[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1117 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1117
Commending and congratulating the California State University system on
the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 25, 2010
Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California (for herself and Mr. Herger) submitted
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and Labor
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RESOLUTION
Commending and congratulating the California State University system on
the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Whereas the California State University system will be celebrating its 50th
anniversary during 2010 and 2011;
Whereas the individual California State Colleges were brought together as a
system by the Donahoe Higher Education Act of 1960 of the State of
California;
Whereas, in 1972, the system became the California State University and
Colleges, in 1982, the system became the California State University
(CSU), and today the 23 campuses of the CSU include comprehensive and
polytechnic universities and, since July 1995, the California Maritime
Academy, a specialized campus;
Whereas the system's oldest campus--San Jose State University--was founded in
1857 and became the first institution of public higher education in
California, while the system's newest campus--California State
University, Channel Islands--opened in the fall of 2002;
Whereas today the CSU is the Nation's largest and most diverse university
system, with 23 campuses and 7 off-campus centers, almost 433,000
students, and 44,000 faculty and staff;
Whereas the CSU draws its students from the top third of California's high
school graduates and is the State's primary undergraduate teaching
institution;
Whereas each CSU campus--California State University Bakersfield, California
State University Channel Islands, California State University Chico,
California State University Dominguez Hills, California State University
East Bay, California State University Fresno, California State
University Fullerton, Humboldt State University, California State
University Long Beach, California State University Los Angeles,
California Maritime Academy, California State University Monterey Bay,
California State University Northridge, California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona, California State University Sacramento, California
State University San Bernardino, San Diego State University, San
Francisco State University, San Jose State University, California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California State
University San Marcos, Sonoma State University, California State
University Stanislaus--has its own identity, but all share the same
mission--to provide high-quality, affordable higher education to meet
the changing workforce needs of California;
Whereas with 91,000 annual graduates, the CSU is California's greatest producer
of bachelor's degrees and drives California's economy in information
technology, life sciences, agriculture, business, education,
international trade, public administration, hospitality, engineering,
entertainment, and multimedia industries;
Whereas the CSU reaches out to California's growing, underserved communities,
providing more than half of all undergraduate degrees granted to
California's Latino, African-American, and Native American students, and
offering affordable opportunities to pursue and attain a college degree;
Whereas the CSU is noted for pioneering outreach efforts, including starting the
Early Assessment Program (which enables 11th graders to assess their
college readiness in English and math) and the Educational Opportunity
Program (an access and retention program that supports low-income,
educationally disadvantaged students, many of whom are first-generation
college students), distributing millions of ``How To Get to College
Posters'' in multiple languages, hosting Super Sunday events at churches
throughout the State as part of its African-American initiative,
partnering with the Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE), which
helps strengthen parent involvement in elementary and middle school
students' education, and actively engaging in the State's Troops to
College efforts on behalf of veterans;
Whereas the CSU offers more than 1,800 bachelor's and master's degree programs
in some 357 subject areas, as well as teaching credential programs and
its own independent education doctorate program;
Whereas the CSU has awarded nearly 2,500,000 bachelor's, master's and joint
doctoral degrees since 1961;
Whereas the CSU's renowned faculty members are well known for their teaching
skills as well as their significant contributions to research, CSU staff
and administrators provide the vital infrastructure to fulfill the CSU
mission, and faculty and staff together have made the CSU a leader in
high-quality, accessible, student-focused higher education;
Whereas CSU students participate in 32,000,000 hours of community service
annually at more than 3,560 community sites, including tutoring children
and adults in English as a second language, working in hospitals and
community health clinics, teaching computer literacy, cleaning up rivers
and beaches, serving meals to the homeless, and building houses;
Whereas the CSU returns $4.41 for every $1 the State invests, the CSU sustains
more than 200,000 jobs in the State, and CSU-related expenditures create
$13,600,000,000 in economic activity;
Whereas the CSU has more than 2,000,000 alumni, representing one in 10 members
of California's workforce and the majority of the State's teachers;
Whereas the California State University has dedicated itself to helping foster
improvement in the educational, economic, and cultural life of
California;
Whereas the Chancellor and the Board of Trustees have led the CSU during
extremely difficult economic times that have caused the CSU to cut
admission rates and raise costs, as they have launched initiatives to
increase the system's graduation rates and help underrepresented
students complete college; and
Whereas the California State University is developing not only college
graduates, but responsible citizens and leaders for California and the
Nation: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives commends and
congratulates the California State University system on the occasion of
its 50th anniversary.
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