Senate Bill sb2950

    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SR 2950

    By Senators Lawson and King





    6-2028-07

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing March 22, 2007, as

  3         "FSU Day."

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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 was the site of the state's first chapter of

  8  Phi Beta Kappa, chartered in 1935, and

  9         WHEREAS, in 1994, the Florida State University joined

10  an elite group of the nation's top research universities,

11  being designated a "Research I" institution by the Carnegie

12  Foundation, and

13         WHEREAS, today Florida State University offers graduate

14  and undergraduate degrees in 304 programs within 17

15  independent colleges and schools, taught by a faculty of 2,291

16  members, which has included 12 National Academy of Sciences

17  members and 6 Nobel Laureates, and

18         WHEREAS, the Florida State University houses the

19  National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, which uses the

20  world's most powerful magnet to conduct research into the

21  frontiers of science and engineering technologies for a new

22  century, and

23         WHEREAS, Florida State University is home to the

24  winningest coach in college football, Bobby Bowden; head

25  baseball coach, Mike Martin; and the winner of the Heisman

26  Trophy, Charlie Ward, who were recently honored with induction

27  into national halls of fame, and

28         WHEREAS, Florida State University has an expanding

29  presence statewide with the opening of two regional campuses

30  of its College of Medicine in Daytona Beach and Fort Pierce,

31  in addition to campuses that the university maintains in

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    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SR 2950
    6-2028-07




 1  Panama City and in Sarasota with the Ringling Center for the

 2  Cultural Arts, and

 3         WHEREAS, the college experience at Florida State

 4  University continues to enrich the lives of students due to

 5  the long-standing tradition of promoting racial, ethnic, and

 6  cultural diversity on its campus along with the aggressive

 7  recruitment of diverse groups of students, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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11         That the Senate recognizes March 22, 2007, as "FSU Day"

12  in Tallahassee, in recognition of Florida State University's

13  contributions as an outstanding institution of higher

14  education.

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

16  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Dr. T. K.

17  Wetherell, President of Florida State University, as a

18  tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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