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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

COMMEMORATING THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND IN 1892

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, Shekarchi, Fogarty, Craven, and Carson

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2017

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, The University of Rhode Island began as the Rhode Island College of

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Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1892 as a result of the passage of the second Morrill Act

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and with previous support from federal, state, municipal and private funds; and

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     WHEREAS, Public Land-Grant Universities were established as part of the Morrill Act

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to create a national system of state colleges and universities dedicated, "…to promote the liberal

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and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life,"

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that would provide for higher education opportunities for all citizens, not merely landowners,

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merchants, and the wealthy; and

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     WHEREAS, The vision articulated by President Abraham Lincoln and the 37th Congress

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with passage of the Morrill Act continues to be the driving force behind the University of Rhode

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Island’s mission to be a community joined in a common quest for knowledge and committed to

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enriching the lives of its students through its land, sea and urban grant traditions; and

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     WHEREAS, Since its founding with a class of twenty-six students, including two

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women, the University has now grown to more than eighteen thousand undergraduate and

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graduate students and offers eighty-two undergraduate, and seventy graduate programs and

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eighteen certificate and non-degree programs; and

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     WHEREAS, The global prominence and diversity of the University continues to expand

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with students from sixty-six nations studying in Rhode Island and with more than one hundred

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twenty international agreements in twenty-three countries, URI is connecting faculty and students

 

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to international institutions and scholars, building and enhancing the curriculum, and advancing

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research; and

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     WHEREAS, The University of Rhode Island is dedicated to contributing to the economic

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growth of the State of Rhode Island and its people by sharing knowledge with future generations

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of innovators and entrepreneurs; now therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

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Providence Plantations hereby congratulates the University of Rhode Island and its President, Dr.

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David M. Dooley, on the occasion of the university's 125th Anniversary. We moreover wish them

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many more years of community enrichment and continued educational success; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Dr. David M. Dooley, President of the

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University of Rhode Island.

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