Florida Senate - 2018                            (NP)    SR 1914
       
       
        
       By Senator Powell
       
       
       
       
       
       30-02678-18                                           20181914__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing February 8, 2018, as “FAMU
    3         Day” in Florida.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
    6  (FAMU) was founded in 1887, named a land-grant institution in
    7  1891, and designated a university in 1953, and
    8         WHEREAS, FAMU, a historically black college and university
    9  offering undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional
   10  degree programs, seeks qualified students from all racial,
   11  ethnic, religious, and national groups and has provided
   12  immeasurable educational opportunities for young men and women,
   13  and
   14         WHEREAS, academic components of the university consist of
   15  seven colleges and seven schools: the colleges of Agriculture
   16  and Food Sciences; Education; Engineering; Law; Pharmacy and
   17  Pharmaceutical Sciences; Science and Technology; and Social
   18  Sciences, Arts and Humanities; and the schools of Allied Health
   19  Sciences; Architecture and Engineering Technology; Business and
   20  Industry; the Environment; Graduate Studies and Research;
   21  Journalism and Graphic Communication; and Nursing, and
   22         WHEREAS, FAMU is a leading institution in awarding
   23  baccalaureate degrees in allied health sciences to African
   24  Americans, and leads the nation in awarding professional
   25  doctorate degrees in pharmacy, rehabilitation, and therapeutic
   26  professions and master’s degrees in architecture to African
   27  Americans, according to Diverse Issues in Higher Education’s
   28  “Top 100 of 2017,” and
   29         WHEREAS, nearly 48 percent of FAMU’s student body is
   30  pursuing degrees in disciplines related to science, technology,
   31  engineering, mathematics, or health care, and
   32         WHEREAS, FAMU was recognized among U.S. News & World
   33  Report’s “Best Colleges” in the National Universities category
   34  and was listed as the top historically black public college or
   35  university in the nation for the 2018 ranking, and
   36         WHEREAS, 65 percent of FAMU’s students receive Pell Grants,
   37  which is a testament to the educational accessibility of the
   38  university, and
   39         WHEREAS, in 2017, FAMU Athletics earned Mid-Eastern
   40  Athletic Conference titles in women’s softball and men’s tennis
   41  and its fifth consecutive title in women’s cross country, and
   42         WHEREAS, FAMU currently has a multi-year, multi-million
   43  dollar partnership with Lockheed Martin and NASA to develop new
   44  technologies needed for deep space exploration, including a
   45  mission to Mars, NOW, THEREFORE,
   46  
   47  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   48  
   49         That February 8, 2018, is recognized as “FAMU Day” in
   50  Florida.
   51         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   52  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Larry Robinson,
   53  Ph.D., president of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
   54  University, as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida
   55  Senate.