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HR 176 - Introduced - PDF
HR176
191506-1
By Representative Boothe
RFD:
First Read: 13-FEB-18
191506-1:n:02/12/2018:JEC/jec LSA2018-773
COMMENDING TROY UNIVERSITY, ALABAMA'S INTERNATIONAL
UNIVERSITY, ON CHINESE NEW YEAR.
WHEREAS, Troy University, established in 1887, is
known widely as Alabama's International University, as
students from 76 nations are enrolled on its Troy Campus; Troy
University also operates teaching sites in Japan, Malaysia,
South Korea, and Vietnam; and
WHEREAS, more than 300 students on the Troy Campus
are from China, making that nation the largest international
contingent on the Troy campus; and
WHEREAS, in 2001, Troy University became the first
American institution to enroll students through the
Sino-American 1+2+1 Dual Degree Program, changing forever the
culture of the university; and
WHEREAS, in 2007, Troy University received
designation as the host of the Confucius Institute for
Alabama, which enables the university to promote the teaching
of Chinese language and culture while promoting economic
development opportunities between Alabama and China; and
WHEREAS, the Confucius Institute at Troy University,
which is one of more than 500 such institutes in over 100
countries, has excelled on this global stage, twice being
named a Confucius Institute of the Year in 2012 and 2017 and
Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor, received the World
Confucius Institute's Individual Performance Excellence Award
in 2014; and
WHEREAS, Friday, February 16, 2018, marks the
celebration of the New Year in China; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, That Troy University and
Chancellor Hawkins be commended for building a bridge between
our great state and the nation of China, and we extend New
Year's wishes to the university and its students from China.