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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize Kim Patterson, who is retiring as the executive |
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director of the McLennan Community College Foundation after 28 |
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years of dedicated service to the college; and |
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WHEREAS, Kim Patterson joined the McLennan Community |
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College staff in 1995 and began serving the McLennan Community |
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College Foundation in 2006; an exceptional administrator and a |
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discerning leader, Kim served as the foundation's executive |
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director and inspired her colleagues to pursue excellence in |
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education; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her tenure as executive director, Kim |
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led the school's fund-raising, marketing, and rebranding |
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efforts; she advised numerous students and aided the president of |
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the college in expanding the school's influence in the Lone Star |
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State; and |
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WHEREAS, Under her distinguished leadership, the college |
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doubled its endowment and established hundreds of scholarship |
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opportunities for local students; Kim was instrumental in |
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organizing visits to the campus by such prestigious guests as |
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Arkansas Senator Tom |
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Cotton; and |
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WHEREAS, Faithfully committed to the mission of higher |
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education, Kim played a key role in founding the McLennan |
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Community College Highlander Alumni Association; she has earned |
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the admiration and respect of her colleagues and of the school's |
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faculty, staff, and students throughout the past 28 years, and |
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her leadership as executive director of the McLennan Community |
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College Foundation will be greatly missed by all; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commend Kim Patterson on |
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her outstanding service to McLennan Community College and extend |
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to her best wishes for success in all her future endeavors; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |