State Legislature Honors New
College's Fulbrights
Florida House, Senate pass resolutions; recognize six students on
floor
Florida Senate President Ken Pruitt
(left) met in his Senate office with New College students Trevor
Caughlin, Karlye Dilts, Alia Schultz, Ellie Vekert, Michael Powers
and Bryson Voirin, six of the College's seven Fulbright recipients,
Thursday morning.
(April 27, 2007) – The Florida Legislature recognized New
College of Florida and its seven recipients of Fulbright grants with
resolutions passed in both the House of Representatives and the
Florida Senate.
Six of the seven 2007-08 Fulbright recipients traveled to
Tallahassee and were given the unusual recognition of being
introduced on the floor of the House Chamber Thursday, April 26. The six New College
students – Trevor Caughlin, Karlye Dilts, Michael Powers, Alia
Schultz, Ellie Vekert and Bryson Voirin – also were met by Senate
President Ken Pruitt in his office and were taken onto the Senate floor by President Pruitt. (The
seventh New College Fulbrighter, Meghan Rimelspach, was unable to
travel to Tallahassee for health reasons.)
The Florida House passed HR 9105, "a resolution commending New
College of Florida for achieving national prominence among
institutions of high learning."
The full text of the resolution is available at:
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=36935&
(click on "Bill text: Original Filed Version").
Six Fulbrighters were
recognized on the floor of the Florida House Thursday, April 26.
They were introduced by Rep. Keith Fitzgerald (at podium), who is also New
College of Florida associate professor of political science.
Standing at back are Mark
Rosenberg, chancellor of the State University System of Florida who came
to the House for the New College presentation, and Reps. Doug
Holder, Michael J. Grant and Ron Reagan.
The Senate resolution, SR 3036, commends "New College of Florida in
Sarasota for ranking first among the nation's public liberal arts
baccalaureate institutions in 2007 and producing one of the highest precentages of Fulbright Scholars of any liberal arts school in the
nation."
The resolution's full text is available at:
http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2007/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s3036.pdf.
The Senate resolution was introduced by Sen. Lisa Carlton.
The video screen in the Florida
Senate Chamber reads: "Senator (Michael S.) Bennett and the Florida Senate
welcome New College of Florida 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholars."
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New College of Florida
is a national leader in the arts and sciences and is the State of
Florida’s designated honors college for the liberal arts. Rated as
the #1 public liberal arts college in America by U.S. News &
World Report ("America's Best Colleges, 2007 Edition"), New
College attracts highly-motivated, academically-talented students
from throughout the United States, as well as 27 foreign countries.
