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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1218 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1218

  Recognizing the University of Southern Mississippi for 100 years of 
              service and excellence in higher education.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2010

Mr. Taylor (for himself, Mr. Childers, Mr. Harper, and Mr. Thompson of 
Mississippi) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION

 
  Recognizing the University of Southern Mississippi for 100 years of 
              service and excellence in higher education.

Whereas classes began at the University of Southern Mississippi, formerly named 
        Mississippi Normal College, on March 30, 1910;
Whereas throughout its century of growth and expansion first into State Teachers 
        College (1924), then Mississippi Southern College (1940), and ultimately 
        the University of Southern Mississippi (1962), the institution has been 
        dedicated to engaging and empowering the citizens of Mississippi to 
        transform lives and communities;
Whereas today, as Mississippi's only dual-campus university, its innovative 
        faculty continues to cultivate intellectual development and creativity 
        through generation, dissemination, application, and preservation of 
        knowledge, and the university educates more than 16,000 students from 
        over 100 countries;
Whereas the University of Southern Mississippi is currently the home of numerous 
        innovative and internationally recognized programs that contribute to 
        the university's successful research enterprise which generates more 
        than $90,000,000 annually;
Whereas the university has graduated more than 125,000 alumni whose talents and 
        skills have reflected favorably on the State of Mississippi and who have 
        served as trailblazers in the areas of politics, entertainment, law, 
        business, professional athletics, and volunteerism, improving the lives 
        of all they have touched;
Whereas the University of Southern Mississippi is looking ahead as it enters its 
        second century as a premier research university of the Gulf South with 
        programs in academics, athletics, community service, and the arts that 
        are competitive not only in the State and region, but throughout the 
        Nation and around the world; and
Whereas the significance of this centennial in the development of the University 
        of Southern Mississippi, and indeed the State of Mississippi, cannot be 
        overemphasized, and it is with pride that this commemorative occasion is 
        shared with the administration, faculty, and students at the University 
        of Southern Mississippi: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the University of Southern Mississippi for 
        100 years of service and excellence in higher education; and
            (2) congratulates the University of Southern Mississippi on 
        the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
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