Florida Senate - 2025 (NP) SR By Senator Simon 3-02385-25 20251858__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Senate Resolution A resolution commending Florida State University for its achievements as a national leader in academic and research excellence and designating March 19, 2025, as FSU Day at the Capitol. 5

WHEREAS, the Tallahassee campus of Florida State University 7 (FSU) was founded in as the West Florida Seminary and is the oldest continuous site of higher education in Florida, and

WHEREAS, FSU has been recognized as a preeminent university by the State of Florida, and

WHEREAS, FSU has reached a historic milestone, earning its highest academic ranking ever at No. 10 in Niche’s report of Top Public Universities in America, and has been recognized by Princeton Review as the No. 1 public university for student satisfaction, and

WHEREAS, FSU is recognized as a national leader in student success, with a first-year student retention rate of percent and a 4-year graduation rate of percent, placing FSU in the top among all public universities in the nation in both categories, and

WHEREAS, FSU’s research expenditures have reached an all-22 time high of $460.7 million as the university paves the way for world-changing discoveries and launches bold new initiatives, 24 such as FSU Health and the Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases, which make a difference in people’s lives and contribute to the economies of our state and nation, and

WHEREAS, FSU is the headquarters of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the only national laboratory in Florida Senate - 2025 (NP) SR 1858 3-02385-25 20251858__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida and home to the most powerful magnets in the world, 30 which generates $709 million in economic output and supports 31 4,550 jobs, and

WHEREAS, FSU offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional degrees in programs within colleges, taught by a faculty of 2,760, which has included members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and six Nobel Laureates, and has a student-faculty ratio of 17-to-1, meaning that more than percent of FSU’s classes have fewer than 20 students, and

WHEREAS, FSU’s 2024-2025 freshman class is one of the brightest in the university’s history, with students coming from all Florida counties, all states, and countries and entering FSU with an average GPA of 4.3, SAT score of 1350, and ACT score of 30, and percent of whom were among the top 10 percent of their high school class, and

WHEREAS, FSU is ranked 10th in the nation for study abroad enrollment and has a rich history of supporting learning and scholarship programs around the world, with exceptional study centers in London, Florence, and Valencia and a branch campus in the Republic of Panama, which provide transformative educational experiences to thousands of students across nearly every academic discipline offered at FSU, and

WHEREAS, FSU shares a special relationship with the Seminole Tribe of Florida which is built on respect, trust, and collaboration and which celebrates the tribe’s rich history and culture while supporting educational opportunities and initiatives that strengthen this enduring partnership, and Florida Senate - 2025 (NP) SR 1858 3-02385-25 20251858__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.

WHEREAS, FSU boasts a network of more than 400,000 alumni who are making a difference in their communities across Florida and around the world and demonstrating the university’s commitment to producing graduates who lead and serve, and

WHEREAS, in 2024, the FSU baseball team reached the College World Series for the 24th time, the women’s soccer team won its 64 11th Atlantic Coast Conference championship, and, in the annual Director’s Cup standings, which measure the overall strength of athletic programs, the Seminoles ranked 12th in the nation — 67 FSU’s highest ranking in years,

NOW, THEREFORE, 68