[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12669]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY--FRESNO

  (Mr. COSTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize my alma mater, 
California State University at Fresno.
  Fresno State recently was ranked number 25 this year on Washington 
Monthly's Top 30 Universities listed in America and yesterday earned 
the number one spot for graduation rate performance from U.S. News & 
World Report. This is indeed good news.
  To use President Joseph Castro's words, the school secured places on 
these lists by ``being bold.'' From conducting drought research to 
encouraging community service, offering Ph.D.'s, they have done an 
outstanding job of integrating campus life and student research to 
benefit the people of our valley, our State, and our Nation.
  Additionally, nearly 70 percent of Fresno State's 25,000 students are 
the first in their family to attend a 4-year university.
  President Castro and his staff have made it their mission to ensure 
that all valley students in the San Joaquin Valley of California have 
access to high quality, affordable university education.
  As a proud Bulldog, it is an honor to congratulate Fresno State on 
these very well-deserved national recognitions. I thank the student 
body and the faculty for being bold and making a difference in our 
community, State, and Nation. As the red wave likes to chant: Go dogs.

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