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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Jaime Chahin retired as dean of the Texas State |
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University College of Applied Arts on August 7, 2023, following a |
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distinguished career spanning 36 years with the institution; and |
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WHEREAS, A skilled administrator and esteemed scholar, |
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Dr. Chahin joined the university in 1987; he taught undergraduate |
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and graduate courses in education and social work policy while |
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focusing his research on migrants and Latino families; widely |
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published, his work has appeared in peer-reviewed journal articles, |
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monographs, and books; he was executive producer of two PBS |
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documentaries, Mexican American Legislative Caucus: The Texas |
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Struggle for Equality and Opportunity and The Forgotten Americans, |
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a film about colonias along the Mexican-American border, which won |
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a first-place award at the National Council on Family Relations; |
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over the years, he has garnered more than $8 million in grants and |
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contracts from foundations, corporations, and state and federal |
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agencies; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Chahin served as a lead expert witness in LULAC |
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v. Richards, a South Texas class action lawsuit regarding higher |
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education; committed to opening doors of opportunity, he was named |
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a Kellogg Fellow and served as an advisor to the Kellogg Foundation |
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ENLACE project, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund master teacher |
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project, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Institute for |
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Higher Education Policy-Walmart Foundation first-generation |
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student success initiative; he has conducted accreditation visits |
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in Central and South America at the behest of the U.S. Department of |
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State and served as an advisor to the Federal Reserve Bank; his |
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myriad accolades include the Ohtli Award from Mexico's Ministry of |
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Foreign Affairs and recognition as a Distinguished Alumnus by Texas |
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A&M University-Kingsville, where he earned his bachelor's degree in |
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sociology and political science; he also holds a master's degree in |
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administration and policy and a doctorate in educational |
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administration from the University of Michigan; and |
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WHEREAS, Through his exceptional contributions to higher |
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education, Jaime Chahin has earned the respect and admiration of |
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innumerable people, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career |
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well spent; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Jaime |
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Chahin on his retirement from Texas State University and extend to |
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him sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Chahin as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |