HR 9087

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution designating April 12, 2011, as "Florida State
3	University Day" in Florida.
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5	WHEREAS, the main campus of Florida State University is
6	located in Tallahassee on the oldest continuous site of higher
7	education in the state and hosts the state's oldest chapter of
8	Phi Beta Kappa, chartered in 1935, and
9	WHEREAS, Florida State University was designated a
10	"Research I" doctoral-granting institution in 1994 by the
11	Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, joining an
12	elite group of the nation's top research universities, and
13	WHEREAS, Florida State University offers graduate and
14	undergraduate degrees in 322 programs within 15 independent
15	colleges and schools that are taught by 2,285 faculty members,
16	which has included 12 National Academy of Sciences members and
17	five Nobel Laureates, and
18	WHEREAS, Florida State University established its Office of
19	National Fellowships in January 2005 and, since that date, its
20	students have been awarded more than 80 nationally competitive
21	scholarships and fellowships, including three Rhodes
22	scholarships, three Truman scholarships, five Goldwater
23	scholarships, five Hollings scholarships, three Pickering
24	fellowships, and 36 Fulbright scholarships, and
25	WHEREAS, Florida State University is home to the National
26	High Magnetic Field Laboratory, where the world's most powerful
27	magnet is used for research in unexplored areas of science and
28	in engineering technologies for a new century, and
29	WHEREAS, Florida State University established the Institute
30	for Energy Systems, Economics, and Sustainability, which is a
31	public resource that unites researchers from the disciplines of
32	engineering, the natural sciences, law, urban and regional
33	planning, geography, and economics to generate research leading
34	to the development of a successful sustainable energy strategy
35	for the state, and
36	WHEREAS, the Florida State University College of Medicine,
37	together with its statewide network of more than 1,500
38	physician-faculty members, is celebrating its 11th anniversary
39	as the nation's newest fully accredited medical school as it
40	continues to fulfill its unique statutory mission of training
41	patient-centered physicians for elder, rural, minority,
42	underserved, and other populations of the state, and
43	WHEREAS, Florida State University's longstanding tradition
44	of promoting racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity, together
45	with its aggressive recruitment of diverse groups of students,
46	continues to enrich the university's college experience and the
47	lives of its students, and
48	WHEREAS, on February 1, 2010, Florida State University
49	welcomed its alumnus, Dr. Eric J. Barron, as the university's
50	14th president, NOW, THEREFORE,
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52	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
53	Florida:
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55	That April 12, 2011, is designated as "Florida State
56	University Day" in Florida in recognition of Florida State
57	University's contributions as an outstanding institution of
58	higher education.
59	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
60	presented to the President of Florida State University, Dr. Eric
61	J. Barron, as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed
62	herein.

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