[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 28, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1135]
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   IN RECOGNITION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE 
                             HONORS COUNCIL

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                           HON. STEVE RUSSELL

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 28, 2015

  Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on the House floor to 
commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Collegiate Honors 
Council. The NCHC, which is dedicated to achieving excellence in 
education in diverse subject and curriculum areas currently, represents 
over 800 colleges and universities around the country and over 325,000 
students in honors programs. To recognize these achievements, I have 
sponsored House Resolution 360 which was introduced last Friday and was 
supported by my colleagues as original cosponsors, Reps. Boustany, 
Benishek, Bishop and Cole. H. Res. 360 commemorates the hard work that 
these students and their faculty and administrators have undertaken 
with the NCHC over the past five decades to maintain U.S. preeminence 
in education. As a member of the House Education and the Workforce 
Committee, I salute the NCHC and its officers for their valuable 
contribution to the high education of our young people.
   I would also like to honor Southern Nazarene University, in my 
district, on their membership in the National Collegiate Honors 
Council. Having just completed their 7th year as an honors program, 
SNU's curriculum emphasizes service leadership and real-world 
application. As a part of the curriculum students in the Honors Program 
at SNU are required to write a grant on behalf of a local Title1 
elementary school, where the first year honors students also mentor two 
children each throughout their first year of college. To date, the SNU 
Honors Program first year students have had just under $15,000-worth of 
their grants funded in the four years they have been doing this 
experience.
   Most of the graduates of the SNU Honors Program continue on in their 
education, with the majority attending medical, professional, or 
graduate school directly after graduation from SNU.

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