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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 117
BY SENATOR MORRELL
A RESOLUTION
To commend Tulane University for the work and research it does in critical areas such as
bioenvironmental, cancer research, women's issues, and for its contributions to the
state of Louisiana and to designate Tuesday, May 21, 2013, as Tulane University
Day.
WHEREAS, founded in 1834, Tulane University is one of the most highly regarded
and selective independent research universities in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Tulane traces its origins to the Medical College of Louisiana, founded
in 1834 by seven young doctors as the Deep South's second-oldest medical school, which
by 1847 was part of the newly established public institution, the University of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, Tulane is the nation's only university with a School of Medicine, School
of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and a National Institutes of Health-funded National
Primate Center; and
WHEREAS, Tulane University has provided medical care for tens of thousands of
patients at Charity Hospital and educated thousands of future physicians through medical
student training and residency programs at Charity and University hospitals; and
WHEREAS, in the fall of 2006, Tulane became the first research university in the
nation to have a public service requirement for all undergraduates; and
WHEREAS, Tulane has been named by the Corporation for National and
Community Service to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for
an unprecedented seven consecutive years; and
WHEREAS, Tulane students have contributed four hundred eighty thousand service
hours to programs in New Orleans; and
WHEREAS, the Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiative's AdvanceNOLA
program has more than doubled the number of students taking Advanced Placement math,
science, and English courses in high schools with five hundred students enrolled in 2013;
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WHEREAS, twenty-five percent of African American students in Louisiana taking
Advanced Placement tests in 2012 are participants in Tulane's AdvanceNOLA program; and
WHEREAS, Tulane is New Orleans' largest private employer and a major economic
driver in the region, accounting for approximately nine hundred twenty million dollars in
annual economic activity and directly and indirectly creating ten thousand six hundred jobs
throughout Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the new Yulman Stadium will return college football to campus after
a thirty-year absence, and it will be a point of pride and economic stimulus for New Orleans
and give the Green Wave a true home field advantage; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to set aside a special day in celebration of Tulane
University.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Tulane University for a tradition of academic excellence and does
hereby designate Tuesday, May 21, 2013, as Tulane University Day at the Louisiana Senate.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
president of Tulane University.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE