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2018 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 70
BY SENATORS BARROW, COLOMB, HEWITT, MIZELL AND PETERSON AND
REPRESENTATIVES AMEDEE, CARPENTER, DAVIS, EMERSON,
HILFERTY, HILL, HODGES, HORTON, JACKSON, NANCY
LANDRY, MARCELLE, NORTON, SMITH, STOKES, THOMAS
AND WHITE
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Rachel Margaret Lautigar upon her receipt of a 2018
Women of Excellence Award and a Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation
Scholarship.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Rachel Margaret Lautigar upon her receipt of a 2018 Women of Excellence
3 Award from the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation in the category
4 of College Women of Excellence and upon being a recipient of a Louisiana
5 Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation Scholarship.
6 WHEREAS, Rachel Margaret Lautigar is the daughter of Delene Rawls and Scott
7 Lautigar and a graduate of Bastrop High School in Bastrop, Louisiana, where she was the
8 valedictorian, the executive officer for the Junior Reserves Officer Training Corps, and the
9 Morehouse Parish Student of the Year; and
10 WHEREAS, at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL), she has maintained a
11 perfect 4.0 grade point average as a double major in political science and history and a
12 double minor in international business and Spanish; and
13 WHEREAS, Rachel is the deputy chief justice in the Student Government
14 Association, an executive board member of the Pi Sigma Alpha political science honor
15 society, secretary for Young Americans for Liberty, administrator and promotions director
16 for The Pulse Campus Ministry, and the student editor for the university magazine, La
17 Louisiane; and
18 WHEREAS, she is also a member of the honors program, the UL social media team,
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1 the National Society for Leadership and Success, the International Studies Society, and the
2 University Program Council; and
3 WHEREAS, Rachel recently won the Chrisler Levine Best Paper in Political Science
4 award from the department of political science and attended the College of Law conference
5 sponsored by the Cato Institute as a Bastiat Scholar; and
6 WHEREAS, during the summer of 2018, she will be one of thirty high school and
7 college students attending a mission trip to Austria with the Apostolic Youth Corps, as well
8 as one of twenty-eight Hertog Foundation summer fellows attending summer classes in
9 Washington, D.C.; and
10 WHEREAS, within her community, Rachel volunteers as a judge in the Louisiana
11 High School Speech League, is a member of the communications team at the Pentecostals
12 of Lafayette, and is active in local political campaigns; and
13 WHEREAS, while an office worker for the political science department, she helped
14 professors as a research assistant, and is looking forward to submitting articles of her own
15 for publication; and
16 WHEREAS, after graduation, she plans to attend law school and earn a dual degree
17 in public policy, and her future career goals include practicing law as a litigator, and
18 eventually working in government, all while advocating for the preservation of individual
19 liberties; and
20 WHEREAS, Rachel has always desired to work closely with and in government, and
21 got her first experience as a page for the Louisiana House of Representatives in the 2015
22 legislative session; and
23 WHEREAS, immediately following her return home, she was hired as a legislative
24 student worker for Representative Katrina R. Jackson in Monroe, Louisiana; and
25 WHEREAS, her time as a page and legislative worker solidified her future pursuits,
26 and are still regarded as her favorite jobs held; and
27 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation created the
28 Women of Excellence Awards to recognize and honor extraordinary women of excellence
29 across the state for their outstanding achievements and contributions; and
30 WHEREAS, recipients of the Women of Excellence Awards exhibit characteristics
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1 of integrity and professionalism, personify excellence in their area of specialty, and are
2 committed to community service to better society as a whole; and
3 WHEREAS, for 2018, there are two categories for the Women of Excellence
4 Awards: College Women of Excellence and High School Women of Excellence; and
5 WHEREAS, the recipients of the 2018 Women of Excellence Awards are being
6 recognized at the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation's Women of
7 Excellence Awards & Scholarships Ceremony and Reception on Tuesday, April 24, 2018;
8 and
9 WHEREAS, Rachel has been named a recipient of a 2018 Women of Excellence
10 Award in the category of College Women of Excellence and is also a recipient of a
11 Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation Scholarship for her accomplishments
12 and personification of excellence in integrity, character, academics, leadership, and
13 community service; and
14 WHEREAS, Rachel merits a sincere and heartfelt measure of commendation for her
15 dedication to excellence and her outstanding accomplishments, and it is appropriate for the
16 Legislature of Louisiana to commend Rachel upon receipt of a 2018 Women of Excellence
17 Award from the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation and of a Louisiana
18 Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation Scholarship.
19 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
20 commend Rachel Margaret Lautigar upon receipt of a 2018 Women of Excellence Award
21 from the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation in the category of College
22 Women of Excellence and the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation
23 Scholarship; does hereby recognize and record for posterity her singular contributions to the
24 citizens of Louisiana; and does hereby extend enduring appreciation for the tremendous
25 pride and honor that she brings to her community and the state of Louisiana.
26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
27 Rachel Margaret Lautigar.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Nancy Vicknair.
DIGEST
SCR 70 Original 2018 Regular Session Barrow
Commends Rachel Margaret Lautigar upon her receipt of a 2018 Women of Excellence
Award from the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation in the category of
College Women of Excellence and upon being a recipient of a Louisiana Legislative
Women's Caucus Foundation Scholarship.
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