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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Over the course of a century, Midwestern State |
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University in Wichita Falls has distinguished itself as an |
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outstanding educational resource in North Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Established as Wichita Falls Junior College in 1922, |
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the school was the second municipal junior college in Texas, and it |
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shared its building and faculty with Wichita Falls High School; in |
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1937, the school was renamed Hardin Junior College in honor of |
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Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hardin, and the Hardin Building, a striking |
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Lombard-Romanesque edifice with a bell tower, became the |
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centerpiece of a new 40-acre campus; during World War II, the |
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college began an affiliation with nearby Sheppard Air Force Base |
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that continues to this day; and |
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WHEREAS, After the war, the school added a senior division |
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and became Hardin College; in 1950, the school was renamed |
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Midwestern University, and in 1959, a graduate school was |
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established; by an act of the 56th Texas Legislature, the |
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university dissolved the junior college division and joined the |
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Texas Colleges and Universities System in 1961, and in 1975, its |
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name was changed to Midwestern State University; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, MSU Texas is a dynamic institution of higher |
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learning with 70 buildings on a 255-acre campus, and its diverse |
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population of nearly 5,800 students takes advantage of bachelor's |
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and master's degree programs in the school's six colleges and |
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graduate school; in May 2019, the school dedicated its new, |
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state-of-the-art health sciences facility as Centennial Hall in |
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honor of the 100th anniversary, and in January 2021, the university |
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welcomed its first doctoral students in educational leadership; in |
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September of that same year, MSU Texas became the fifth campus to |
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become part of the Texas Tech University System; and |
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WHEREAS, Since its founding a century ago, Midwestern State |
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University has provided generations of Texans with a strong |
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foundation for achievement, and as the university celebrates its |
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milestone anniversary, its students, faculty, staff, and alumni may |
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take great pride in their rich history while looking forward to an |
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exciting future; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature |
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hereby commemorate the centennial of Midwestern State University |
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and extend to all those associated with the school 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 the university as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |