H.R. No. 505
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Eastfield College opened the doors of its new
  Learning Center on its Mesquite campus on February 5, 2009; and
         WHEREAS, One of seven campuses in the Dallas County Community
  College District, Eastfield College has been providing an
  affordable and accessible education to residents of southeastern
  Dallas County since 1970; it offers career programs in technical
  and service fields, as well as academic transfer programs through
  which students can earn arts and sciences associate's degrees that
  meet the freshman and sophomore course requirements for a
  bachelor's degree at a four-year institution; Eastfield serves
  approximately 10,000 students each semester and features workforce
  and continuing education classes for students of all ages; and
         WHEREAS, The Learning Center at Eastfield College is a
  55,000-square-foot building designed to allow for greater
  interaction between students and instructors; the center includes
  faculty offices and learning studios that are equipped with the
  latest technology and are designed to facilitate interactive
  lessons and discussions and to accommodate the needs of a variety of
  classes; and
         WHEREAS, This notable institution is expanding to meet the
  needs of its current and future students, and its efforts are
  helping to ensure that opportunities for a high-quality, advanced
  education are readily available to area Texans; now, therefore, be
  it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby honor Eastfield College on the grand opening of
  its Learning Center and extend to all those associated with the
  college sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it
  further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Eastfield College as an expression of high regard by
  the Texas House of Representatives.
 
  Miklos
 
 
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 Peña
 
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
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 505 was adopted by the House on
  February 26, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House