SENATE RESOLUTION 42

(By Senators Williams, Beach, Prezioso, Kessler, Sypolt, Leonhardt, Stollings, Plymale, Yost and Unger)

[Introduced February 19, 2016.]

Designating February 19, 2016, as West Virginia University and West Virginia University Extension Service Day.

Whereas, West Virginia University is the state’s first and largest land-grant university, which is dedicated to serving the citizens of West Virginia; and

Whereas, In 1915, the world’s first 4-H camp, Camp Good Luck, was held in Randolph County and later evolved to include county, state, national and international camping opportunities for youths across the globe; and

Whereas, West Virginia University Extension Service’s 4-H Youth Development program, the state’s largest youth organization, now gives more than eighty thousand West Virginia youths the opportunity to expand their horizons through hands-on educational activities and allows them to acquire new skills through innovative technology; and

Whereas, The West Virginia University Extension Service, the primary outreach arm of West Virginia University, is the “front porch” of West Virginia University with an office in each of the state’s fifty-five counties, and has been providing trusted traditions and progressive solutions for the state of West Virginia for more than one hundred years; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate:

That the Senate hereby designates February 19, 2016, as West Virginia University and West Virginia University Extension Service Day; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Senate recognizes the contributions that West Virginia University, West Virginia University Extension Service and its 4-H Youth Development program make to the state of West Virginia; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the President of West Virginia University E. Gordon Gee and to the West Virginia University Extension Service.