Senate
Resolution
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Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
10
BY
TAYLOR
A
Resolution
recognizing
February
17,
2017,
as
the
1
175th
anniversary
of
Iowa
Wesleyan
University.
2
WHEREAS,
in
the
1840s,
the
frontier
community
3
of
Mount
Pleasant
was
zealous
for
culture
and
4
concerned
for
the
educated
person,
and
the
Territorial
5
Legislature,
being
aware
of
the
need
for
schools,
on
6
February
17,
1842,
granted
a
charter
for
the
Mount
7
Pleasant
Literary
Institute
in
Henry
County;
and
8
WHEREAS,
one
year
later,
on
or
before
March
8,
1843,
9
twenty-six
men
from
Mount
Pleasant
signed
Articles
10
of
Association
for
the
purpose
of
erecting
the
Mount
11
Pleasant
Collegiate
Institute,
under
the
charge
of
the
12
Methodist
Episcopal
Church;
and
13
WHEREAS,
Iowa
Wesleyan
University
proudly
continues
14
its
affiliation
with
the
United
Methodist
Church
and
is
15
recognized
as
Iowa’s
first
independent,
faith-based,
16
coeducational
institution
of
higher
learning
and
one
17
of
the
oldest
of
its
type
west
of
the
Mississippi
18
River;
and
19
WHEREAS,
today,
Iowa
Wesleyan
University
has
grown
20
into
a
top-tier
university
in
the
Midwest
region
of
21
the
United
States
and
serves
students
of
all
ages
22
and
cultures
and
provides
numerous
educational,
23
cultural,
and
athletic
opportunities
for
personal
and
24
professional
growth;
and
25
WHEREAS,
Mount
Pleasant,
along
with
the
state
26
of
Iowa,
is
home
to
its
university
of
175
years
and
27
proudly
celebrates
the
incredible
and
lasting
legacy
of
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one
of
the
nation’s
most
historic
universities;
and
1
WHEREAS,
Iowa
Wesleyan
University
is
an
innovator
2
among
private
colleges
in
embracing
the
expansion
of
3
quality,
flexible
graduate
and
professional
programs
4
as
a
way
to
meet
our
economy’s
need
for
an
ever
more
5
sophisticated
and
well-prepared
workforce
in
the
region
6
of
southeast
Iowa
and
beyond;
NOW
THEREFORE,
7
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
8
recognizes
February
17,
2017,
as
the
175th
anniversary
9
of
Iowa
Wesleyan
University.
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