HR 9041

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing the students, faculty, staff,
3	board of trustees, and alumni of Broward College as they
4	celebrate its 50 years as an outstanding institution of
5	higher education.
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7	WHEREAS, in 1960, Broward College opened its doors as the
8	Junior College of Broward County, with a class of 701 students,
9	and
10	WHEREAS, following accreditation by the Commission on
11	Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,
12	Broward College became the primary point of access to higher
13	education in Broward County, and
14	WHEREAS, today Broward College enrolls 64,651 diverse
15	students, who hail from 157 countries, and offers an affordable,
16	high-quality education and the convenience of three campuses, in
17	Pembroke Pines, Davie, and Coconut Creek, and six centers: the
18	Willis Holcombe Center, the Pines Center, the Institute for
19	Economic Development, the Weston Center, the Broward College
20	Maroone Automotive Training Center, and Coconut Creek, and
21	WHEREAS, a number of outstanding Broward College graduates
22	have won prestigious scholarships, including Jack Kent Cooke
23	scholarships, have transferred to universities, and gone on to
24	attend graduate and professional schools, and
25	WHEREAS, a "branch campus" for Black students, which opened
26	in 1961 at Dillard High School, was merged with the main campus
27	during the 1963-1964 academic year and Broward College is
28	currently one of the nation's top producers of associate degrees
29	awarded to minority students, and
30	WHEREAS, Broward College was the first community college in
31	the country to endow teaching chairs for its faculty members,
32	demonstrating commitment to quality instruction by recognizing
33	and fostering faculty excellence, and
34	WHEREAS, Broward College offers 12 online associate
35	degrees, 200 online course titles, and many blended programs
36	that combine the benefits of online and face-to-face classes,
37	and is accredited to award bachelor's degrees in a number of
38	areas, including teacher education in critical-need fields,
39	supervision and management, information technology, and
40	technology management, and
41	WHEREAS, Broward College's 51 certificate programs,
42	including digital media web production, dental assisting, and
43	marine technology, prepare men and women for rewarding careers
44	and are designed to lead directly into the workforce within 3 to
45	12 months, and
46	WHEREAS, Broward College boasts such popular courses of
47	study as accounting technology, aviation, graphic design
48	technology, legal assisting technology, marine engineering
49	management, massage therapy, and automotive technology, and
50	WHEREAS, Broward College offers 1,000 continuing education
51	classes for professional and personal development and just for
52	fun, and
53	WHEREAS, Broward College is one of the schools that make up
54	this state's "Great 28" network of state colleges, educating the
55	teachers, nurses, public safety personnel, and other valued
56	professionals who make Florida a better place to live, NOW,
57	THEREFORE,
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59	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
60	Florida:
61
62	That the students, faculty, staff, board of trustees, and
63	alumni of Broward College are recognized and congratulated as
64	Broward College celebrates 50 years as an outstanding
65	institution of higher education.

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