Senate Bill sb0396

    Florida Senate - 2004        (NP)  (Corrected Copy)     SR 396

    By Senator Miller





    18-351A-04

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution honoring Dr. Gwen Stephenson,

  3         President of Hillsborough Community College.

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  5         WHEREAS, Dr. Gwen Stephenson was appointed president of

  6  Hillsborough Community College in 1997, and

  7         WHEREAS, under Dr. Stephenson's stewardship, enrollment

  8  has increased approximately 10 percent each year for the past

  9  3 years, a dramatic reversal from the previous 5 years, which

10  period experienced declining enrollments, and

11         WHEREAS, a recent study of the economic impact of

12  Hillsborough Community College indicates that business sales

13  in the Tampa Bay area are $1.9 billion higher and labor income

14  is $757 million greater because of the college's presence, and

15         WHEREAS, Dr. Stephenson and her administrative staff

16  have established strong partnerships with the business

17  community, the University of South Florida, the School

18  District of Hillsborough County, and the Florida Legislature,

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20         WHEREAS, Hillsborough Community College educates the

21  region's workforce through the awarding of associate degrees,

22  the provision of technical training, and remediation when

23  required, while offering a diverse selection of courses and

24  choices ranging from international education, e-technology

25  training, advanced vocational training, and aquacultural and

26  agricultural studies to a traditional curriculum, and

27  preparing residents to fill jobs critical to nearly every

28  business and governmental entity, and

29         WHEREAS, Dr. Stephenson has successfully implemented

30  programs that target African American and Hispanic males, as

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 1  well as persons within underserved communities, in order to

 2  increase minority enrollments, and

 3         WHEREAS, Dr. Stephenson has expanded access to include

 4  centers of learning in addition to its four campus locations,

 5  while accepting a gift of 60 acres in Hillsborough County's

 6  rapidly developing SouthShore District to allow the addition

 7  of a fifth campus, and

 8         WHEREAS, Dr. Stephenson and her administrative staff

 9  have successfully implemented numerous technologies designed

10  to better serve the students and otherwise increase the

11  productivity and efficiency of the college, and

12         WHEREAS, Dr. Stephenson has served her staff by sending

13  a clear and unequivocal message that their success is critical

14  to the success of the college, and she has implemented

15  numerous programs and benefits, many of which parallel those

16  in the private sector, in order to attract and retain quality

17  administrative, instructional, and support personnel, and

18         WHEREAS, Dr. Stephenson was selected as President of

19  the Year in April 2003 by the American Student Association of

20  Community Colleges from among 27 nominees, being recognized

21  for including student groups on her calendar, on most

22  committees, and on her own personal advisory group, NOW,

23  THEREFORE,

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25  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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27         That Dr. Gwen Stephenson is recognized as one of

28  Hillsborough County's consummate role models, demonstrating

29  extraordinary leadership in firmly establishing Hillsborough

30  Community College as a major contributor to the education of

31  the people of Hillsborough County, while engaging students,

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 1  her faculty and staff, and many others in the public and

 2  private sectors as collaborators in attaining stability and

 3  garnering statewide respect as a result of her stewardship.

 4         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

 5  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Dr. Gwen

 6  Stephenson, as a tangible token of the sentiments of the

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