1.1A Senate resolution
1.2honoring Gwendolyn Eastaugh for being named a National Merit
1.3Commended Student.
1.4WHEREAS, the National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for
1.5recognition and scholarships that began in 1955; and
1.6WHEREAS, high school students enter the National Merit Scholarship Program by
1.7taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which serves as an
1.8initial screen of approximately 1.5 million entrants each year; in late September, about 34,000
1.9of the approximately 50,000 high scorers receive Letters of Commendation in recognition of
1.10outstanding academic promise; and
1.11WHEREAS, Commended Students achieve candidacy for special scholarships sponsored
1.12by corporations and businesses; and
1.13WHEREAS, Gwendolyn Eastaugh, a student at Edina High School, was recently
1.14notified of her National Merit Commended status, a noteworthy honor deserving of legislative
1.15recognition; and
1.16NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Minnesota that it
1.17congratulates Gwendolyn Eastaugh on being named a National Merit Commended Student.
1.18BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is directed to prepare an
1.19enrolled copy of this resolution, to be authenticated by the Secretary's signature and that of the
1.20Chair of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and transmit it to Gwendolyn Eastaugh.

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JoAnne M. Zoff Secretary of the Senate

Thomas M. Bakk Chair, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

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Melisa Franzen State Senator, District 49