, Technology and

21  Agriculture, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences,

22  Engineering, Allied Health Sciences, Architecture, Business

23  and Industry, General Studies, Journalism and Graphic

24  Communication, Nursing, Law, Graduate Studies and Research,

25  the Environmental Sciences Institute, and the Institute of

26  Public Health, and

27         WHEREAS, FAMU offers undergraduate and graduate

28  programs that are designed to meet the needs of a diverse

29  population of students, awarding baccalaureate degrees in 63

30  disciplines, master's degrees in 36 disciplines, and the

31  doctor of philosophy degree in 11 disciplines - educational

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 1  leadership; environmental science; biomedical, chemical,

 2  civil, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering;

 3  pharmacy; physics; and entomology in cooperation with the

 4  University of Florida - and two professional degrees in law

 5  and pharmacy, and

 6         WHEREAS, FAMU is the top producer of African Americans

 7  with baccalaureate degrees, the top producer of black

 8  educators, and one of the top recruiters of National Merit

 9  Scholars in the country, and its College of Pharmacy and

10  Pharmaceutical Sciences was ranked first in the southeast and

11  third nationwide in funding by National Institute of Health,

12  and

13         WHEREAS, FAMU won the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge

14  Team Championships in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2003, and

15         WHEREAS, the Marching "100" participated in the

16  pre-game show, performing before more than 79,000 fans, at

17  Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Florida, and

18         WHEREAS, the FAMU Women's Volleyball Team won the 2004

19  MEAC Championship and was ranked No. 25 in the nation in

20  Division I, head coach Tony Trifonov earned MEAC Coach of the

21  Year and Outstanding Tournament Coach honors, and FAMU had

22  four players named to the All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

23  All-Star first team and four players named to the MEAC

24  All-Team Tournament, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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28         That the Senate recognizes March 23, 2005, as "FAMU

29  Day" in Tallahassee, in recognition of Florida Agricultural

30  and Mechanical University's contributions as an outstanding

31  institution of higher education.

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

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

 3  Castell Vaughn Bryant, Interim President of Florida

 4  Agricultural and Mechanical University, as a tangible token of

 5  the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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