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2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 153
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates May 15, 2023, as Southern University Day
at the state capitol
1 A RESOLUTION
2To designate May 15, 2023, as Southern University Day at the state capitol.
3 WHEREAS, the Southern University System welcomed new leadership by naming
4Dennis J. Shields as president of the Southern University System and chancellor of its
5flagship, Southern University and A&M College; and
6 WHEREAS, under President-Chancellor Shields' leadership, which is grounded in
7more than forty years of higher education experience, each Southern University campus
8continues to advance, support, and promote economic, cultural, and workforce development
9initiatives that bring benefits beyond the borders of the great state of Louisiana; and
10 WHEREAS, students and faculty from throughout the Southern University System
11are hosting their first "Research in the Rotunda" at the Louisiana state capitol where they
12will share exceptional work and discovery that is transformative and meaningful for teaching
13and learning; and
14 WHEREAS, Southern University and A&M College, a Carnegie Research 2
15institution with high research activity, celebrates one hundred forty-three years of academic
16and social progress, producing distinguished alumni such as recent Medal of Freedom
17honoree Colonel Paris Davis (retired), who received the honor from President Joe Biden in
18March 2023; and
19 WHEREAS, Southern continues to serve communities through various programs,
20including its school of nursing partnership with the Ochsner Health System to create Jag
21Mobile, a thirty-eight foot, state-of-the-art custom mobile health unit that provides services
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1to medically underserved communities within a fifty mile radius of the Baton Rouge
2campus; and
3 WHEREAS, the Southern University Law Center celebrates seventy-five years of
4opening doors for legal professionals; and
5 WHEREAS, under the leadership of Chancellor John K. Pierre, the Law Center
6continues to thrive as a progressive and transformational legal education institution that
7provides access and opportunity to its students and community through trending
8programming and experiential learning; and
9 WHEREAS, Southern University at New Orleans will begin its bachelor of science
10in Cybersecurity program in Fall 2023 to support Louisiana's initiative for a cyber workforce
11and contribute a culturally representative STEM workforce in Louisiana; and
12 WHEREAS, Southern University at New Orleans has taken critical steps to support
13community mental wellness by establishing a grief and trauma center on its campus and
14student mental wellness with the establishment of its counseling center and ZEN Room; and
15 WHEREAS, Southern University at Shreveport celebrated fifty-five years of
16providing an accessible, excellent educational experience to students and programming for
17its surrounding community; and
18 WHEREAS, Southern University at Shreveport unveiled the Roy Griggs School of
19Business that is advancing the institution's academic and workforce priorities by helping to
20close the gap in the region and assisting in business retention and expansion efforts; and
21 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Board of Regents has approved more than ten new
22academic programs at Southern University at Shreveport, including Airframe Technology
23and Teaching (Grades 1-5); and
24 WHEREAS, the Southern University Ag Center's Mobile Education & Technology
25Center can travel across the state of Louisiana to bring internet access, hands on testing, and
26live instruction to the most marginalized areas and remote corners of the state; and
27 WHEREAS, the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Science's
28Environmental Toxicology Ph.D. program is the only program of its kind in Louisiana,
29offering four areas of specialization in chemical and biochemical toxicology, cellular and
30molecular biology, developmental biology, material science, and bioinformatics; and
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1 WHEREAS, the Southern University Laboratory School celebrated its one hundredth
2anniversary of providing K-12 education and serving as a training program for effective
3teaching methodologies; the Laboratory School has excelled in both academics and athletics
4throughout its history.
5 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
6Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Monday, May 15, 2023, as Southern
7University Day at the state capitol and does hereby acknowledge the invaluable contributions
8this institution has made to the state of Louisiana
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)]
HR 153 Original 2023 Regular Session Carpenter
Designates Monday, May 15, 2023, as Southern University Day at the state capitol.
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