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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Pamela Anglin is concluding her exemplary |
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20-year tenure as president of Paris Junior College at the end of |
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2023; and |
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WHEREAS, The first female president of the college, Pam |
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Anglin was appointed in 2003, when PJC had but a two-month operating |
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reserve; while guiding the institution to financial stability, she |
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has overseen its development as a national leader in an important |
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transition by community colleges, away from open-door access and |
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towards promotion of degree and certificate attainment; her efforts |
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led to the school's selection for several national programs, |
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including the Pathways Project, Achieving the Dream, and a |
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student-success initiative of the Institute for Evidence-Based |
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Change; PJC was named an Achieving the Dream Leader College, and it |
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received the 2012 Excellence in Education Award from the Texas |
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Association of Business; moreover, it has been twice recognized as |
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one of the country's 50 fastest-growing community colleges; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Anglin has been a strong advocate for |
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outcomes-based funding at the state level, and she helped form the |
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Texas Community Colleges Consortium for Shared Resources to pursue |
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cost savings in new enterprise resource planning software and |
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annual allocations from the state legislature; among numerous |
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leadership roles, she chaired the Northeast Texas Consortium of |
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Colleges and Universities and served two terms each on the boards of |
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the American Association of Community Colleges and the Southern |
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Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges; she has |
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further benefited her fellow citizens as a member of the Northeast |
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Texas Workforce Board; the recipient of the Teamwork Award 2014 |
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from Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas, she has been inducted |
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into the Phi Theta Kappa CEO Hall of Honor and the PTK Texas Region |
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Hall of Honor, and her many accolades include the organization's |
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Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her outstanding accomplishments, Pam Anglin |
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has advanced the vital mission of Paris Junior College and made a |
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positive impact at the state and national level, and she may indeed |
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reflect with pride on her many contributions; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature, 4th |
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Called Session, hereby honor Dr. Pamela Anglin for her service as |
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president of Paris Junior College and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Anglin as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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Senate. |