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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY VEENSTRA, PUTNEY, GASKILL, BOETTGER, SIEVERS,
1 3 KRAMER, IVERSON, JOHNSON, SCHUERER, REHBERG, HOSCH,
1 4 McKINLEY, BEHN, ANGELO, KETTERING, WIECK, SEYMOUR,
1 5 TINSMAN, DRAKE, QUIRMBACH, BEALL, RAGAN, SENG,
1 6 HORN, STEWART, DEARDEN, COURTNEY, KIBBIE, BLACK,
1 7 McCOY, CONNOLLY, DVORSKY, DOTZLER, BOLKCOM, HATCH,
1 8 WARNSTADT, GRONSTAL, HOLVECK, KREIMAN, and FRAISE
1 9 A Resolution honoring the Iowa State University of
1 10 Science and Technology Extension for 100 years of
1 11 service to Iowa.
1 12 WHEREAS, Iowa State University (ISU) Extension
1 13 began at the request of the people of Iowa, when in
1 14 1903, Sioux County farmers from Hull, Iowa, cooperated
1 15 with the university to bring the land-grant college's
1 16 programs and services to the people of this state; and
1 17 WHEREAS, ISU Extension became the model for
1 18 cooperative extension work that was adopted nationwide
1 19 in 1914 with the passing of the federal Smith-Lever
1 20 Act; and
1 21 WHEREAS, ISU Extension partners with Iowans,
1 22 including 900 locally elected Extension Council
1 23 members, to provide research-based learning
1 24 opportunities to improve quality of life in Iowa; and
1 25 WHEREAS, ISU Extension embraces the university's
1 26 strategic goals of learning, discovery, and
1 27 engagement, and, through an active partnership and
1 28 presence in every county, provides Iowans with access
1 29 to the resources of the university and communicates
1 30 the priorities of the citizens to the university; and
2 1 WHEREAS, in 2002, more than 665,000 clients had
2 2 individual contact with extension programs, the
2 3 extension distributed more than two million
2 4 publications in hard copy and three million copies
2 5 digitally, and extension information was accessed from
2 6 extension web sites approximately 20 million times,
2 7 evidence that ISU Extension is well-positioned to
2 8 support the growth and development of Iowa in the
2 9 knowledge-based economy and society of the 21st
2 10 century; and
2 11 WHEREAS, for the past 100 years, Iowa State
2 12 University has been helping Iowans become their best
2 13 and is ready and anxious to begin its next 100 years
2 14 of service to the state; NOW THEREFORE,
2 15 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 16 honors Iowa State University Extension for 100 years
2 17 of cooperative services and programs to Iowa and joins
2 18 in celebrating April 7, 2003, as the kickoff date for
2 19 Iowa State University Extension's inaugural
2 20 celebration of its creation 100 years ago.
2 21 LSB 3129SS 80
2 22 kh/sh/8
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