[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 93 (Friday, June 29, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         SUPPORT OF NEW COLLEGE

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                            HON. DAN MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 28, 2001

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I am hear today to congratulate 
New College on being the newest accredited independent liberal arts 
college in the state university system of Florida.
  New College was founded in 1960 as an independent college by Sarasota 
and Bradenton civic leaders. When the school opened in 1964, it 
accepted students on their academic talents, not on their race, creed 
or gender. In 1975, during a time of financial uncertainty, this 650-
student college joined with the University of South Florida. Even with 
this merger, New College retained its faculty, academic programs and 
competitive admissions. New College is known as the Honors College of 
Florida, being the only public college or university in Florida 
designated as ``Highly Competitive'' by Barron's Magazine. The 
graduates of New College are some of the brightest and most motivated 
of all college graduates in the country.
  I wish the best of luck to New College and to all its students and 
faculty during its transition. They have met many challenges in the 
past and face more in the future, but New College will succeed and make 
Florida very proud. I am honored to represent this institution.

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