[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 147 (Wednesday, October 7, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1446]
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  IN HONOR OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE HONORS 
                                COUNCIL

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                            HON. MARK TAKANO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 7, 2015

  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, for 50 years the National Collegiate Honors 
Council has been enriching the lives and education of honors program 
students around the country. I rise today to congratulate them on this 
historic accomplishment. Serving over 325,000 honors students at 800 
colleges and universities, the NCHC is dedicated to excellence in 
education in diverse subject and curriculum areas.
  I would like to further honor the University of California, 
Riverside, in my home district. Since 1988 the University of 
California, Riverside has provided a world-class honors education to 
its students.
  Founded on the principle of strengthening the involvement of faculty 
in undergraduate teaching and, through doing so, improve the quality of 
undergraduate education, the University of California, Riverside's 
honors program has produced significant results.
  With their four-year honors program, the University has a program 
that provides intellectual growth, personal development, and social 
responsibility, at its core. The four-year honors program provides 
guidance and preparation to students, and allows entry portals to 
select students who demonstrated academic excellence, interest in 
research, or creative activities, that led to a senior thesis project.
  The robust honors program at The University of California, Riverside 
has proven to be at the pinnacle of education creating the global 
citizens of today and tomorrow.

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