Bill Text: NY J00418 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Resolution 418 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Honoring Dina Eldawy upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of a 2019 Marshall Scholarship

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-23)

Status: (Passed) 2019-02-27 - ADOPTED [J00418 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J00418-Introduced.html


Senate Resolution No. 418

BY: Senator MAY

        HONORING  Dina  Eldawy  upon  the  occasion of her
        designation  as  recipient  of   a   2019   Marshall
        Scholarship

  WHEREAS,  It  is  the  custom  of this Legislative Body to honor the
young adults of today  and  leaders  of  tomorrow  whose  character  and
achievements  best  exemplify  the  ideals  and values cherished by this
great State and Nation; and

  WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and  in  full  accord  with  its
long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to honor
Dina  Eldawy upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of a 2019
Marshall Scholarship; and

  WHEREAS, The Marshall Scholarship is one  of  the  most  prestigious
academic  honors  in higher education, created in 1953 by the Parliament
of the United Kingdom in gratitude for the Marshall Plan, to  strengthen
the  relationship  between  the British and American peoples, to support
future leaders, and to promote the advancement of knowledge; and

  WHEREAS, Marshall Scholars have gone on to serve with distinction at
the highest levels of government, business, academia, the arts, the law,
and throughout society; and

  WHEREAS, A senior at Syracuse University  (SU),  Dina  Eldawy  is  a
double  major  in  International  Relations  in  the College of Arts and
Sciences and in Citizenship and Civic Engagement at the Maxwell  School;
she  gives tirelessly of her time and energies as an intern in the North
Side Learning Center teaching English to high school girls from  Somalia
and Syria; and

  WHEREAS,  She  has  also been involved in interfaith activism on her
campus; worked to educate Bolivian and  Peruvian  immigrants  in  Chile;
worked  to  educate Palestinian refugees in Lebanon; and interned at the
Migration Policy Center in  Washington,  D.C.,  working  as  a  research
intern for the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy; and

  WHEREAS,   Throughout   her  educational  career,  Dina  Eldawy  has
demonstrated exceptional academic talent; she is a  Coronat  Scholar  at
the  Syracuse  University  College of Arts and Sciences, was a member of
the Renee Crown University Honors  Program,  received  the  2018  Truman
Scholar, and was a 2018-19 Remembrance Scholar; and

  WHEREAS,  This  esteemed  young  woman  plans  to  obtain a one-year
Master's degree from the University of Sussex in  Migration  and  Global
Development;  plans  to  obtain  a  one-year Master's degree from Oxford
University in comparative and  international  education;  and  plans  to
dedicate  her  life  to  the  cause  of  peace in the Middle East and to
education and immigration policy; and

  WHEREAS, It  is  the  sense  of  this  Legislative  Body  that  when
individuals  of  such  noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our

attention, they should be celebrated and recognized by all the  citizens
of this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
honor Dina Eldawy upon the occasion of her designation as recipient of a
2019 Marshall Scholarship, and to extend best wishes for future  success
and well-being; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Dina Eldawy.