H.R. No. 48 



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), the 
second-oldest academic component in The University of Texas System, 
is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2004; and
	WHEREAS, Established as the Texas State School of Mines and 
Metallurgy by the Texas Legislature, the school opened its doors in 
1914 under the supervision of The University of Texas Board of 
Regents; after undergoing several name changes, it became Texas 
Western College in 1949 and UTEP in 1967; and
	WHEREAS, Today's campus, with its unique Bhutanese-styled 
architecture, consists of 84 buildings, including the Sun Bowl 
Stadium, the Don Haskins Center, the Larry K. Durham Sports Center, 
a modern fine arts complex with galleries and recital halls, a 
state-of-the-art multimedia teaching and learning center, and a 
museum of natural and cultural history; and
	WHEREAS, The largest Mexican-American-majority research 
university in the nation, UTEP has worked aggressively to achieve 
excellence on a variety of fronts; ranked among the top five 
research universities in Texas, it has also been recognized as an 
intensive doctoral/research university in the Carnegie 
Classification of Institutions of Higher Education; and
	WHEREAS, UTEP's six academic colleges--business 
administration, education, engineering, health sciences, liberal 
arts, and science--offer 81 bachelor's, 72 master's, and 11 
doctoral degrees; the school has also joined with The University of 
Texas (UT) Health Science Center at Houston and UT-Austin to 
provide cooperative programs in nursing, public health, border 
studies, library and information science, and pharmacy; and
	WHEREAS, The barrier-breaking 1966 Texas Western basketball 
team, which was the first major college team to win an NCAA 
championship with an all-African-American starting five, stands as 
an enduring symbol of UTEP's dedication to diversity and 
excellence; and
	WHEREAS, In the 90 years since its founding, UTEP has 
conferred more than 76,000 degrees; its current enrollment stands 
at over 18,000 students, 90 percent of them from the surrounding 
region and more than 2,200 of them from other countries; and
	WHEREAS, The State of Texas remains steadfast in its enduring 
commitment to the continued growth of this outstanding institution 
and is proud to join with the school's supporters everywhere in 
celebrating UTEP's 90th anniversary; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby recognize April 2004 as 
UTEP Heritage Month in recognition of The University of Texas at El 
Paso's 90 years of achievement and in gratitude for its signal 
contributions to the development of El Paso and the Lone Star State.

                                                                         Pickett
                                                               Moreno of El Paso
                                                                        Haggerty
                                                                          Chavez
                                                                     Quintanilla

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 48 was adopted by the House on May 11, 
2004, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House