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2019 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 49
BY SENATOR MIZELL
COMMENDAT IONS. Commends Victoria Martin Rocquin upon being selected as a
recipient of a 2019 College Woman of Excellence Award and a Louisiana Legislative
Women's Caucus Foundation Scholarship.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Victoria Martin Rocquin upon being selected as a recipient of a 2019 College
3 Woman of Excellence Award and a Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus
4 Foundation Scholarship.
5 WHEREAS, Victoria Martin Rocquin is a sophomore at Southeastern Louisiana
6 University and the daughter of Pastor Larry and Rinalda Rocquin of Lutcher, Louisiana; and
7 WHEREAS, Victoria is studying mass communication with a focus area in
8 organizational communication and a minor in Spanish while maintaining a 4.0 grade point
9 average, has been on the President's List every semester, and holds four certifications in
10 media topics; and
11 WHEREAS, Victoria will graduate a year early and plans to pursue her MBA; and
12 WHEREAS, she is currently interning at the Gagliano Group and plans to pursue
13 business consulting to assist businesses in enhancing their communication and culture after
14 graduation; and
15 WHEREAS, Victoria enjoyed the flexibility of being homeschooled and she served
16 on the National Student Leader Council, the St. James Parish Youth Commission, and the
17 State 4-H Executive and Citizenship Boards; and
18 WHEREAS, she plays piano on the worship team, coordinates the media team,
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1 assists with Next Gen Youth Group, and leads a Bible study at her church; and
2 WHEREAS, Victoria participated in a mission trip to Nicaragua, coordinates yearly
3 mission trips to New Orleans for teenagers, and spent the fall of her freshman year in Siberia
4 interning at the Irkutsk Christian Center; and
5 WHEREAS, she also traveled to Yakutsk, the coldest city on Earth while learning
6 about cultural communication, won over twenty state and international awards for public
7 speaking, and spoke on more than two hundred fifty platforms on topics such as bone
8 marrow donation, preserving the Louisiana coastline, and the importance of honors programs
9 in higher education; and
10 WHEREAS, she is a TOPS scholar and received an Honors Scholarship from
11 Southeastern Louisiana University and the Optimist Club of the Westbank, is the vice
12 president of the Honors Club, and is a member of the Public Relations Student Society of
13 America, the Baptist Collegiate Ministry, and the National Society of Leadership and
14 Success; and
15 WHEREAS, Victoria presented a paper for Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith and has
16 presented research at the Louisiana Southern Regional Honors Council Annual Conference
17 and the Louisiana Collegiate Honors Conference; and
18 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation created the
19 Women of Excellence Awards to recognize and honor extraordinary women of excellence
20 across the state for their outstanding achievements and contributions; and
21 WHEREAS, recipients of the Women of Excellence Awards exhibit characteristics
22 of integrity and professionalism, personify excellence in their area of specialty, and are
23 committed to community service to better society as a whole; and
24 WHEREAS, for 2019, there are two categories for the Women of Excellence
25 Awards: College Women of Excellence and High School Woman of Excellence; and
26 WHEREAS, the recipients of the 2019 Women of Excellence Awards are being
27 recognized at the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation's Women of
28 Excellence Awards & Scholarships Ceremony and Reception on Tuesday, April 30, 2019;
29 and
30 WHEREAS, Victoria has been named a recipient of a 2019 Women of Excellence
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1 Award in the category of College Women of Excellence and is also a recipient of a
2 Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation Scholarship for her accomplishments
3 and personification of excellence in integrity, character, academics, leadership, and
4 community service; and
5 WHEREAS, Victoria merits a sincere and heartfelt measure of commendation for her
6 dedication to excellence and her outstanding accomplishments, and it is appropriate for the
7 Legislature of Louisiana to commend Victoria upon receipt of a 2019 Women of Excellence
8 Award from the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation and a Louisiana
9 Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation Scholarship.
10 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
11 commend Victoria Martin Rocquin upon receipt of a 2019 Women of Excellence Award
12 from the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation in the category of College
13 Women of Excellence and the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation
14 Scholarship, recognize and record for posterity her singular contributions to the citizens of
15 Louisiana, and extend enduring appreciation for the tremendous pride and honor that she
16 brings to her community and the state of Louisiana.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
18 Victoria Martin Rocquin.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Nancy Vicknair.
DIGEST
SCR 49 Original 2019 Regular Session Mizell
Commends Victoria Martin Rocquin upon being selected as a recipient of a 2019 College
Women of Excellence Award and a La. Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation
Scholarship.
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