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Regular Session, 2011 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 72
BY SENATOR MORRELL AND REPRESENTATI VE LORUSSO
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To designate Thursday, June 9, 2011, as University of New Orleans Day at the Louisiana
Legislature and to commend the university for its significant and lasting
contributions to the state of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans opened its doors on September 6, 1958,
as the first fully integrated public university in the southeastern United States; and
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans has a one billion dollar economic impact
on the state of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans has educated seventy-five thousand
alumni from all sixty-four Louisiana parishes, all fifty states, and more than one hundred
nations; and
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans has been ranked by U.S. News & World
Report as one of the nation's top twenty most popular universities and as having the highest
ethnic diversity index among Louisiana's universities; and
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans has extended its professional reach and
academic influence nationally and internationally with high quality academic programs in
Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico; and
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans has developed numerous award-winning
academic programs of national distinction, including accounting, chemistry, creative writing,
film and video, jazz studies, naval architecture, and hotel, restaurant, and tourism
administration; and
WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans faculty has achieved the highest level
of researcher productivity in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, as Louisiana's major urban university, the University of New Orleans
has been a critical asset in the post-Katrina recovery of the New Orleans area; and SCR NO. 72 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, the University of New Orleans' students, faculty, and alumni have
launched active and effective initiatives in support of the university's academic and
community objectives; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to set aside a special day in honor of the University of
New Orleans.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
recognize Thursday, June 9, 2011, as University of New Orleans Day at the Legislature of
Louisiana and does hereby commend the university for its significant and lasting
contributions to the state of Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Dr.
Joe M. King, acting chancellor of the University of New Orleans.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES