Bill Text: TX HR1078 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Margaret and Jim Perkins on receiving the 2023 Texas Higher Education Distinguished Service Award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-21 - Reported enrolled [HR1078 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1078-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1078 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Margaret and Jim Perkins, longtime benefactors of | ||
| Stephen F. Austin State University, have been honored with the 2023 | ||
| Texas Higher Education Distinguished Service Award; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Originally presented in 1977, the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Distinguished Service Award recognizes individuals and | ||
| organizations who have made a profound impact on higher education | ||
| in Texas or who have significantly benefited the faculty, staff, | ||
| and students of an institution through their leadership, service, | ||
| or philanthropy; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Margaret and Jim Perkins have long been champions | ||
| for education, and their efforts over the past several decades have | ||
| touched the lives of thousands of students and families across the | ||
| state; Mr. Perkins' affiliation with Stephen F. Austin State | ||
| University has included two terms on the SFA Board of Regents from | ||
| 1969 to 1981, during which time he served as chair of the board and | ||
| led the establishment of the SFA Foundation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2007, the College of Education was renamed the | ||
| James I. Perkins College of Education, and it has continued to | ||
| thrive with the support of the couple; for 13 years, the Perkins | ||
| Professional Development Travel Fund has enabled faculty to make | ||
| more than 850 national and international trips to present their | ||
| research, and Mr. and Mrs. Perkins have also helped promote | ||
| excellence at the college through the establishment of the | ||
| Hoover-Perkins Professorship and through their funding of seven | ||
| awards within the Department of Education Studies; every year, the | ||
| couple hosts a reception for College of Education faculty to | ||
| acknowledge their dedicated service to their students, their | ||
| profession, and the university; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Beyond their extensive support for the College of | ||
| Education, Mr. and Mrs. Perkins provided a grant for the JacksTeach | ||
| program within the College of Sciences and Mathematics to help | ||
| students attain STEM teaching certifications; for two decades, they | ||
| have also served as lead partners in the Nacogdoches County Chamber | ||
| of Commerce's Nacogdoches Opportunity for Better Learning | ||
| Experience program, which awards scholarships to attend SFA to 20 | ||
| area students each year; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Few can claim such an admirable record of leadership | ||
| and service to a university as Margaret and Jim Perkins, and they | ||
| may indeed reflect with pride on their many contributions to SFA; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Margaret and Jim Perkins on | ||
| receiving the 2023 Texas Higher Education Distinguished Service | ||
| Award and extend to them sincere best wishes for the future; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Perkins as an expression of high regard | ||
| by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Clardy | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1078 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 20, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
