Bill Text: TX HCR35 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Recognizing February 1, 2011, as Texas Tech University System Day.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 15-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-02-14 - Signed by the Governor [HCR35 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HCR35-Enrolled.html

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H.C.R. No. 35

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Distinguished representatives of the Texas Tech
University System are gathering at the State Capitol on February 1,
2011, to celebrate the system's vital role in the Lone Star State;
and
WHEREAS, The TTU System, governed by a nine-member board of
regents and chancellor Kent Hance, consists of Texas Tech
University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and
Angelo State University; the system currently enrolls more than
42,000 students, employs some 18,000 faculty and staff members, and
counts over 250,000 alumni; and
WHEREAS, Looking to the future, the system has developed five
strategic priorities, including improving access to education and
promoting learning, strengthening the academic excellence of
member institutions, expanding knowledge through research, serving
its communities, and effectively managing its resources; and
WHEREAS, Each component of the system provides unique
educational opportunities; Texas Tech University is a major
comprehensive research university, led by Dr. Guy Bailey; enrolling
more than 31,600 students in 12 colleges and schools, TTU offers
more than 150 undergraduate programs, 100 master's programs, and 60
doctoral programs, and it is among a select group of institutions to
shelter a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; and
WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is
composed of the TTUHSC School of Medicine, the School of Allied
Health Sciences, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the
Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing, the School of Pharmacy, and
the new Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso, which seated
its first class in July 2009; overseen by Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell,
TTUHSC enrolls nearly 3,700 students and boasts more than 11,000
alumni; and
WHEREAS, Founded in 1928, Angelo State University enrolls
more than 6,800 students in six colleges and is directed by Dr.
Joseph C. Rallo; ASU was the first university in the state to offer
a degree in computer science, and the institution's physics
department has been designated by Physics Today as one of the top
undergraduate programs in the nation; and
WHEREAS, The Texas Tech University System has provided
countless students with an outstanding education and a strong
foundation for the future, and in so doing, it has contributed to
the remarkable achievements of the state as a whole; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby recognize February 1, 2011, as Texas Tech University System
Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to all those from
the TTU System who are visiting here today.
Hilderbran
Frullo
Perry
Smithee
Keffer
Chisum
Craddick
Darby
Hardcastle
Landtroop
Lewis
Nash
Price
Reynolds
Solomons
Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
Allen Gooden Murphy
Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
Aycock Harless Parker
Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
Berman Hartnett Paxton
Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
Branch Hochberg Phillips
Brown Hopson Pickett
Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
Burnam Howard of Travis Price
Button Huberty Quintanilla
Cain Hughes Raymond
Callegari Hunter Reynolds
Carter Isaac Riddle
Castro Jackson Ritter
Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
Christian Keffer Schwertner
Coleman King of Parker Scott
Cook King of Taylor Sheets
Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
Deshotel Lavender Strama
Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
Dutton Lozano Thompson
Eiland Lucio III Torres
Eissler Lyne Truitt
Elkins Madden Turner
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
Farrar Margo Villarreal
Fletcher Marquez Vo
Flynn Martinez Walle
Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
Gallego McClendon White
Garza Menendez Woolley
Geren Miles Workman
Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 35 was adopted by the House on
February 1, 2011, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 35 was adopted by the Senate on
February 1, 2011, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor