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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and |
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Life Sciences is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its |
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establishment in 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Officially organized as the School of Agriculture in |
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1911, the college has grown from an initial enrollment of 166 to |
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serve some 6,500 students today; offering 40 undergraduate degree |
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programs and over 50 graduate programs in 14 departments, the |
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college graduates more students in agriculturally related fields |
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than anywhere else in the country; in addition, it partners with the |
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four Texas A&M AgriLife agencies to fulfill the university's |
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land-grant mission of teaching, research, extension, and service; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Students in the College of Agriculture and Life |
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Sciences benefit from instruction by a world-class faculty that |
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includes a Nobel Prize laureate and a Pulitzer Prize winner; the |
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college is widely recognized as a leader in a number of academic |
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disciplines, and its programs range from long-established majors |
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such as agronomy and animal science to newer fields of study such as |
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forensics and spatial sciences; moreover, in their research, |
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faculty members address many vital issues, including fuels for the |
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future, potential cures for diseases, and the safety and abundance |
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of the food supply; graduates of the school have gone on to |
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distinguish themselves as leaders in science, industry, business, |
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and government at the local, state, and national levels; and |
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WHEREAS, For a century, the College of Agriculture and Life |
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Sciences has remained committed to meeting the educational needs of |
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its students, and the school has played an integral role in helping |
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many individuals in Texas and beyond build a bright and prosperous |
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future for themselves while contributing to the greater good; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas A&M University College of |
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Agriculture and Life Sciences be honored on the 100th anniversary |
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of its founding and that all those associated with the institution |
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be extended sincere best wishes for the future. |