PROCLAMATION BY DAVE HEINEMAN
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA

WHEREAS, In partnership with the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education, the State of Nebraska will celebrate International Education Week November 14 - 18, 2005. Let us recommit ourselves to promoting tolerance and building friendships between United States and other nations; and

WHEREAS, International education and exchange include thousands of programs, public and private, campus-based and national, that promote the sharing of ideas and experiences across borders. These include study abroad programs, citizen and scholarly exchanges, foreign students on U.S. campuses, area and foreign language studies and global approaches to U.S. education. Currently, over 3,000 foreign students are studying at Nebraska colleges and universities; and

WHEREAS, In support of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, I call upon the citizens and institutions of Nebraska to participate in celebrating this week and to recognize the importance of international education in our lives and communities and to promote international educational exchange as a way to enhance mutual understanding and acceptance.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Dave Heineman, Governor of the State of Nebraska, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM the week of November 14 - 18, 2005, as INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK in Nebraska, and I do hereby urge all citizens to take due note of the observance.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and cause the Great Seal of the State of Nebraska to be affixed this Seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord Two Thousand Five.

GOVERNOR DAVE HEINEMAN

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