Florida Senate - 2021 (NP) SR 2026 By Senator Jones 35-02855A-21 20212026__ 1 Senate Resolution 2 A resolution recognizing April 1, 2021, as “FAMU Day” 3 in Florida. 4 5 WHEREAS, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 6 (FAMU) was founded in 1887, named a land-grant institution in 7 1891, and designated a university in 1953, and 8 WHEREAS, FAMU, a historically black college and university 9 (HBCU) offering undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, and 10 professional degree programs, seeks qualified students from all 11 racial, ethnic, religious, and national groups and provides 12 immeasurable educational opportunities for young men and women, 13 and 14 WHEREAS, academic components of the university consist of 15 seven colleges and seven schools: the Colleges of Agriculture 16 and Food Sciences; Education; Engineering; Law; Pharmacy and 17 Pharmaceutical Sciences; Science and Technology; and Social 18 Sciences, Arts, and Humanities and the Schools of Allied Health 19 Sciences; Architecture and Engineering Technology; Business and 20 Industry; the Environment; Graduate Studies and Research; 21 Journalism and Graphic Communication; and Nursing, and 22 WHEREAS, under the dedicated leadership of President Larry 23 Robinson, Ph.D., and the FAMU Board of Trustees, FAMU is laser 24 focused on providing an exceptional student experience and ranks 25 first among public HBCUs for the second consecutive year 26 according to the U.S. News & World Report 2021 Best Colleges 27 Ranking of Top Public Universities, and 28 WHEREAS, FAMU is the leading producer of African-American 29 graduates in several disciplines at the baccalaureate, 30 professional, and graduate levels and is ranked as a top STEM 31 HBCU for science, technology, engineering, and math majors, and 32 WHEREAS, since April 25, 2020, FAMU’s Bragg Stadium has 33 served as a free COVID-19 testing site for the Big Bend 34 community, providing more than 250,000 tests and helping to 35 address vaccine hesitancy, NOW, THEREFORE, 36 37 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 38 39 That, in recognition of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical 40 University’s contributions as an outstanding institution of 41 higher education, April 1, 2021, is recognized as “FAMU Day” in 42 Florida. 43 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with 44 the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Larry Robinson, 45 Ph.D., President of Florida Agricultural & Mechanical 46 University, as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida 47 Senate.