2007 Senate Joint Resolution 36
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
Relating to: commending the University of Wisconsin System for Undergraduate Research Day.
Whereas, the University of Wisconsin (UW) System is one of the nation's foremost public university systems with 26 campuses, a statewide UW-Extension, and more than 160,000 students and 30,000 employees; and
Whereas, a critical component of the "Wisconsin Idea" philosophy that guides UW System campuses is a pursuit of research to develop knowledge, to improve the quality of life, and to apply these findings to advance Wisconsin's and the nation's economy; and
Whereas, UW graduates under faculty guidance at every institution are annually expanding the breadth of their contributions to this intellectual productivity that is critical to Wisconsin's future; and
Whereas, over 100 undergraduate research projects, reflective of a host of academic disciplines, will be displayed in the rotunda of the Wisconsin capitol on Wednesday, April 18, during "Posters in the Rotunda: A Celebration of Undergraduate Research"; and
Whereas, each UW System campus conducts an undergraduate research, scholarly, and creative activity day on its campus, and UW-Stout will host a System-wide undergraduate research symposium on April 20; and
Whereas, the posters in the capitol rotunda illustrate the remarkable contributions made by our undergraduate students to address issues of critical concern to Wisconsin and to our nation; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That on Undergraduate Research Day, April 18, 2007, the legislature commends the students, faculty, staff, and University of Wisconsin System campuses for their undergraduate research.
