Title: FAMU Day

Summary: Designates February 24, 2022, as "FAMU Day."

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WHEREAS, academic components of the university consist of over ninety-five underg raduate, graduate, postgraduate, and professional degree programs, seven colleges, and seven schools, including: the colleges of Agriculture and Food Sciences; Education; Engineering; Law; Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Science and Technology; and Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities; and the schools of Allied Health Sciences; Architecture and Engineering Technology; Business and Industry; the Environment; Graduate Studies and Research; Journalism and Graphic Communication; and Nursing, and WHEREAS, under the leadership and commitment of President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., and the FAMU Board of Trustees, FAMU is dedicated to providing an exceptional student experience and ranks first among HBCUs for the third consecutive year according to the U.S. News & World Report 2022 Best Colleges Ranking of Top Public Schools, and WHEREAS, FAMU is the leading producer of African-American graduates in several disciplines at the baccalaureate, professional, and graduate levels, and WHEREAS, FAMU has National Co llegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) programs and the 2021 FAMU Rattlers football team became the first team in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in years to be selected for the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, has the most players of any HBCU in the nation named BOXTOROW All Americans, and earned national recognition by being ranked 25th in the CBS Week Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Power Rankings, and WHEREAS, the FAMU Rattlers Volleyball Team won th e2021 SWAC Volleyball Tournament Championship and qualified for the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship for the first time in years, and WHEREAS, School of Journalism professor, Kenneth Jones, released his third independent movie, My Music, in honor of National Family Caregivers Month, which debuted at the 2019 Sedona Film Festival, and David Teek of the Division of Research co-wrote and co-produced Woman in Motion,which was screened by the National Aeronautics Space Administration, a nd WHEREAS, FAMU's Center for International Agricultural Trade Development Research and Training will help lead global efforts to advance production, handling, and consumption of fruits and WHEREAS, FAMU has partnered with the Chevron Corporation and the Fab Foundation to create a digital fabrication lab at FAMU Development Research School to fos ter student innovation, learning, and invention for the Tallahassee community, and WHEREAS, the workers at the FAMU community COVID testing and vaccination site were selected as the Tallahassee Democrat 2021 "Person of the Year" and have provided more than 550,000 tests and 23,000 vaccines to the Big Bend area since April 25, 2020, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Florida: That in recognition of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University's contrib utions as an outstanding institution of higher education, February 24, 2022, is designated as "FAMU Day" in Florida. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be presented to Larry Robinson, Ph.D., President of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed herein.