HR 417 — A Resolution designating the month of November 2025 as "Indiana University of Pennsylvania Appreciation Month" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   2900

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 417
                                                 Session of
                                                   2026

     INTRODUCED BY STRUZZI, COOPER, FREEMAN, GUENST, J. HARRIS,
        JAMES, KHAN, McANDREW, NEILSON, E. NELSON, ROAE, ROWE, SMITH
        AND WARREN, FEBRUARY 5, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 9, 2026


                                  A RESOLUTION
 1   Designating the month of November 2025 as "Indiana University of
 2      Pennsylvania Appreciation Month" in Pennsylvania.
 3      WHEREAS, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) was founded
 4   in 1875 as Indiana Normal School; and
 5      WHEREAS, The institution was later purchased by the
 6   Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1927, becoming Indiana State
 7   Teachers College; and
 8      WHEREAS, The institution was subsequently renamed Indiana
 9   State College in 1959; and
10      WHEREAS, The act of December 16, 1965 (P.L.1113, No.430),
11   known as the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Act,
12   redesignated the institution as a university; and
13      WHEREAS, IUP is now a thriving institution and part of the
14   Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education; and
15      WHEREAS, IUP is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2025;
16   therefore be it
17      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
1   month of November 2025 as "Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2   Appreciation Month" in Pennsylvania; and be it further
3      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives extend its
4   congratulations to IUP on achieving 150 years of academic
5   excellence and service to our Commonwealth and its students.




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