; Whereas legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski led the Duke men’s basketball team to 5 national championships; Whereas the University has won a record 7 national championships in women’s golf as well as 3 national championships in men’s lacrosse and national championships in women’s tennis and men’s soccer; Whereas Duke University has won 130 Atlantic Coast Conference championships across all sports; Whereas Duke University is the second largest private employer in North Carolina; Whereas over 16,500 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students attend Duke University; Whereas Duke has consistently been ranked among the Nation’s top ten universities and its undergraduate nursing program is ranked first in the Nation by the U.S. News & World Report; Whereas Duke University offers 53 majors, 52 minors, and 23 certificates; Whereas Duke University comprises eleven schools including Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore as well as Duke Kunshan University in China; and Whereas with nearly 200,000 alumni worldwide, Duke University remains the standard of excellence for universities: Now, therefore, be it