Senate Bill sb2370

    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2370

    By Senator Crist





    12-1498A-06

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing April 18, 2006, as

  3         "University of South Florida Day."

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  5         WHEREAS, on December 18, 1956, the Fowler Avenue

  6  property in Hillsborough County was approved as the site for

  7  the new university that had been created by the Florida

  8  Legislature in HB 1007, which became law on June 18, 1955, and

  9         WHEREAS, USF opened as the first independent state

10  university conceived, planned, and built in the 20th century,

11  initially admitting 1,997 students, and

12         WHEREAS, USF has blossomed into a multi-campus Research

13  I Metropolitan Institution, with campuses in Hillsborough,

14  Pinellas, Sarasota-Manatee, and Polk Counties, and

15         WHEREAS, USF currently serves more than 43,000

16  students; offers over 7,000 courses leading to 88

17  Baccalaureate degrees, 87 Master's degrees, and 39 Ph.D.

18  degrees; and boasts more than 181,000 alumni, with over 90,000

19  of them living, working, and volunteering in the Tampa Bay

20  Area, and

21         WHEREAS, USF brings the force of a $3.2 billion annual

22  economic impact to the region it serves, and

23         WHEREAS, the USF Bulls are the Tampa Bay Region's

24  Division 1-A Home Team, bringing top-level competition to the

25  area as members of the Big East Conference, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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29         That the Florida Senate congratulates the University of

30  South Florida as it celebrates its 50th Anniversary in 2006

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    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2370
    12-1498A-06




 1  and recognizes April 18 as "University of South Florida Day"

 2  in the State Capitol and throughout the State of Florida.

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

 4  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the

 5  President of the University of South Florida as a token of the

 6  sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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