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2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 30
BY REPRESENTATIVE HODGES
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Louisiana State University student Rachael Coates on
being named a Goldwater Scholar
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To commend Louisiana State University student Rachael Coates on being named a
3 Goldwater Scholar.
4 WHEREAS, the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education
5Foundation is a federally endowed organization providing scholarships to high-performing
6college students who demonstrate exceptional promise as being future leaders in science,
7mathematics, or engineering research fields; and
8 WHEREAS, the Goldwater Foundation partners with the United States Department
9of Defense's National Defense Education Program to provide financial support to students
10whose career trajectory will make them leaders in the American scientific community; and
11 WHEREAS, Rachael Coates is a resident of Pride, Louisiana, and a Roger H. Ogden
12Honors College student at Louisiana State University who is studying biological sciences;
13and
14 WHEREAS, Ms. Coates was previously awarded a prestigious scholarship by the
15Astronaut Scholarship Foundation; this foundation was created and is perpetuated by
16members of NASA's Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Space Shuttle programs that is
17aimed at assisting the United States in retaining global technological leadership; and
18 WHEREAS, Ms. Coates is currently working in a research laboratory studying the
19effects of MAPK15 over-expression in triple negative breast cancer, a tumor that
20disproportionately affects African-American women; and
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1 WHEREAS, Ms. Coates is also involved in LSU's Maximizing Access to Research
2Careers Program; this program provides high-impact research experience to a diverse pool
3of undergraduates and prepares them for entry into graduate programs in biomedical
4sciences; and
5 WHEREAS, in addition to her current studies, Ms. Coates intends to pursue a
6doctoral degree in biological engineering, studying the physical and biological mechanism
7of cancer metastasis; throughout her academic career, she has shown a degree of
8demonstrable talent that warrants the nation's attention, and she will one day stand among
9the leaders in the scientific community; and
10 WHEREAS, Ms. Coates is most deserving of the highest recognition for being
11named a recipient of the Barry Goldwater Foundation's scholarship for the 2022-2023
12academic year, which places her among the preeminent young scholars in the United States.
13 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
14commend Louisiana State University student Rachael Coates on being named a Goldwater
15Scholar and does hereby extend sincerest wishes that she continue her truly inspiring work
16as one of the world's future leaders in the scientific community.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 30 Original 2023 Regular Session Hodges
Commends La. State University student Rachael Coates on being named a Goldwater
Scholar.
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