Florida Senate - 2011                             (NP)    SR 194
       
       
       
       By Senator Rich
       
       
       
       
       34-00133-11                                            2011194__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the students, faculty, staff,
    3         board of trustees, and alumni of Broward College as
    4         they celebrate its 50 years as an outstanding
    5         institution of higher education.
    6  
    7         WHEREAS, in 1960, Broward College opened its doors as the
    8  Junior College of Broward County, with 73 students, and
    9         WHEREAS, following accreditation by the Commission on
   10  Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,
   11  Broward College became the primary point of access to higher
   12  education in Broward County, and
   13         WHEREAS, today Broward College enrolls 61,173 diverse
   14  students, who hail from 157 countries, and offers an affordable,
   15  high-quality education and the convenience of three campuses, in
   16  Pembroke Pines, Davie, and Coconut Creek, and six centers: the
   17  Willis Holcombe Center, the Pines Center, the Institute for
   18  Economic Development, the Weston Center, the Broward College
   19  Maroone Automotive Training Center, and Coconut Creek, and
   20         WHEREAS, a number of outstanding Broward College graduates
   21  have won prestigious scholarships, including Jack Kent Cooke
   22  scholarships, have transferred to universities, and gone on to
   23  attend graduate and professional schools, and
   24         WHEREAS, a “branch campus” for Black students, which opened
   25  in 1961 at Dillard High School, was merged with the main campus
   26  during the 1963-1964 academic year and Broward College is
   27  currently one of the nation’s top producers of associate degrees
   28  awarded to minority students, and
   29         WHEREAS, Broward College was the first community college in
   30  the country to endow teaching chairs for its faculty members,
   31  demonstrating commitment to quality instruction by recognizing
   32  and fostering faculty excellence, and
   33         WHEREAS, Broward College offers six online associate
   34  degrees, 200 online course titles, and many blended programs
   35  that combine the benefits of online and face-to-face classes,
   36  and is accredited to award bachelor’s degrees in a number of
   37  areas, including teacher education in critical-need fields,
   38  supervision and management, information technology, and
   39  technology management, and
   40         WHEREAS, Broward College’s 56 certificate programs,
   41  including digital media web production, dental assisting, and
   42  marine technology, prepare men and women for rewarding careers
   43  and are designed to lead directly into the workforce within 3 to
   44  12 months, and
   45         WHEREAS, Broward College boasts such popular courses of
   46  study as accounting technology, aviation, graphic design
   47  technology, legal assisting technology, marine engineering
   48  management, massage therapy, and automotive technology, and
   49         WHEREAS, Broward College offers 1,000 continuing education
   50  classes for professional and personal development and just for
   51  fun, and
   52         WHEREAS, Broward College is one of the schools that make up
   53  this state’s “Great 28” network of state colleges, educating the
   54  teachers, nurses, public safety personnel, and other valued
   55  professionals who make Florida a better place to live, NOW,
   56  THEREFORE,
   57  
   58  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   59  
   60         That the students, faculty, staff, board of trustees, and
   61  alumni of Broward College are recognized and congratulated as
   62  Broward College celebrates 50 years as an outstanding
   63  institution of higher education.