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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 98
BY SENATOR CHABERT
A RESOLUTION
To recognize Thursday, May 7, 2015, as "Nicholls State University Day" at the Louisiana
State Capitol.
WHEREAS, Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls was a two-time governor of Louisiana,
as well as chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and is immortalized as one of the
four statues located in the Capitol's Memorial Hall; and
WHEREAS, a postsecondary institution bearing his name opened its doors on
September 23, 1948, in Thibodaux, as the Francis T. Nicholls Junior College of Louisiana
State University; and
WHEREAS, in 1956 the legislature separated Nicholls from LSU, authorized it to
develop a four-year curricula, and transformed it into the Francis T. Nicholls State College;
and
WHEREAS, in 1970 the college's name was changed once again, to reflect its
growing influence and prestige, to Nicholls State University; and
WHEREAS, for more than half a century, Nicholls' strong general education program
has prepared students to be leaders in a global society and has enhanced their ability to create
a vision for the future; and
WHEREAS, Nicholls State University capitalizes on the region's geography and
culture by offering distinctive academic programs in the culinary arts and geomatics; and
WHEREAS, with its prime location along the banks of Bayou Lafourche, Nicholls
also provides unique opportunities for instruction and research in the fields of marine and
environmental sciences; and
WHEREAS, the university has assumed a leadership role in an area known for its
agricultural, fishing, petrochemical and oilfield-related industries.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby recognize Thursday, May 7, 2015, as "Nicholls State University Day" at the
Louisiana State Capitol.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
chancellor of Nicholls State University.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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