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2017 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 621
Commending Matthew A. Gump.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 13, 2017
Agreed to by the Senate, January 19, 2017

 

WHEREAS, Matthew A. Gump, a senior at Landstown High School in Virginia Beach, won first place in the Association for Career and Technical Education’s national Student Trophy Design Contest in 2016; and

WHEREAS, the first-place award recognized Matthew Gump’s mastery of skill and the creativity he demonstrated with his trophy design in the first Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) national Student Trophy Design Contest; and

WHEREAS, Matthew Gump’s entry was selected the winner out of 75 submitted to the contest from around the country and he received a $1,000 scholarship for winning the contest; and

WHEREAS, the trophy that Matthew Gump designed will be awarded to the national ACTE Teachers of the Year, which honors teachers and administrators in the field of career and technical education; and

WHEREAS, Matthew Gump used 3D modeling and computer-aided design to create his entry, and those tools have given him new interests and goals in the fields of architecture and rendering; and

WHEREAS, Matthew Gump’s winning trophy design showcased the knowledge and skills he learned from his outstanding instructors at Landstown High School, a Governor’s STEM Academy and Technology Academy; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Matthew A. Gump, a senior at Landstown High School in Virginia Beach, for winning first place in the Association for Career and Technical Education’s national Student Trophy Design Contest in 2016; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Matthew A. Gump of Virginia Beach as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for his winning trophy design and outstanding skills in 3D modeling and computer-aided design.