[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 180 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 180

 Congratulating the University of Kansas for 150 years of outstanding 
   service to the State of Kansas, the United States, and the world.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2015

  Ms. Jenkins of Kansas submitted the following resolution; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Congratulating the University of Kansas for 150 years of outstanding 
   service to the State of Kansas, the United States, and the world.

Whereas the University of Kansas was founded in 1865 as the State university for 
        the State of Kansas, embodying the values and ideals of the people who 
        fought and died to ensure Kansas would enter the Union as a free State, 
        as symbolized by the university's mascot, the Jayhawk;
Whereas, 150 years after its founding, the University of Kansas is home to 
        28,000 students and 2,800 faculty and the university graduates more than 
        6,700 individuals each year who join the ranks of the 338,240 Jayhawk 
        alumni living throughout Kansas, the United States, and the world;
Whereas the University of Kansas has been a member of the prestigious 
        Association of American Universities since 1909;
Whereas the University of Kansas has been open to all genders and races since 
        its founding and the university's first valedictorian was Flora 
        Richardson in 1873;
Whereas the University of Kansas has 13 schools and offers more than 600 degree 
        programs and students come from all 50 States and 105 countries to study 
        at the university;
Whereas the University of Kansas recognizes that the understanding of world 
        cultures is essential for American progress and the university offers 
        more than 40 separate language courses;
Whereas continuing education programs at the University of Kansas include fire 
        and law enforcement training centers that annually train over 5,000 
        public safety officers across Kansas;
Whereas basketball was first played at the University of Kansas in 1898, coached 
        by James Naismith, the inventor of the game, and the university has one 
        of the most successful programs in the country, winning over 2,150 games 
        and 5 national championships;
Whereas Allen Fieldhouse has hosted the University of Kansas basketball games 
        since 1955 and the building remains one of the most historically 
        significant and prestigious buildings in college athletics;
Whereas President Theodore Roosevelt pronounced the university's chant--Rock 
        Chalk Jayhawk--the ``greatest college cheer ever devised'';
Whereas the University of Kansas has a long history of working with our Nation's 
        military, is one of only 53 schools to host all three ROTC programs, and 
        works with the Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort 
        Leavenworth to produce military and civilian faculty with the advanced 
        degrees necessary to teach at the highest level;
Whereas, in 1917, the first United States officer killed in World War I combat 
        was a University of Kansas Medical Center student;
Whereas research at the University of Kansas provides numerous economic and 
        societal contributions; helium was first isolated in Bailey Hall, 
        located on the main campus of the University of Kansas, and the first 
        time-release capsule was developed by a university professor;
Whereas the Spencer Museum of Art houses an internationally known and diverse 
        collection numbering approximately 38,000 artworks and artifacts in all 
        media;
Whereas the Kenneth Spencer Research Library is home to some of the rarest and 
        most precious volumes and materials in the world, including cuneiform 
        tablets written four millennia ago;
Whereas astronauts, artists, authors, business leaders, Pulitzer Prize winners, 
        a Nobel laureate, and Governors and Senators launched their careers at 
        the University of Kansas, including former Senate Majority Leader Bob 
        Dole; and
Whereas the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics offers opportunities for all 
        citizens to discover how they might best serve their communities: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes that the diverse elements of the University 
        of Kansas are united by the university's mission to educate 
        leaders, build healthy communities, and make discoveries that 
        benefit and improve society; and
            (2) congratulates the University of Kansas for 150 years of 
        outstanding service to the State of Kansas, the United States, 
        and the world.
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