Louisiana HR 88: SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates April 9, 2024, as Southern University Day at the state capitol

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2024 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 88
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER
A RESOLUTION
To designate April 9, 2024, as Southern University Day at the state capitol.
WHEREAS, Louisiana is home to the nation's only Historically Black College and
University System, the Southern University System, which is uniquely positioned as an
exemplar with a profound commitment to research and student success; the university's
board of supervisors is celebrating 50 years of service to the students, faculty, staff, and
community surrounding the system's five campuses in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and
Shreveport; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the Southern University and A&M College System is to
deliver affordable world-class education and transformative public service to the state of
Louisiana and beyond through shared governance, leadership, and a diverse system of
unique institutions; and
WHEREAS, students and faculty from throughout the Southern University System
are hosting their first "Research in the Rotunda" at the Louisiana state capitol where they
will share exceptional work and discovery that is transformative and meaningful for teaching
and learning; and
WHEREAS, Southern University and A&M College, a Carnegie Research 2
institution with high research activity, was awarded a grant from the Biden-Harris
Administration to aid in the pursuit of the Carnegie Research 1 high research activity
designation, received a joint award from NASA, for their combined work on NASA's Space
Launch System (SLS) rocket; additionally, the university's John B. Cade Library has been
officially designated as a national Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC) to serve
the community at large; and
WHEREAS, Southern University at New Orleans continues to expand its technology
efforts and service to the community by using part of a $3 million grant to aid in providing
internet access to the city of New Orleans during natural disasters; the university also
formalized an articulation agreement for the Cybersecurity Degree Pathway with Delgado
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HR NO. 88 ENROLLED
Community College to train future cybersecurity practitioners for workforce demands in the
field of information technology; and
WHEREAS, Southern University Shreveport (SUSLA) celebrates fifty-six years of
providing an excellent, accessible educational experience to students and programming for
its surrounding community, and has acquired a New Mobile Health Unit which will travel
across parts of northwest Louisiana providing quality health and dental screenings to
underserved populations and bring healthcare to communities that otherwise may not receive
these services, while building the capacity of the minority healthcare workforce through their
Allied Health and Nursing division to support the development of a workforce that is
equipped to address health disparities and engage in meaningful community work; and
WHEREAS, The Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
(SU Ag Center), which has expanded its statewide reach from 35 to 48 parishes, has been
awarded the first USDA Agricultural Science Center of Excellence for Nutrition and Diet
(ASCEND) Pilot Nutrition Hub, and celebrates its 81st Annual Livestock and Poultry Show
as the only 1890 Land-Grant University that continues this tradition of providing youth
throughout the state an opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and skills; and
WHEREAS, Southern University Law Center (SULC), a highly ranked legal
education institution, thrives on providing access and opportunity to the community through
partnerships with government and nonprofit organizations to bring transformative resources,
such as granting expungement to justice-impacted individuals, and has prospered within the
Esports industry by hosting regional and national tournaments in the newly established
Esports Innovation Lab; and
WHEREAS, the Southern University System is most deserving of the highest
recognition for its continued excellence over the last five decades.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Tuesday, April 9, 2024, as Southern
University Day at the state capitol and does hereby acknowledge the invaluable contributions
this institution has made to the state of Louisiana.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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