Title: FSU Day

Summary: Recognizes April 12, 2011, as "FSU Day" in Florida.

Full Text:
WHEREAS, in 1994, Florida State University joined an elite group of the nation s top research universities by receiving the designation as a  Research I  institution by the Carnegie Foundation, and WHEREAS, Florida State University offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in program areas within independent colleges and schools, taught by a faculty of 2,285, which has included National Academy of Sciences members and Nobel Laureates, and WHEREAS, since its inception in the spring of 2005, the Florida State University Office of National Fellowships has mentored some of the university s brightest students, assisting them in winning more than nationally competitive awards, including three Rhodes Scholarships, three Truman Scholarships, five Goldwater Scholarships, five Hollings Scholarships, three Pickering Fellowships, and thirty-six Fulbright Scholarships, and WHEREAS, Florida State University is the headquarters for the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, which designs, builds, and operates the world s most powerful research magnets, attracting more than scientists from across the globe and pushing the frontiers of science and engineering, and WHEREAS, Florida State University established the Institute for Energy Systems, Economics and Sustainability, a public resource that unites researchers from the disciplines of engineering, natural sciences, law, urban and regional planning, geography, and economics to address sustainability and alternative power issues, thereby leading to more informed governance, economics, and decisionmaking, and WHEREAS, the Florida State University College of Medicine, with its statewide network of more than 1,800 physician-faculty members, is celebrating its full enrollment of students and is fulfilling its unique statutory mission to develop patient centered physicians for elderly, rural, minority, underserved, and other Floridians, and WHEREAS, the college experience continues to enrich the lives of Florida State University students due to the long standing tradition of promoting racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity on its campus, along with the aggressive recruitment of diverse groups of students, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: That April 12, 2011, is recognized as  FSU Day  in Florida. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Florida State University President Eric Barron, Ph.D., as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.