Florida Senate - 2010 (NP) SR 2830
By Senator Negron
28-03957-10 20102830__
1 Senate Resolution
2 A resolution recognizing the students, faculty, staff,
3 alumni, and Board of Trustees of Indian River State
4 College as they celebrate “50 Years of Innovation” as
5 an institution of higher learning in Florida.
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7 WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature approved the creation of
8 Indian River Junior College and Lincoln Junior College in 1959,
9 establishing the first institutions of higher education on
10 Florida’s Treasure Coast in 1960, and
11 WHEREAS, the two institutions merged in 1965, and
12 governance of Indian River Junior College shifted in 1968 from
13 the local school board to a district board of trustees,
14 concurrent with the addition of occupational and adult education
15 programs and, in 1970, resulting in the renaming of the expanded
16 institution as Indian River Community College, and
17 WHEREAS, Indian River Community College began to expand
18 educational access in the region by establishing four branch
19 campuses, the Mueller Campus in Vero Beach in 1976, the Chastain
20 Campus in Stuart in 1982, the Dixon Hendry Campus in Okeechobee
21 in 1986, and, in 1992, the St. Lucie West Campus in Port St.
22 Lucie, a rapidly growing joint campus with Florida Atlantic
23 University, and
24 WHEREAS, in 2008, the institution was granted authority to
25 confer baccalaureate degrees in education, nursing,
26 organizational management, health care management, and public
27 safety administration, and was renamed Indian River State
28 College, and
29 WHEREAS, throughout its history, Indian River State College
30 has encouraged excellence both in and out of the classroom, with
31 consistently strong student representation on the All-Florida
32 Academic Team and achieving international recognition for the
33 swimming and diving team’s National Championship winning streak,
34 which is the longest current winning streak in any
35 intercollegiate competition, at any level, and
36 WHEREAS, Indian River State College is fundamentally
37 committed to the advancement of science, technology, education,
38 and math, leading the charge in the transition of the region
39 into the “Research Coast” by creating a skilled workforce and
40 helping to attract life science, digital media, and other
41 emerging technology firms, and
42 WHEREAS, Indian River State College has been honored for 3
43 consecutive years as the nation’s top community college in
44 technology by the American Association of Community Colleges,
45 and now offers more than 100 programs leading to bachelor’s
46 degrees, associate degrees, technical certificates, and applied
47 technology diplomas, and
48 WHEREAS, Indian River State College remains fully committed
49 to the mission of positively impacting lives by “making
50 possibilities a reality,” and
51 WHEREAS, more than 35,000 students annually and more than a
52 million students during the past half century have walked
53 through the open doors of Indian River State College, increasing
54 their earning power and improving their quality of life, and
55 WHEREAS, the past 50 years have witnessed Indian River
56 State College’s evolution into a dominant educational,
57 technical, and cultural center on Florida’s Treasure Coast,
58 providing innovative leadership in the areas of economic
59 development, workforce responsiveness, high-quality, affordable
60 education, and, most importantly, student success, NOW,
61 THEREFORE,
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63 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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65 That the students, faculty, staff, alumni, and Board of
66 Trustees of Indian River State College are congratulated on the
67 occasion of their Golden Anniversary and in the celebration of
68 “50 Years of Innovation.”
69 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
70 the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Indian River
71 State College President Edwin R. Massey as a tangible token of
72 the sentiments of the Florida Senate.
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