H.R. No. 1292



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Texas A&M University has demonstrated an 
outstanding commitment to serving the people of South Texas with 
the opening in November 2002 of its Lower Rio Grande Valley 
Prospective Student Center; and
	WHEREAS, Located within the Texas A&M University 
Agricultural Research and Extension Center, the new office provides 
not only prospective freshman but also transfer, graduate, and 
international students with information on admissions criteria, 
academic programs, financial aid, housing, scholarships, student 
services, and other areas of interest; and
	WHEREAS, The center is a satellite office of the Prospective 
Student Center on the university's main campus in College Station 
and is intended to provide information to the young men and women of 
the Lower Rio Grande Valley, regardless of their intended area of 
study; and
	WHEREAS, A college education is often the foundation on which 
a successful career is built, and Texas A&M is to be commended for 
its efforts to bring such an education within the reach of students 
in every part of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby congratulate all those associated with the new 
Lower Rio Grande Valley Prospective Student Center on the office's 
grand opening and extend to them sincere best wishes for much 
success in the years to come.

                                                                            Wise

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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 1292 was adopted by the House on May 
30, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House