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R E S O L U T I O N
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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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more than 11,000 students from throughout the State of Texas and |
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around the country; and |
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WHEREAS, 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 more than |
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48,000 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, Members of the Texas Southern University National |
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Alumni Association and the members of the Texas Southern University |
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Student Government Association are traveling to Austin on April 27, |
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2009, to visit with members of the Texas Senate and the Texas House |
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of Representatives and to express their support for a strong and |
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independent Texas Southern University for the benefit of higher |
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education in Texas; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the Texas Southern University |
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community on its many contributions to our state and recognize |
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April 27, 2009, as Texas Southern University Day at the State |
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Capitol; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared |
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for the Texas Southern University National Alumni Association |
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president and the Texas Southern University Student Government |
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Association president as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |