Introduced Version
House Resolution 8 History
| Email
Key: Green = existing Code. Red = new code to be enacted
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 8
(By Delegates Thompson (Mr. Speaker), Craig,
Miller, Morgan, Perdue, Reynolds,
Sobonya, Stephens)
Designating February 20, 2013 as "Marshall University Day."
Whereas, 2013 marks the 176th anniversary of Marshall
University, the oldest institution of higher education in West
Virginia, founded in 1837 as Marshall Academy, in honor of Chief
Justice John Marshall; and
Whereas, Marshall University is one of the state's premier
institutions of higher education, and educates nearly 14,000
students at campuses in Huntington, Point Pleasant, South
Charleston, Beckley, Logan and Gilbert; and
Whereas, Marshall University offers degrees at the associate,
baccalaureate, master and doctoral levels; and
Whereas, Marshall University this year met its goal of raising
$15 million in private donations for research, which, along with
the match from the "Bucks for Brains" West Virginia Research Trust
Fund, has resulted in the creation of sixteen new research
endowments and a fifteen percent increase in the university's
overall endowment; and
Whereas, Marshall University this year added one hundred seven
new professional students in its inaugural Physical Therapy and
School of Pharmacy Programs; and
Whereas, Marshall University has built a national reputation
for research in biotechnology, forensics and medicine; and
Whereas, With every dollar the state invests in Marshall
University, the University generates nearly $20 spent in the West
Virginia economy, resulting in an estimated economic output of $1.5
billion per year; and
Whereas, The Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible
Manufacturing serves all fifty-five state counties providing
expertise to manufacturers across West Virginia; and
Whereas, The Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation
Institute of Marshall University is setting national standards in
transportation; and
Whereas, Marshall University's Health Sciences train hundreds
of West Virginians to serve as doctors, nurses, therapists and
health technicians each year; and
Whereas, Marshall graduates number more than ninety one
thousand across the globe; therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That the House hereby designates February 20, 2013, as
"Marshall University Day"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a copy of this resolution to Stephen J. Kopp, President of
Marshall University.