Bill Text: TX HR898 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Cynthia Marie Tapia on her receipt of the Drs. Giovanni and Maria Grazia Micci Award for Mentoring Excellence.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-28 - Reported enrolled [HR898 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR898-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 898 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Cynthia Marie Tapia received the Drs. Giovanni and | ||
| Maria Grazia Micci Award for Mentoring Excellence from The | ||
| University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Graduate School of | ||
| Biomedical Sciences in 2016; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A pharmacology and toxicology graduate student at | ||
| UTMB, Ms. Tapia earned this prestigious accolade for her invaluable | ||
| contributions to the university as a research mentor to her fellow | ||
| students; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Maintaining a grade point average of 3.91, Ms. Tapia | ||
| skillfully balances a challenging course load with her work as a | ||
| graduate assistant in the laboratory of Dr. Fernanda Laezza, M.D., | ||
| Ph.D., and associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology | ||
| and Toxicology at UTMB; Ms. Tapia is a UTMB Presidential Scholar | ||
| and a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | ||
| pre-doctoral fellow, and she has participated in a number of | ||
| conferences and presentations and coauthored two published papers | ||
| related to her research; in addition, she serves as president of the | ||
| Pharmacology and Toxicology Student Organization and as the | ||
| specialty's ambassador to the Graduate Student Organization; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Robert and Dalia Tapia, Cynthia | ||
| Tapia graduated as valedictorian of the Robstown High School Class | ||
| of 2011; she holds a bachelor's degree in biology from St. Edward's | ||
| University in Austin, where she was a peer tutor, Hilltop Mentor, | ||
| and McNair Scholar; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Throughout her academic career, this bright young | ||
| Texan has demonstrated her commitment to excellence and her desire | ||
| to help others achieve scholastic success, and she is indeed | ||
| deserving of this most recent honor; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Cynthia Marie Tapia on her receipt | ||
| of the Drs. Giovanni and Maria Grazia Micci Award for Mentoring | ||
| Excellence from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | ||
| Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and extend to her sincere | ||
| best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Tapia as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Herrero | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 898 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 23, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
