Florida Senate - 2022 (NP) SR 1964
By Senator Boyd
21-02271-22 20221964__
1 Senate Resolution
2 A resolution recognizing February 9, 2022, as “FSU
3 Day” in Florida, in recognition of Florida State
4 University’s contribution as an outstanding
5 institution of higher education.
6
7 WHEREAS, the Tallahassee campus of Florida State
8 University, founded in 1851, is the oldest continuous site of
9 higher education in Florida, and
10 WHEREAS, Florida State University is proud to be recognized
11 as a preeminent university by the State of Florida, and as a
12 leader in education, research, student retention, and
13 graduation, and
14 WHEREAS, Florida State University is a nationally
15 recognized institution, with many of its colleges and programs
16 ranked among the top 10 in the nation, and
17 WHEREAS, Florida State University was No. 19 among top
18 public universities in the U.S. News & World Report 2022 Best
19 Colleges rankings, reaffirming its place in the Top 20 for the
20 third consecutive year, and was ranked by the publication as No.
21 5 on the list of Best Value Colleges among public universities
22 and No. 26 in Best Colleges for Veterans, and
23 WHEREAS, Florida State University has a 4-year graduation
24 rate of 74 percent, the highest in the state, which places the
25 university in the top 10 in the nation among public research
26 institutions, and
27 WHEREAS, Florida State University was honored with a
28 national award by the Association of Public and Land-grant
29 Universities for its efforts to eliminate enrollment gaps by
30 race, ethnicity, and income level, and
31 WHEREAS, Florida State University offers graduate,
32 undergraduate, doctoral, and professional degrees in 306
33 programs within 19 independent colleges and schools, with
34 courses taught by an illustrious faculty of 2,094, including 6
35 Nobel laureates, and
36 WHEREAS, Florida State University has a student-faculty
37 ratio of 21-to-1, meaning that 61 percent of its offered classes
38 have fewer than 20 students, and
39 WHEREAS, Florida State University’s 2021 freshman class is
40 one of the brightest and most diverse in school history, drawing
41 students from 66 Florida counties, all 50 states and the
42 District of Columbia, and 49 countries, and
43 WHEREAS, this outstanding class boasts a median GPA of 4.3,
44 a median SAT score of 1310, and a median ACT composite score of
45 29, and
46 WHEREAS, Florida State University is a top research
47 institution in producing Fulbright Scholars, with three students
48 receiving awards in 2021-2022, and
49 WHEREAS, INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine recognized Florida
50 State University as a 2021 “Diversity Champion” for the sixth
51 year in a row and awarded it the Higher Education Excellence in
52 Diversity Award for the eighth consecutive year, an honor given
53 to schools that demonstrate a promise to uphold and advance
54 inclusion and diversity, and
55 WHEREAS, in 2021, Florida State University said goodbye to
56 retiring President John Thrasher and welcomed its 16th
57 president, Richard McCullough, Ph.D., and
58 WHEREAS, due to Florida State University’s longstanding
59 practice of promoting racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity on
60 its campus through the aggressive recruitment of diverse groups
61 of students, the FSU college experience continues to enrich the
62 lives of students, NOW, THEREFORE,
63
64 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
65
66 That the Florida Senate hereby recognizes February 9, 2022,
67 as “FSU Day” in Florida, in recognition of Florida State
68 University’s contribution as an outstanding institution of
69 higher education.
70 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
71 the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Richard
72 McCullough, Ph.D., the 16th president of Florida State
73 University, as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida
74 Senate.