[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1161 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1161

 Honoring the Centennial Celebration of Women at Marquette University, 
  the first Catholic university in the world to offer co-education as 
               part of its regular undergraduate program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2010

Ms. Moore of Wisconsin (for herself, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Petri, Mr. Kind, 
    Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Kagen, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Austria) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                         on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Honoring the Centennial Celebration of Women at Marquette University, 
  the first Catholic university in the world to offer co-education as 
               part of its regular undergraduate program.

Whereas Marquette University was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1881 as a 
        Catholic, Jesuit educational institution;
Whereas Marquette University was created to educate first-generation and low-
        income students under the premise that all people should be able to 
        pursue higher education;
Whereas Marquette University was the first Catholic university in the world to 
        admit women to be educated alongside men in its regular undergraduate 
        programs in 1909;
Whereas because of the courageous vision of its then-president, the Rev. James 
        McCabe, S.J. Marquette University pioneered the inclusion of women;
Whereas today, 53 percent of Marquette University students, 7 of the 33 members 
        of the board of trustees, and 12 of the 27 members of the university 
        leadership council are women;
Whereas Marquette University is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 
        admission of women during the 2009-2010 academic year through an alumnae 
        memory project, guest speakers and lectures, commemorative publications, 
        and faculty, staff, student, and alumni events;
Whereas Marquette University continued to expand access to education in 1969 by 
        creation of the Educational Opportunity Program, which enables low-
        income and first-generation students to enter and succeed in higher 
        education;
Whereas Marquette University is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 
        Educational Opportunity Program, which now serves more than 500 high 
        school and college students annually through 4 Federally funded TRIO 
        programs;
Whereas the Educational Opportunity Program continues Marquette University's 
        tradition of serving as a model of success for more than 1,200 colleges 
        and universities with Federally funded TRIO programs;
Whereas Marquette University's continued focus on its 4 core values of 
        excellence, faith, leadership, and service challenges students to 
        integrate knowledge, faith, and real-life choices in ways that will 
        shape their lives and those of others in order to better society;
Whereas Marquette University recognizes and cherishes the dignity of each 
        individual regardless of age, culture, faith, ethnicity, race, gender, 
        sexual orientation, language, disability, or social class; and
Whereas Marquette University continues to adhere to its tenet of asking who has 
        yet to gain access to higher education and who needs support in 
        succeeding once through the door: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors the Centennial 
Celebration of Women at Marquette University and commends the largest 
independent institution in Wisconsin for continuing to fulfill its 
Catholic, Jesuit mission of offering premier higher educational 
opportunities to all students who have a desire to learn.
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