[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 15 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1032-S1033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ON PROVIDING QUALITY HIGHER 
                        EDUCATION FOR 100 YEARS

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed 
to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 183, submitted earlier today 
by Senators Kennedy and Kerry.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 183) congratulating Northeastern 
     University on providing quality higher education in the 
     Commonwealth of Massachusetts for 100 years, from 1898-1998.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, it is an honor to take this opportunity 
to congratulate Northeastern University in Massachusetts as it begins 
its centennial celebration.
  Northeastern University began providing higher education in 
conjunction with the Boston Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in 
1898. Since then, it has been a leader in providing quality higher 
education to large numbers of students. It currently enrolls 27,000 
full-time students and has graduated over 137,000 students over the 
years.
  Northeastern University is also an impressive leader in the current 
effort to expand access to higher education. It offers the largest 
cooperative education plan in the country for students to combine work 
with college. It has also helped educators in other countries develop 
cooperative education

[[Page S1033]]

programs. Thanks to Northeastern's leadership, universities in Africa 
and Asia now have significant programs in this important field.
  Northeastern also excels in numerous academic fields. It has an 
outstanding engineering faculty, and excellent engineering centers in 
electromagnetics, communications, and digital signal processing. With 
its newly created graduate program in Applied Science and Engineering, 
Northeastern is poised to engage in breakthrough scientific research.
  Northeastern is also a leader in creating partnerships with community 
organizations, educators, and businesses to deal with critical issues 
such as domestic violence and women's health. In 1990, Professor Clare 
Dalton founded the Domestic Violence Institute which works with 
community agencies to protect women and children who are victims of 
domestic violence. Recently, the Institute's initiatives were enhanced 
by a three-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention for this critically important work.
  Northeastern's first hundred years have been filled with outstanding 
accomplishments and contributions to our state, our country, and the 
world. I am sure that in the years ahead, Northeastern will continue 
this proud tradition of excellence, and I congratulate the university 
on this auspicious centennial anniversary.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the resolution be 
agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table, and that any statements relating to the resolution 
appear at this point in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 183) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 183

       Whereas on October 16, 1997, Northeastern University marked 
     the beginning of its centennial celebration;
       Whereas Northeastern University began providing higher 
     education in conjunction with the Boston Young Men's 
     Christian Association (YMCA) in 1898;
       Whereas Northeastern University currently enrolls over 
     27,000 full time students and boasts an alumni in excess of 
     137,000 individuals;
       Whereas Northeastern University has attained a national 
     reputation for cooperative education that prepares students 
     to transition successfully into the workplace;
       Whereas Northeastern University provides access to higher 
     education for students from all backgrounds;
       Whereas Northeastern University has achieved growing 
     recognition as a major research institution; and
       Whereas the Senate supports Northeastern University's 
     efforts to offer exceptional educational opportunities to 
     individuals from throughout the world: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes and congratulates Northeastern University as 
     an outstanding educational institution that has produced 
     exceptional alumni during the past 100 years and gives every 
     indication of doing so for the next 100 years; and
       (2) wishes Northeastern University a successful and 
     memorable centennial celebration.

                          ____________________