| 1 | 1 | | Introduced Version |
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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 4 | 4 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Ball State |
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| 6 | 6 | | University County Ambassador Program and the inaugural cohort of |
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| 7 | 7 | | student ambassadors. |
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| 8 | 8 | | ALEXANDER |
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| 9 | 9 | | , read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 10 | 10 | | 2024 RC 1509/DI SM Introduced |
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| 11 | 11 | | Second Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
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| 12 | 12 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 13 | 13 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the Ball State |
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| 15 | 15 | | 2 University County Ambassador Program and the inaugural |
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| 16 | 16 | | 3 cohort of student ambassadors. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 4 Whereas, Ball State University serves nearly 20,000 |
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| 18 | 18 | | 5 students and more than 200,000 alumni with their mission to |
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| 19 | 19 | | 6 "engage students in educational, research, and creative |
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| 20 | 20 | | 7 endeavors that empower our graduates to have fulfilling |
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| 21 | 21 | | 8 careers and meaningful lives enriched by lifelong learning and |
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| 22 | 22 | | 9 service, while we enhance the economic, environmental, and |
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| 23 | 23 | | 10 social vitality of our community, our state, and our world"; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 11 Whereas, Hoosiers make up nearly 90 percent of Ball |
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| 25 | 25 | | 12 State's undergraduate students and recent data reported that 78 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 13 percent of the graduating class of 2022 chose to remain in |
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| 27 | 27 | | 14 Indiana following graduation; |
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| 28 | 28 | | 15 Whereas, In 2022, Ball State created the Office of |
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| 29 | 29 | | 16 Government Relations and Industry Engagement to ensure all |
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| 30 | 30 | | 17 communities and organizations are able to access the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 18 university's talent pipeline; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 19 Whereas, On March 6, 2023, Ball State unveiled a new |
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| 33 | 33 | | 20 County Ambassador Program, a student-to-student engagement |
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| 34 | 34 | | 21 initiative that provides all 92 Indiana counties the opportunity |
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| 35 | 35 | | 22 to attract Ball State graduates upon the completion of their |
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| 36 | 36 | | 23 degrees; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 24 Whereas, Through the Program, individual counties may |
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| 38 | 38 | | 25 identify and appoint a current student to serve as a non-paid |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2024 RC 1509/DI SM 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 1 volunteer ambassador to represent their county and promote |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2 the assets, quality of life, and career opportunities in their |
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| 42 | 42 | | 3 individual communities; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 4 Whereas, Ambassadors receive entrepreneurial training on |
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| 44 | 44 | | 5 practices and parameters of campus promotion, the importance |
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| 45 | 45 | | 6 of promoting quality of place to sustain Indiana communities, |
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| 46 | 46 | | 7 and ways to best engage with and encourage peers to recognize |
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| 47 | 47 | | 8 post-graduation opportunities within the counties they |
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| 48 | 48 | | 9 represent; |
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| 49 | 49 | | 10 Whereas, The inaugural cohort of the Ball State County |
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| 50 | 50 | | 11 Ambassador Program began their terms in the Fall 2023 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 12 semester and have proven exemplary representations of their |
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| 52 | 52 | | 13 home counties and Ball State's enduring values of excellence, |
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| 53 | 53 | | 14 innovation, courage, and integrity; |
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| 54 | 54 | | 15 Whereas, Volunteer ambassadors for the 2023-2024 school |
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| 55 | 55 | | 16 year include Samuel P. Adams, Katie Blessinger, Colin Brown, |
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| 56 | 56 | | 17 Jacksen Cole, Emma Eubank, Ella Flanagan, Titus Hill, |
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| 57 | 57 | | 18 Harrison Hopkins, Kaylon Hunsley, Lexie Huys, Layla Jones, |
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| 58 | 58 | | 19 Bryce Pennington, Isaac Rogers, Camryn Ryan, Ann Marie |
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| 59 | 59 | | 20 Susong, and Allie Townsend; and |
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| 60 | 60 | | 21 Whereas, The county ambassadors represent fourteen |
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| 61 | 61 | | 22 counties including Allen, Boone, DeKalb, Delaware, Elkhart, |
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| 62 | 62 | | 23 Gibson, Grant, Hamilton, LaGrange, Madison, Marion, Porter, |
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| 63 | 63 | | 24 Spencer, and Wayne: Therefore; |
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| 64 | 64 | | 25 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly |
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| 65 | 65 | | 26 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives |
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| 66 | 66 | | 27 concurring: |
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| 67 | 67 | | 28 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly honors the |
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| 68 | 68 | | 29 Ball State University County Ambassador Program and its |
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| 69 | 69 | | 30 inaugural cohort of student ambassadors. |
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| 70 | 70 | | 31 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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| 71 | 71 | | 32 to transmit copies of this Resolution to Ball State University |
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| 72 | 72 | | 33 President Geoffrey S. Mearns. |
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| 73 | 73 | | 2024 RC 1509/DI SM |
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