1-1 1 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 943 1-3 WHEREAS, The University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) has 1-4 provided access to higher education to thousands of Texans in the 1-5 23 years since its establishment by the Texas Legislature in 1974; 1-6 and 1-7 WHEREAS, The University of Houston-Downtown serves the most 1-8 ethnically diverse student population of any university in Texas, 1-9 with an enrollment that is 31 percent Hispanic, 29 percent Anglo, 1-10 25 percent African American, 11 percent Asian American, and four 1-11 percent international; and 1-12 WHEREAS, The University of Houston-Downtown is continually 1-13 improving accessibility to higher education through such initiatives 1-14 as the Weekend College, which expands opportunities for community 1-15 college transfer students and full-time workers to complete bachelor's 1-16 degrees; and 1-17 WHEREAS, The University of Houston-Downtown is one of only 1-18 eight Hispanic-serving institutions nationwide to be accredited 1-19 by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business; and 1-20 WHEREAS, The University of Houston-Downtown, as a result 1-21 of a $4.5 million philanthropic gift from Houston Endowment, 1-22 Incorporated, now provides intramural recreation and campus 1-23 activities to its students through the operation of the 2-1 Jesse H. Jones Student Life Center; and 2-2 WHEREAS, The University of Houston-Downtown, as a result of 2-3 the 73rd Texas Legislature's issuance of $22.4 million in tuition 2-4 revenue bonds to build a new Academic Building, will provide 2-5 expanded academic services and student programming space to its 2-6 constituents; and 2-7 WHEREAS, Through the $1.5 million philanthropic gift of 2-8 the Cullen Foundation to enhance the university's new Academic 2-9 Building, the University of Houston-Downtown will name the 2-10 470-seat auditorium the Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Auditorium; 2-11 and 2-12 WHEREAS, The University of Houston-Downtown works in close 2-13 partnership with Houston's business community to benefit the city 2-14 and state it serves; now, therefore, be it 2-15 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-16 75th Legislature, hereby recognize the University of 2-17 Houston-Downtown's grand opening of the Jesse H. Jones 2-18 Student Life Center and the Academic Building and the Wilhelmina 2-19 Cullen Robertson Auditorium and its continued efforts to promote 2-20 higher education to all Texans; and, be it further 2-21 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be 2-22 prepared for the University of Houston-Downtown as an expression 2-23 of the high regard of the Texas Senate. 2-24 Gallegos 2-25 ______________________________________ 2-26 President of the Senate 3-1 I hereby certify that the above 3-2 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 3-3 on May 30, 1997. 3-4 ______________________________________ 3-5 Secretary of the Senate 3-6 ______________________________________ 3-7 Member, Texas Senate