By:  Lucio                                             S.R. No. 906
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is proud to
    1-3  recognize the Texas State Technical College System as it prepares
    1-4  to open its new facility on the Harlingen campus; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, Costing over $1.4 million, the George F. Young
    1-6  Engineering Technology Center, named in honor of the late
    1-7  George F. Young, a former Harlingen mayor and one of the founders
    1-8  of the Valley campus of Texas State Technical Institute, will be
    1-9  officially dedicated on May 14, 1993; and
   1-10        WHEREAS, The 30,844 square foot state of the art facility
   1-11  is systems oriented; students with mathematics, science, and
   1-12  engineering skills in addition to mechanical interests will complete
   1-13  course work leading to hands-on experience in a working factory; and
   1-14        WHEREAS, The technology center combines automated
   1-15  manufacturing, drafting, design, and information technology in a
   1-16  cooperative environment where students gain an understanding of
   1-17  the complexities of the modern workplace; and
   1-18        WHEREAS, The addition of this center adds to Texas State
   1-19  Technical College's ability to accomplish its mission of offering
   1-20  occupationally oriented programs of study that emphasize highly
   1-21  specialized and emerging technical and vocational skills demanded
   1-22  by today's economy; now, therefore, be it
   1-23        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
    2-1  73rd Legislature, hereby congratulate Texas State Technical
    2-2  College on the momentous occasion of the opening of the new
    2-3  George F. Young Engineering Technology Center in Harlingen; and,
    2-4  be it further
    2-5        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
    2-6  the college as a memento of this grand event.
    2-7                                 _____________________________________
    2-8                                        President of the Senate
    2-9                                      I hereby certify that the
   2-10                                 above Resolution was adopted by
   2-11                                 the Senate on May 10, 1993.
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   2-13                                        Secretary of the Senate
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   2-15                                         Member, Texas Senate