Senate Resolution

BE IT RESOLVED, by the North Carolina State University Student Senate that:

WHEREAS, NCSU has been trying to establish a Bachelor of Art’s degree in Business German; and,

WHEREAS, North Carolina State University is one of the few large universities in the United States without any type of degree in German; and,

WHEREAS, Raleigh is one of a few cities of its size in the United States without any kind of German degree in any of its colleges or university; and

WHEREAS, the North Carolina State University Libraries have more materials and books in German than they do in Spanish and French, which offer degrees; and,

WHEREAS, more German-owned companies operate in North Carolina than do French and Spanish companies; and,

WHEREAS, research has shown that a degree in Business German will be in demand as well as teacher certification in German; now therefore be it,

RESOLVED, that the North Carolina State University Student Senate urges the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, the North Carolina State University Board of Trustees, the North Carolina State University Provost’s Office, the North Carolina State University College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the North Carolina State University Department of Foreign Languages to support the establishment of a Bachelor of Art’s Degree in Business German and a teacher’s certification in German.

I hereby certify that this resolution was read twice and adopted in the North Carolina State University Student Senate, this 28^th day of April 2004.

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S. Wilson Quick

Student Senate President

I hereby signify my approval of this resolution as adopted by the North Carolina State University Student Senate, this _______ day of ____________, 2004.

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Tony Caravano

Student Body President