Bill Text: NY J01496 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulating the student team from the Marcy campus of SUNY Polytechnic Institute upon the occasion of capturing the first place prize

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-14 - ADOPTED [J01496 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-J01496-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 1496

BY: Senator GRIFFO

        CONGRATULATING  the  student  team  from the Marcy
        campus  of  SUNY  Polytechnic  Institute  upon   the
        occasion  of  capturing the first place prize at the
        2019 CREATE Symposium on April 10, 2019

  WHEREAS, Educational competitions which serve to better prepare  our
students  for  their  future  participation  in the areas of Science and
Technology are worthy of praise and support; and

  WHEREAS, It is the intent of this Legislative Body  to  commend  and
pay  tribute to those young people who, by achieving outstanding success
in educational competition, have  inspired  and  brought  pride  to  our
majestic Empire State; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to
congratulate  the  members  of the student team from the Marcy campus of
SUNY Polytechnic Institute upon the  occasion  of  capturing  the  first
place  prize  at the 2019 CREATE Symposium on Wednesday, April 10, 2019,
at the Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York; and

  WHEREAS, Hosted by the New York State Industries for  the  Disabled,
Inc.    (NYSID),  the  CREATE  Symposium  allows  New York State college
engineering students  to  collaborate  with  NYSID  Member  Agencies  to
develop  inventions  which  will  help  improve  the vocational lives of
workers with disabilities; and

  WHEREAS, With a record 21 projects  developed  to  help  individuals
with  disabilities, SUNY Polytechnic Institute took home the first place
prize of $15,000 for their creation of the Six-Pack Plastic Yoke Remover
created for The Arc of Oneida-Lewis; and

  WHEREAS, The talent displayed by the team of four students from SUNY
Polytechnic Institute is due in great part to  the  efforts  of  Project
Advisor  Dr.  Yu Zhou and Executive Director of Business Enterprise from
Arc Chad Hartwig, skilled and inspirational tutors, respected for  their
ability to develop potential into excellence; and

  WHEREAS,  The student team from the Marcy campus of SUNY Polytechnic
Institute includes: Ethan Mead, Hugh Harwood, Jeremiah Besse and Vincent
Legnetto; and

  WHEREAS, Poised eagerly  with  enthusiasm  and  determined  purpose,
these   students   now   stand  honorably,  with  just  pride  in  their
accomplishments  and  in  eager  anticipation  of   future   challenges,
understanding  and  appreciating the caring counsel and support provided
by their professors, coaches and parents; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
congratulate  the student team from the Marcy campus of SUNY Polytechnic
Institute upon the occasion of capturing the first place  prize  at  the
2019 CREATE Symposium on April 10, 2019; and be it further

  RESOLVED,  That  copies  of  this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted  to  the  student  team  from  the  Marcy  campus  of   SUNY
Polytechnic  Institute:  Ethan  Mead,  Hugh  Harwood, Jeremiah Besse and
Vincent Legnetto; Project Advisor Dr. Yu Zhou; and Executive Director of
Business Enterprise from Arc Chad Hartwig.