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| 2 | 2 | | Senate Resolution 340 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Senators Burns of the 23rd, Harbin of the 16th, Payne of the 54th, Harrell of the 40th, |
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| 4 | 4 | | Hickman of the 4th and others |
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| 5 | 5 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | Recognizing and commending Georgia State University; and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Georgia State University, founded in 1913, is a premier urban research2 |
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| 9 | 9 | | university focused on research, service, and advanced educational opportunities for more3 |
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| 10 | 10 | | than 52,000 students; and4 |
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| 11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, Georgia State University is an enterprising public research university in5 |
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| 12 | 12 | | downtown Atlanta with satellite campuses in DeKalb, Fulton, and Newton counties; and6 |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Georgia State University has been ranked the nation's number one public7 |
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| 14 | 14 | | university for excellence in undergraduate teaching by U.S. News and World Report for five8 |
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| 15 | 15 | | consecutive years; and9 |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Georgia State University, a national leader in graduating students from widely10 |
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| 17 | 17 | | diverse backgrounds, has been named among the top five "Most Innovative" universities in11 |
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| 18 | 18 | | the country by U.S. News and World Report for a decade and counting; and12 |
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| 19 | 19 | | S. R. 340 |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Georgia State University is recognized as a national leader in helping students |
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| 23 | 23 | | reach their academic goals and, since 2003, has raised its six-year graduation rate by 7414 |
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| 24 | 24 | | percent; and15 |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Georgia State University has received an $80 million gift from the Robert W.16 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Woodruff Foundation, the largest gift in university history, to embark on an ambitious17 |
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| 27 | 27 | | campus transformation to integrate its downtown footprint and create vibrant,18 |
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| 28 | 28 | | people-centered spaces for students and the city; and19 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Georgia State University continues its important role of producing new20 |
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| 30 | 30 | | knowledge that transforms lives and communities thanks to a research portfolio that has21 |
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| 31 | 31 | | invested more than $1.2 billion in research expenditures over the past six years; and22 |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Georgia State University has broken ground on a new, nine-story, $100 million23 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Research Tower on its Atlanta Campus that will expand its capacity for discovery and24 |
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| 34 | 34 | | learning; and25 |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, Georgia State University's National Institute for Student Success (NISS)26 |
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| 36 | 36 | | received a $2 million grant from the Ascendium Education Group that will enable the27 |
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| 37 | 37 | | institute to provide its services to six Georgia colleges and universities, helping them identify28 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and resolve institutional barriers to college completion; and29 |
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| 39 | 39 | | WHEREAS, the United States Department of Education (DOE) has awarded the National30 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Institute for Student Success (NISS) its first-ever Trailblazer Award, recognizing its success31 |
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| 41 | 41 | | in increasing graduation rates through data-driven, evidence-based interventions and its32 |
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| 42 | 42 | | impact on the field of student success nationally; and33 |
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| 43 | 43 | | S. R. 340 |
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| 45 | 45 | | WHEREAS, more than 200 Georgia State University student-athletes achieved Sun Belt |
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| 47 | 47 | | Conference academic honors for the 2023-24 academic year, including 130 student-athletes35 |
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| 48 | 48 | | who earned a place on the Commissioner's List with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher;36 |
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| 49 | 49 | | and37 |
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| 50 | 50 | | WHEREAS, Georgia State University's student-athletes collectively finished the year with38 |
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| 51 | 51 | | a 3.39 grade point average, higher than the overall Sun Belt GPA; and39 |
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| 52 | 52 | | WHEREAS, Georgia State University continues its important role in addressing critical40 |
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| 53 | 53 | | quality-of-life issues through a highly active research community dedicated to uncovering41 |
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| 54 | 54 | | new knowledge in cancer, heart disease, mental health, public health, and more, earning42 |
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| 55 | 55 | | nearly $186 million in research funding in Fiscal Year 2024; and43 |
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| 56 | 56 | | WHEREAS, Georgia State University has a $3.2 billion economic impact on metro Atlanta44 |
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| 57 | 57 | | each year; and45 |
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| 58 | 58 | | WHEREAS, Georgia State University has adopted a ten-year strategic plan focused on four46 |
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| 59 | 59 | | initiatives: Student Success 2.0; Identity, Placemaking and Belonging; Innovating Research,47 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Scholarship and Creative Activity; and Beyond College to Career; and48 |
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| 61 | 61 | | WHEREAS, nearly two dozen initiatives have been launched under the BluePrint to 203349 |
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| 62 | 62 | | strategic plan and are being implemented under each pillar.50 |
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| 63 | 63 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body51 |
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| 64 | 64 | | recognize and commend Georgia State University for its all-around success in 2024 and the52 |
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| 65 | 65 | | pride and prestige it brought to the students, staff, and alumni of Georgia State University.53 |
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| 68 | 68 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed |
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| 70 | 70 | | to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Georgia State55 |
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| 71 | 71 | | University.56 |
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