By:  Shapleigh                                         S.R. No. 182

 1-1     By:  Shapleigh                                         S.R. No. 182

 1-2                              SENATE RESOLUTION

 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pride in

 1-4     recognizing Nelly Jimenez, a member of the 1997 Texas All-State

 1-5     Academic Team; and

 1-6           WHEREAS, Nelly Jimenez is one of six El Paso Community

 1-7     College students who are competing in the national USA Today/PTK

 1-8     Academic All-American competition; the students are being honored

 1-9     February 20, 1997, in Austin as part of the Texas All-State

1-10     Academic Team; and

1-11           WHEREAS, These El Paso Community College students are

1-12     academically gifted students and are members of the Phi Theta Kappa

1-13     Texas Chapter for high academic achievers; and

1-14           WHEREAS, After having faced a number of hardships during her

1-15     childhood, Nelly turned her life around when she began attending

1-16     El Paso Community College and discovered her love for learning;

1-17     and

1-18           WHEREAS, For two years, she has been a member of the

1-19     school's Honors Program, and she currently serves as vice president

1-20     of El Paso Community College's M.E.Ch.A.; she helped to create

1-21     Project Genesis, a physics program that will produce data on the

1-22     air quality and stratosphere in the El Paso area; now, therefore,

1-23     be it

 2-1           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,

 2-2     75th Legislature, hereby commend Nelly Jimenez on her exceptional

 2-3     accomplishments and extend to her congratulations on earning a

 2-4     place on the Texas All-State Academic Team; and, be it further

 2-5           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for her

 2-6     as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.

 2-7                                ______________________________________

 2-8                                        President of the Senate

 2-9                                     I hereby certify that the above

2-10                                Resolution was adopted by the Senate

2-11                                on February 17, 1997.

2-12                                ______________________________________

2-13                                        Secretary of the Senate

2-14                                ______________________________________

2-15                                         Member, Texas Senate