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  H.C.R. No. 48
 
 
 
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, Distinguished representatives of the Texas Tech
  University System are gathering at the State Capitol on February
  17, 2009, to celebrate the system's vital role in the Lone Star
  State; and
         WHEREAS, The TTU System, governed by a nine-member board of
  regents and chancellor Kent Hance, consists of Texas Tech
  University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and
  Angelo State University; the system currently enrolls more than
  37,000 students, employs some 18,000 faculty and staff members, and
  counts over 240,000 alumni; and
         WHEREAS, Looking to the future, the system has developed five
  strategic priorities, including improving access to education and
  promoting learning, strengthening the academic excellence of
  member institutions, expanding knowledge through research, serving
  its communities, and effectively managing its resources; and
         WHEREAS, Each component of the system provides unique
  educational opportunities; Texas Tech University is a major
  comprehensive research university, led by Dr. Guy Bailey; enrolling
  more than 28,000 students in 12 colleges and schools, TTU offers
  more than 150 undergraduate programs, 100 master's programs, and 60
  doctoral programs, and it is among a select group of institutions to
  shelter a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; and
         WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is
  composed of the TTUHSC School of Medicine, the School of Allied
  Health Sciences, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the
  Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing, the School of Pharmacy, and
  the new Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso, which will
  seat its first class in July 2009; overseen by Dr. John C. Baldwin,
  TTUHSC enrolls nearly 3,000 students and boasts more than 11,000
  alumni; and
         WHEREAS, Founded in 1928, Angelo State University enrolls
  more than 6,000 students in six colleges and is directed by Dr.
  Joseph C. Rallo; ASU was the first university in the state to offer
  a degree in computer science and today is home to one of two State of
  Texas Data Centers; in addition, the institution's physics
  department has been designated by Physics Today as one of the top
  undergraduate programs in the nation; and
         WHEREAS, The Texas Tech University System has provided
  countless students with an outstanding education and a strong
  foundation for the future, and in so doing, it has contributed to
  the remarkable achievements of the state as a whole; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby recognize February 17, 2009, as Texas Tech University System
  Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to all those from
  the TTU System who are visiting here today.
 
 
Isett Craddick
 
Darby Fletcher
 
Heflin Jones
 
Keffer Lewis
 
Moody Swinford
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Pena
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.C.R. No. 48 was adopted by the House on
  February 17, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.C.R. No. 48 was adopted by the Senate on
  February 17, 2009, by a viva-voce vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor