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GA SR843

Resolution

Status

Passed

2/4/2014

Primary Sponsor

Jack Hill

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Origin

Senate

2013-2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates February 6, 2014, as Georgia Southern Day at the Georgia state capitol and commends the university for its accomplishments
  • Georgia Southern University is a Carnegie Doctoral-Research University with over 20,000 students, more than 2,000 faculty and staff, and more than 100 programs of study at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels
  • The university's Rural Health Research Institute was designated a Center of Excellence by the National Institutes of Health in 2012 and awarded grants exceeding $5.1 million, while the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health received over $400,000 in NIH grants for cervical cancer initiatives
  • The university earned recognition from The Princeton Review, U.S. News and World Report, and Military Times for its College of Business Administration, online programs, and nursing program, and its ROTC program consistently wins the MacArthur Award as a top-eight program nationally
  • The university received a 2013 Emmy Award for Best Live Audio and a Southeastern Regional Emmy for its Department of Communication Arts' football coverage production

Legislative Description

Georgia Southern Day; recognize February 6, 2014

Last Action

Senate Read and Adopted

2/4/2014

Full Bill Text

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