Senators Clark-Coleman, Scott, Jacobs, Leland, Schauer, Cherry, Olshove, Barcia, Hardiman, Clarke, Bernero, Prusi, Allen, Bishop, Goschka, Stamas, Van Woerkom, Johnson, Hammerstrom, Gilbert, George, Toy, McManus, Brater, Switalski, Brown, Patterson and Sikkema offered the following resolution:

            Senate Resolution No. 13.

            A resolution commemorating March 10, 2005, as Graduate Education Day in Michigan.

            Whereas, Wayne State University has one of the largest graduate schools in the country, ranking in the top 10 nationally; and

            Whereas, Nearly 13,000 graduate and professional students choose from more than 60 doctoral degree programs, 130 master’s degree programs, and 30-plus certificate, specialist, and professional programs at Wayne State University; and

            Whereas, Wayne State University’s part-time Master of Business Administration program, the seventh-largest professionally accredited program in the world, has an award-winning online program specifically developed for working professionals; and

            Whereas, Wayne State University's faculty members, outstanding in their fields and dedicated to student success, are just one reason so many students choose Wayne State University; and

            Whereas, Wayne State University faculty members conduct critical, cutting-edge research and scholarship across a broad range of topics--from alternative fuels to microsensors and homeland security to public health--and continually advance the frontiers of knowledge and practice; and

Whereas, Graduate education provided by Wayne State University promotes the discovery of new ideas that create new goods, services, and whole industries, and it prepares people with skills demanded by today’s economy; now, therefore, be it

            Resolved by the Senate, That we hereby proclaim March 10, 2005, as Graduate Education Day in Michigan and urge the appropriate observance thereof.