Bill Text: FL H9057 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Florida State University Day

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 68-42)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-06 - Read 2nd time -HJ 00526; Adopted; companion bill(s) passed, see SR 2822 (Adopted) -HJ 00526 [H9057 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H9057-Introduced.html

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HR 9057

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution designating April 6, 2010, as "Florida State
3	University Day."
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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 16 independent
15	colleges and schools that are taught by 2,268 faculty members,
16	which has included 12 National Academy of Sciences members and
17	six 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 40 national competitive
21	scholarships and fellowships, including three Rhodes
22	scholarships, three Truman scholarships, three Goldwater
23	scholarships, the Jack Kent Cooke scholarship, the Udall
24	scholarship, and 26 Fulbright fellowships, 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 10th 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 6, 2010, is designated "Florida State University
56	Day" in Florida in recognition of the university's contribution
57	to the state as an outstanding institution of higher education.
58	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
59	presented to the president of Florida State University, Dr. Eric
60	J. Barron, as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed
61	herein.

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