HM 17 — "UNM DAY"

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 17DECLARING 54THJANUARY LEGISLATURE-28, STATE2019 "UNM DAY" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN RECOGNITION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICOMEXICO'S -CONTRIBUTIONS FIRSTTO SESSIO,EDUCATION, 2019RESEARCH INTRODUCEDAND BYPUBLIC G.SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF NEW MEXICO.

Andrés7 RomeroWHEREAS, 6the 8university 10of ANew MEMORIALMexico DECLARINGwas JANUARYfounded 28,in 20191889; "UNM DAY" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN RECOGNITION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND PUBLIC SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF NEW MEXICO.

16and WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico wasis foundedthe instate's 1889;flagship research institution, serving more than twenty-four thousand students and employing twenty-seven thousand New Mexicans, including employees of the university of New Mexico hospital;

e t 17 and w l n d 18 WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico isstudents theattain state'sforty-seven =percent =of 19the astate's lbaccalaureate flagshipdegrees, researchforty-two institution,percent servingof morethe thanstate's twenty-fourgraduate idegrees a e r 20 thousand students and employingeighty-one twenty-sevenpercent thousand New a t m m 21 Mexicans, including employees of the universitystate's ofdoctoral Newand Mexicofirst dprofessional rdegrees; e 22 hospital;

and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, university of New Mexico students attain forty- e a n b 24 seven percent of the state's baccalaureate degrees, forty-two u [ percent of the state's graduate degrees and eighty-one percent .212727.1 of the state's doctoral and first professional degrees;

and WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico health sciences HM 17 center is the state's largest integrated health care Page 1 treatment, research and education organization, with national recognition for primary care, rural medicine, family medicine, nursing and midwifery;

and WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico provides a research-research-driven driven education, where faculty members engage in investigation and scholarship that create new knowledge;

and WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico is ranked thirty-thirty-second second among the top one hundred worldwide universities granted e e 17 United States utility patents, recognizing the contributions of e e n d 18 the faculty, researchers and inventors to innovation and the = = l ] 19 drive for economic growth;

and a l r i 20 WHEREAS, in the past twenty-two years, university of New t e a t Mexico researchers have disclosed one thousand eight hundred m m 21 e d r e 22 sixty-three new inventions;

and c e r c 23 WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico's education, public e a n b 24 service and research develop and nurture the new knowledge and u [ ideas that will bring sustained wealth to New Mexico's economy;

.212727.1 - 2 - NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that January 28, 2019 be declared "UNM Day" in the house of representatives and that the university of New Mexico be commended for its service and dedication to the residents of New Mexico;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be HM 17 Page 2 transmitted to the president of the university of New Mexico.

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