Florida Senate - 2013                            (NP)    SR 1814
       
       
       
       By Senator Smith
       
       
       
       
       31-02787-13                                           20131814__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing April 2, 2013, as “FSU Day”
    3         in Florida.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, the Tallahassee campus of Florida State University
    6  is the oldest continuous site of higher education in Florida and
    7  holds the state’s first chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, which was
    8  chartered in 1935, and
    9         WHEREAS, in 1994, the Florida State University joined an
   10  elite group of the nation’s top research universities, being
   11  designated as a “Research I” institution by the Carnegie
   12  Foundation, and
   13         WHEREAS, today, Florida State University offers graduate
   14  and undergraduate degrees in 324 programs within 16 independent
   15  colleges and schools, taught by a faculty of 1,737 members,
   16  which has included 12 National Academy of Sciences members and
   17  six Nobel Laureates, and
   18         WHEREAS, the freshman class entering Florida State
   19  University in the 2012 fall semester was one of the most
   20  academically accomplished freshman classes in the university’s
   21  history, with an average high school GPA of 4.01, an average SAT
   22  score of 1,881, and an average composite ACT score of 28.2, and
   23         WHEREAS, academic accomplishments of accepted honors
   24  students entering Florida State University in the 2012 fall
   25  semester are even more impressive, with an average high school
   26  GPA of 4.35, and
   27         WHEREAS, Florida State University was ranked by U.S. News &
   28  World Report as the nation’s “most efficient” university, a
   29  recognition of the university’s excellence in devoting its
   30  resources to student instruction, research, student services,
   31  and other related areas, and
   32         WHEREAS, the Florida State University College of Medicine
   33  generates nearly $1 billion in economic activity in Florida
   34  every 6 years and has produced alumni practicing in numerous
   35  rural communities, including Arcadia, Bonifay, Blountstown,
   36  Clermont, Crestview, Marianna, Perry, and Winter Haven, which
   37  traditionally have faced difficulty in recruiting new
   38  physicians, and
   39         WHEREAS, the college experience continues to enrich the
   40  lives of Florida State University students due to its long
   41  standing tradition of promoting racial, ethnic, and cultural
   42  diversity on campus, along with the aggressive recruitment of
   43  diverse groups of students, NOW, THEREFORE,
   44  
   45  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   46  
   47         That the members of the Florida Senate recognize April 2,
   48  2013, as “FSU Day” in Florida, and celebrate Florida State
   49  University’s contribution as an outstanding institution of
   50  higher education.
   51         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
   52  presented to Florida State University President Eric J. Barron,
   53  Ph.D., as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed in this
   54  resolution.