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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 2454

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 396 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY YEWCIC, HESS, BAKER, BASTIAN, BEYER, BOBACK,
           BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, COHEN, CREIGHTON,
           DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, ELLIS, FLECK, EVERETT, FREEMAN,
           GALLOWAY, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HELM, HENNESSEY,
           HERSHEY, JAMES, KOTIK, KULA, MANTZ, MARKOSEK, McILHATTAN,
           MILLARD, MOYER, MUSTIO, NAILOR, PALLONE, PHILLIPS, RAMALEY,
           READSHAW, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO,
           SIPTROTH, SONNEY, SURRA, VULAKOVICH, WOJNAROSKI AND RAPP,
           SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

        INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
           SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Congratulating the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ)
     2     on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of its founding; and
     3     designating the week of September 23 through 30, 2007, as
     4     "UPJ Week" in Pennsylvania.

     5     WHEREAS, UPJ was founded in 1927 as one of the first regional
     6  campuses of a major university in the United States; and
     7     WHEREAS, UPJ is celebrating the inauguration of its fifth
     8  president, Dr. Jem Spectar, during its 80th anniversary; and
     9     WHEREAS, In announcing Dr. Spectar's appointment, University
    10  of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg offered: "Dr.
    11  Spectar is a visionary leader and celebrated teacher with the
    12  skills and experience necessary to build effectively upon the
    13  strengths of our Johnstown campus and to enrich the lives of
    14  students, faculty, staff and administration"; and
    15     WHEREAS, UPJ is committed to strengthening its enviable

     1  position as one of the region's most respected providers of
     2  high-quality undergraduate education with more than 40 degree
     3  programs; and
     4     WHEREAS, UPJ is committed to increasing the scope, quality
     5  and visibility of the success of its outstanding graduates; and
     6     WHEREAS, UPJ is a vital knowledge center and foremost
     7  contributor to the region's intellectual, social and cultural
     8  environment; and
     9     WHEREAS, As a top employer in the community, UPJ offers
    10  employment to 143 faculty, 210 staff and 112 food service
    11  employees and generates an additional 174 jobs within Cambria
    12  and Somerset Counties while shaping the region's economic future
    13  as a key partner; and
    14     WHEREAS, UPJ is home to 2,750 full-time and 350 part-time
    15  students per year, and its retention and graduation rates exceed
    16  the national averages of similar institutions; and
    17     WHEREAS, UPJ has graduated 17,250 students since 1927; and
    18     WHEREAS, UPJ is a major economic resource to the residents of
    19  southwestern Pennsylvania, with a direct impact of more than $60
    20  million in the Cambria and Somerset region; and
    21     WHEREAS, Further impacting the region, 55% of UPJ students
    22  and 83% of UPJ faculty and staff donate their time to charitable
    23  nonprofit activities, with more than $720,000 in-kind gifts of
    24  volunteer time; and
    25     WHEREAS, UPJ has been ranked for five consecutive years by
    26  U.S. News and World Report, Best Colleges, as 3rd in the North
    27  in Comprehensive Colleges and Universities; and
    28     WHEREAS, UPJ confers $15 million in scholarships and
    29  endowments, a demonstration of its continued growth and its
    30  importance to the region that extends and enhances the benefits
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     1  it already provides to its students and communities; and
     2     WHEREAS, UPJ's capital campaign is part of a $2 billion
     3  campaign of the University of Pittsburgh, the largest in this
     4  Commonwealth, and one of only eight American universities
     5  pursuing campaigns of $2 billion or more; and
     6     WHEREAS, For 80 years, UPJ has served with distinction the
     7  needs of western Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh,
     8  this Commonwealth, the nation and the world; therefore be it
     9     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate UPJ
    10  on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of its founding and
    11  designate the week of September 23 through 30, 2007, as "UPJ
    12  Week" in Pennsylvania.












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