[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1101 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1101

Honoring and commending The George Washington University in Washington, 
     DC, for hosting the 2008 Science Olympiad National Tournament.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2008

 Ms. Norton submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring and commending The George Washington University in Washington, 
     DC, for hosting the 2008 Science Olympiad National Tournament.

Whereas The George Washington University, located in Washington, DC, was 
        established in 1821 and grew out of the desire of our country's first 
        president to build a national institution of higher learning;
Whereas today, The George Washington University enrolls more than 19,000 
        undergraduate and graduate students in 9 schools and on 3 campuses and 
        has 220,000 proud alumni living all over the world;
Whereas The George Washington University has a faculty of more than 2,000 men 
        and women from throughout the Nation and the world;
Whereas The George Washington University is a top-ranked institution and a 
        vibrant and diverse community of scholars that utilizes the full 
        resources of academia, while drawing from and contributing to 
        government, industry, and the city;
Whereas The George Washington University is hosting the 2008 Science Olympiad 
        National Tournament on May 30 and 31, 2008, on its Foggy Bottom and 
        Mount Vernon campuses;
Whereas The George Washington University is opening its campuses to some 5,000 
        Science Olympiad competitors, coaches, parents, event supervisors, 
        volunteers, and special guests;
Whereas The George Washington University will welcome 60 middle schools and 60 
        high school Science Olympiad teams from across the Nation who have won 
        their State tournaments;
Whereas The George Washington University will open its doors for today's young 
        science minds to compete in 56 scientific discovery events, with titles 
        such as ``Wind Power'', ``Robot Ramble'', ``Flying Bird'', 
        ``Boomilever'', ``Metric Mastery'', ``Food Science'', ``Crave the 
        Wave'', and ``A is for Anatomy'';
Whereas The George Washington University is working closely with its primary 
        corporate sponsor, DuPont, and with the Science Olympiad national office 
        to ensure support for the 2008 Science Olympiad National Tournament; and
Whereas Steven Knapp, president of The George Washington University, Executive 
        Vice President Donald R. Lehman, and Professor of Physics George Gamow 
        have shown their ardent support for the Science Olympiad National 
        Tournament at The George Washington University: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors and commends The 
George Washington University for hosting the 2008 Science Olympiad 
National Tournament.
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