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.