SLS 22RS-747 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 13
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH. Designates Tuesday, April 12, 2022, as Acadiana Red
and White Day at the state capitol.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To recognize Tuesday, April 12, 2022, as Acadiana Red and White Day at the state capitol.
3 WHEREAS, community and economic development leaders understand the crucial
4 role of higher education institutions in improving economic competitiveness, workforce
5 development, and quality of life in their region and state; and
6 WHEREAS, the Acadiana Planning Commission, the Lafayette Airport Commission,
7 Lafayette Consolidated Government, the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission,
8 Lafayette Economic Development Authority, One Acadiana, and the UL Lafayette Alumni
9 Association are joining together to celebrate the momentous achievements of the University
10 of Louisiana at Lafayette; and
11 WHEREAS, the University recently earned the distinction of being designated by the
12 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as a Research 1 (R1) institution,
13 a status held by only 146 higher education institutions, in the nation in recognition of its
14 purposeful research mission and global impact; and
15 WHEREAS, Acadiana is proud to be home to the University of Louisiana at
16 Lafayette.
17 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
18 does hereby recognize Tuesday, April 12, 2022, as Acadiana Red and White Day at the state
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1 capitol, and proclaim the University of Louisiana at Lafayette an embodiment of academic
2 and research excellence and an engine for social good of which every Louisiana citizen can
3 be proud.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Kenyatta M. Honeycutt.
DIGEST
SR 13 Original 2022 Regular Session Boudreaux
Designates April 12, 2022, as Acadiana Red and White Day at the state capitol.
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