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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 72
BY SENATOR MORRELL AND REPRESENTATI VE LORUSSO
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS. Designates June 9, 2011, as University of New Orleans
Day at the legislature.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To designate Thursday, June 9, 2011, as University of New Orleans Day at the Louisiana2
Legislature and to commend the university for its significant and lasting3
contributions to the state of Louisiana.4
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans opened its doors on September 6, 1958,5
as the first fully integrated public university in the southeastern United States; and6
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans has a one billion dollar economic impact7
on the state of Louisiana; and8
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans has educated seventy-five thousand9
alumni from all sixty-four Louisiana parishes, all fifty states, and more than one hundred10
nations; and11
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans has been ranked by U.S. News & World12
Report as one of the nation's top twenty most popular universities and as having the highest13
ethnic diversity index among Louisiana's universities; and14
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans has extended its professional reach and15
academic influence nationally and internationally with high quality academic programs in16
Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico; and17
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans has developed numerous award-winning18 SCR NO. 72
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academic programs of national distinction, including accounting, chemistry, creative writing,1
film and video, jazz studies, naval architecture, and hotel, restaurant, and tourism2
administration; and3
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans faculty has achieved the highest level4
of researcher productivity in Louisiana; and5
WHEREAS, as Louisiana's major urban university, the University of New Orleans6
has been a critical asset in the post-Katrina recovery of the New Orleans area; and7
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans' students, faculty, and alumni have8
launched active and effective initiatives in support of the university's academic and9
community objectives; and10
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to set aside a special day in honor of the University of11
New Orleans.12
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby13
recognize Thursday, June 9, 2011, as University of New Orleans Day at the Legislature of14
Louisiana and does hereby commend the university for its significant and lasting15
contributions to the state of Louisiana.16
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Dr.17
Joe M. King, acting chancellor of the University of New Orleans.18
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sherri H. Breaux.
DIGEST
Morrell SCR No.
Designates Thursday, June 9, 2011, as UNO Day at the legislature and commends the
university for its significant and lasting contributions to Louisiana.