Senate Resolution 124

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                       BY  DVORSKY
  1  3           (COMPANION TO LSB 5653HH BY FOEGE)
  1  4 A Resolution commemorating the sesquicentennial
  1  5    anniversary of Cornell College.
  1  6    WHEREAS, Cornell College was founded in Mount
  1  7 Vernon, Iowa, in 1853 by Methodist minister George
  1  8 Bowman, and dedicated to the belief that education was
  1  9 critical to a civilized society; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, the College has a long tradition of
  1 11 emphasizing the value and importance of a rich liberal
  1 12 arts education, of building a close=knit academic
  1 13 environment and nurturing its students, of engaging
  1 14 dedicated professors with the most advanced academic
  1 15 degrees who are focused on teaching, and of offering
  1 16 abundant cocurricular programs and activities; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, from its first academic year, when over
  1 18 one=quarter of its students were women, Cornell
  1 19 College granted women equal academic rights and
  1 20 privileges with men, being the first Iowa college in
  1 21 1858 to confer a baccalaureate degree on a woman and
  1 22 the first college or university in the nation in 1871
  1 23 to confer a full professorship upon a woman with a
  1 24 salary equal to male professors; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, Cornell College, since its inception, has
  1 26 adopted a mission of service, not only to its
  1 27 students, but to the community and the world around
  1 28 it; and
  1 29    WHEREAS, campus organizations active over Cornell's
  1 30 150 years have included nearly two dozen literary
  2  1 societies meeting during the College's first 75 years,
  2  2 over 30 social groups organized and active over the
  2  3 last 75 years, and more than a dozen national honor
  2  4 and service organizations recognizing outstanding
  2  5 academic performance over the years, including Phi
  2  6 Beta Kappa, first organized in 1923, and Mortar Board;
  2  7 and
  2  8    WHEREAS, Cornellians today are active in a myriad
  2  9 of extracurricular activities, including student
  2 10 government, athletics, and off=campus and
  2 11 international programs, and in more than 100 student
  2 12 organizations, with three=fourths of students
  2 13 participating in a communitywide volunteer services
  2 14 program; and
  2 15    WHEREAS, the College's innovative One=Course=At=A=
  2 16 Time calendar was introduced in 1978 and has been
  2 17 significant in drawing prospective students to the
  2 18 College from every state in the nation and from tens
  2 19 of countries around the world; and
  2 20    WHEREAS, national rankings have annually placed
  2 21 Cornell College among the top liberal arts colleges in
  2 22 the United States; and
  2 23    WHEREAS, Cornell's emphasis on a well=rounded
  2 24 liberal arts education and preparation of its students
  2 25 for lifelong achievement and contribution have
  2 26 resulted in nearly two=thirds of its students
  2 27 attending graduate or professional schools following
  2 28 graduation; and
  2 29    WHEREAS, Cornell College has a long history of
  2 30 preserving and rehabilitating its hilltop campus,
  3  1 including its first campus building, now known as Old
  3  2 Sem, its oldest building, the President's House, and
  3  3 its landmark William Fletcher King Chapel, with this
  3  4 preservation effort being recognized in 1980 by the
  3  5 inclusion of the entire College campus on the National
  3  6 Register of Historic Places; NOW THEREFORE,
  3  7    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  3  8 recognizes Cornell College for its contributions to
  3  9 the state in general and to its students and the Mount
  3 10 Vernon community in particular, and extends
  3 11 congratulations to Cornell College on 150 years of
  3 12 dedicated service; and
  3 13    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of
  3 14 this Resolution be prepared and presented to Les
  3 15 Garner, President of Cornell College, to share with
  3 16 Cornellians, both past and present, with all Cornell
  3 17 faculty and staff, and with all friends of the
  3 18 College.
  3 19 LSB 5653SS 80
  3 20 rj/gg/14