Florida Senate - 2012 (NP) SR 2092
By Senator Smith
29-02406-12 20122092__
1 Senate Resolution
2 A resolution recognizing February 7, 2012, as “FSU
3 Day” in Florida and celebrating Florida State
4 University’s contribution as an outstanding
5 institution of higher education.
6
7 WHEREAS, the Tallahassee campus of Florida State University
8 is the oldest continuous site of higher education in Florida and
9 holds the state’s first chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, which was
10 chartered in 1935, and
11 WHEREAS, in 1994, Florida State University joined an elite
12 group of the nation’s top research universities in achieving
13 designation as a “Research I” institution by the Carnegie
14 Foundation, and
15 WHEREAS, today, Florida State University offers graduate
16 and undergraduate degrees in 324 programs within 16 independent
17 colleges and schools, taught by a faculty of 2,306, which has
18 included 12 National Academy of Sciences members and six Nobel
19 Laureates, and
20 WHEREAS, the freshman class entering Florida State
21 University in the 2011 Fall semester was one of the most
22 academically accomplished freshman classes in the university’s
23 history, with an average high school GPA of 3.9, an average SAT
24 score of 1850, and an average composite ACT score of 27, and
25 WHEREAS, the academic accomplishments of accepted honors
26 students entering Florida State University in the 2011 Fall
27 semester are even more impressive, with an average high school
28 GPA of 4.3, and
29 WHEREAS, Florida State University is the headquarters for
30 the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), which
31 designs, builds, and operates the world’s most powerful research
32 magnets, attracting more than 700 scientists from across the
33 globe and pushing the frontiers of science and engineering, and
34 realizing a return of $5.17 for every dollar invested by the
35 taxpayers of this state, and
36 WHEREAS, the Florida State University Veterans Center was
37 opened as part of the university’s efforts to become the most
38 veteran-friendly campus in the nation, with its Veterans House
39 serving as the focal point for all campus veteran resources,
40 academic advising, orientation and transition programming,
41 personal and rehabilitative support services, and assistance
42 with United States Department of Veterans Affairs’ educational
43 benefits and certification, and
44 WHEREAS, the Florida State University College of Medicine
45 launched a statewide clinical research network that now includes
46 more than 1,900 Florida physicians and more than three million
47 patients in the effort to improve health care outcomes for all
48 Floridians, and
49 WHEREAS, Florida State University College of Medicine
50 alumni in 2012 entered into practice in communities that have a
51 significant need for more physicians, including Bonifay,
52 Blountstown, Clermont, and Marianna, and 70 percent of the
53 college’s graduates who practice in this state are primary care
54 physicians, ensuring that the state has more physicians
55 practicing in areas of practice having significant need, and
56 WHEREAS, the college experience continues to enrich the
57 lives of Florida State University students due to its long
58 standing tradition of promoting racial, ethnic, and cultural
59 diversity on campus, along with the aggressive recruitment of
60 diverse groups of students, NOW, THEREFORE,
61
62 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
63
64 That the members of the Florida Senate recognize February
65 7, 2012, as “FSU Day” in Florida and celebrate Florida State
66 University’s contribution as an outstanding institution of
67 higher education.
68 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
69 the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Florida State
70 University President Eric J. Barron, Ph.D., as a tangible token
71 of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.