FACULTY SENATE

1999-2000 Academic Year Resolutions Adopted

R3: 1999/2000: Resolution of Commendation

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

Resolution of Commendation

Whereas: Kay Yow, head coach of Women’s Basketball at NC State University, has distinguished herself as a coach and teacher through twenty-five years of coaching women student athletes at NC State, and

Whereas: Coach Yow has been recognized time and again by her peers in being selected to represent the United States as a coach of its national teams at the World Games and at the Olympics, and

Whereas: Coach Yow has demonstrated long term commitment to the Academic Support Program for student athletes, and constant efforts toward upgrading the academic climate of our Athletics Program, and

Whereas: Coach Yow has been a leader regionally and nationally in the fight against cancer whose efforts have helped all North Carolinians through fund-raising for the Lineberger Cancer Center and the establishment of an annual Run for Breast Cancer which has become a part of the national effort, and

Whereas: Coach Yow’s success in coaching, in teaching student athletes at NC State and beyond, in generating public awareness about breast cancer, and raising support for cancer research have brought distinction to the University as a whole as well as to herself, therefore be it

Resolved: That the faculty of NC State University commend Coach Kay Yow on her extraordinary contributions to women’s athletics, and be it further

Resolved: That the faculty of NC State University offer hearty congratulations to Coach Kay Yow on the occasion of her silver anniversary of coaching Women’s Basketball at NC State.

 

Resolution R3: 99/00
First Reading: February 8, 2000
Adopted: February 8, 2000