ENROLLED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 18
BY REPRESENTATIVE WHITE
A RESOLUTION
To commend Joiya Smith upon being crowned Miss Grambling State University 2015-2016.
WHEREAS, Joiya Smith is a native of Bogalusa and a 2012 honor graduate of
Bogalusa High School; she is the daughter of Veronica Adams Smith and Robert Smith; and
WHEREAS, Miss Smith is an art major at Grambling State University; she is an
active member of the Alpha Gamma Art Guild, the Favrot Student Union Board, the Tiger
Dolls of the Grambling State University football team, and was elected as the 2013-2014
Miss Sophomore; and
WHEREAS, she also served as vice president of her junior class, president of The
Society of Distinguished Black Women, Inc., and as an ambassador of the Grambling State
University Thurgood Marshall College Fund; and
WHEREAS, Miss Smith was given the opportunity to help create Grambling State
University's latest statue, Eddie the Tiger; and
WHEREAS, Miss Smith holds the honor of being the sixty-second Miss Grambling
State University; and
WHEREAS, Joiya Smith, Miss Grambling State University 2015-2016, merits a
sincere measure of commendation for the pride and honor she brings to her family and
friends, to Grambling State University, to the city of Bogalusa, and to the state of Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Joiya Smith upon being crowned Miss
Grambling State University 2015-2016 and does hereby extend to Miss Smith best wishes
for success and happiness in her future endeavors.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Joiya Smith.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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