Title: FAMU Day

Summary: Recognizing March 26, 2014, as "FAMU Day" in Florida, etc.

Full Text:
WHEREAS, FAMU, a historically black university offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs, seeks qualified students from all racial, ethnic, religious, and national groups and has provided immeasurable educational opportunities for young men and women, and WHEREAS, academic components of the university consist of seven colleges, seven schools, and one institute: the colleges of Law; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Science and Technology; Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities; Education; Engineering; and Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; the schools of Allied Health Science; Architecture; Business and Industry; the Environment; Graduate Studies and Research; Journalism and Graphic Communication; and Nursing; and the Institute of Public Health, and WHEREAS, FAMU is a leading producer of African-American students earning baccalaureate degrees; a leading producer of Cuban-American pharmacists; and the top producer of African American pharmacists in the nation, and WHEREAS, FAMU is the nation s third leading producer of African-American Ph.D. graduates in science and engineering, as noted by the National Science Foundation, and WHEREAS, nearly a third of FAMU s student body is pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or health-related disciplines, and WHEREAS, FAMU was recently recognized by College Database as one of this state s most affordable public universities, producing graduates with the second-highest starting salaries, and WHEREAS, FAMU remains accessible, with percent of its students being first-generation college students and percent being Pell Grant recipients, the most of any Florida public university, and WHEREAS, FAMU s men s and women s cross-country teams won back-to-back Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championships in 2012 and 2013, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: That March 26, 2014, is recognized as  FAMU Day  in Florida. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be presented to Interim President Larry Robinson as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed in this resolution.