[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8441-S8442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY CENTENNIAL

 Mr. BENNET. Madam President, it is my honor to congratulate 
Adams State University on 100 years of educating students in Alamosa, 
CO. The school was established on May 4, 1921, as Adams State Normal 
School by the Colorado Legislature following the tireless advocacy of 
Colorado State Representative William ``Billy'' H. Adams. Founded as a 
teacher's college, Adams State now has more than 3,000 students 
enrolled in 27 bachelor's degree programs, nine master's degree 
programs, and one Ph.D. degree program.
  Located in the San Luis Valley with deep Hispano roots, Adams State 
was the first federally designated Hispanic serving institution in 
Colorado. The school has also fostered an elite distance-running 
culture over decades after hosting the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in 
August 1968.
  Over the past 100 years, Adams State has educated thousands of 
community leaders, businessowners, doctors, attorneys, farmers and 
ranchers, and, most

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important, teachers and has been a key economic and cultural 
educational institution for Alamosa and the entire San Luis 
Valley.

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