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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Joe May will be retiring as chancellor of Dallas |
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College on August 31, 2022, drawing to a close more than eight years |
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of exemplary service to the institution; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. May has served as chancellor since February |
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2014, and under his leadership, Dallas College has created the |
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Career Connected Learner Network in association with 200 area |
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organizations in order to provide opportunities for a living wage |
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for the residents of Dallas County; he also spearheaded the |
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establishment of Dallas County Promise, a highly successful tuition |
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assistance program, as well as the addition of early college |
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programs in local schools offering dual credit; he initiated the |
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creation of a bachelor's degree program in early childhood |
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education, and in 2020, he oversaw the consolidation of the former |
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Dallas County Community College District's seven schools into one |
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accredited institution; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of East Texas, Joe May earned his |
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bachelor's and master's degrees from Stephen F. Austin State |
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University and his doctorate in education from Texas A&M |
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University-Commerce; he began his career as an adjunct instructor |
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at the Cedar Valley campus of Dallas College in 1978, and he later |
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served in leadership positions at Sul Ross State University, |
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Navarro College, and Vernon College; before joining Dallas College, |
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he was president of Pueblo Community College in Colorado and |
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president of the Colorado Community College System, and from 2007 |
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to 2014, he was president of the Louisiana Community and Technical |
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College System, overseeing the education of more than 100,000 |
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students at 13 community and technical colleges; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. May has served as president of the National |
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Council of State Directors of Community Colleges as well as |
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Rebuilding America's Middle Class, a national consortium of |
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community colleges; he is a member of the Council for Higher |
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Education Accreditation, the National Workforce Solutions Advisory |
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Board, and the ACT Workforce Council, and he has been recognized as |
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CEO of the Year for the Southern Region by the Association of |
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Community College Trustees, as a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary |
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International, and as a distinguished alumni by SFASU and Texas |
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A&M-Commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, Joe May's commitment to excellence and innovation in |
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education has made him a leader in his profession and contributed |
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greatly to the success of Dallas College, and he may indeed take |
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great pride in his many achievements as he looks forward to the next |
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exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Joe May on his upcoming |
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retirement as chancellor of Dallas College and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. May as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |