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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1947, Texas Southern University now |
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celebrates 60 years of educational excellence and commitment to |
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providing opportunity for higher education to all; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas Southern University is the second-largest of |
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the Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United |
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States; the university has opened its doors to higher education for |
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over 11,000 students from throughout the State of Texas and around |
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the country; and |
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WHEREAS, As an open-enrollment institution, Texas Southern |
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University remains committed to its historical mission of offering |
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opportunities for higher education to underserved students; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas Southern University has conferred over 48,000 |
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degrees in its 60-year history; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall |
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School of Law has been recognized by U.S. News and World Report |
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magazine as the most "diverse law school" in the nation; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas Southern University trains the majority of |
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teachers for the Houston Independent School District, the largest |
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school district in the State of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Among Houston's African American citizens, one in |
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six has attended Texas Southern University; most of the African |
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American pharmacists in the State of Texas have also attended the |
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university; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Southern University National Alumni |
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Association represents thousands of active and concerned alumni in |
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14 chapters nationwide; and |
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WHEREAS, The members of the Texas Southern University |
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National Alumni Association and the members of the Texas Southern |
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University Student Government Association are traveling to Austin |
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on March 7, 2007, to visit with members of the Texas Senate and the |
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Texas House of Representatives and to express their support for a |
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strong and independent Texas Southern University for the benefit of |
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higher education in Texas; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby congratulate the Texas Southern University community on its |
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many contributions to our state and declare March 7, 2007, Texas |
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Southern University Day at the State Capitol; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be prepared for the |
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Texas Southern University National Alumni Association president |
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and the Texas Southern University Student Government Association |
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president as an expression of high regard from the Texas |
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Legislature. |