HR 9105

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution commending New College of Florida for
3	achieving national prominence among institutions of higher
4	learning.
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6	WHEREAS, founded in 1960 as a private college for
7	academically talented students, New College of Florida became a
8	public college in 1975 through a merger with the State
9	University System and was established in law on July 1, 2001, to
10	serve its distinctive mission as the 4-year residential liberal
11	arts and sciences honors college of the State of Florida,
12	attracting highly motivated and academically talented students
13	across the state and nationwide, and
14	WHEREAS, in order to graduate, each New College of Florida
15	student must complete three independent study projects, write a
16	senior thesis in his or her discipline, and defend his or her
17	thesis before a baccalaureate committee of at least three
18	faculty members, and
19	WHEREAS, New College of Florida was named the best public
20	liberal arts college in the United States by U.S. News & World
21	Report, America's Best Colleges, 2007, and
22	WHEREAS, New College of Florida has produced one of the
23	highest per capita percentages of Fulbright Scholars in the
24	country, NOW, THEREFORE,
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26	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
27	Florida:
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29	That New College of Florida is commended for its
30	contribution in bringing national recognition and prominence to
31	the state's institutions of higher learning.

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