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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Stephanie Alvarez of The University of Texas-Pan |
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American has received the Outstanding Latino/a Faculty in Higher |
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Education (Teaching Institutions) Award from the American |
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Association of Hispanics in Higher Education; and |
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WHEREAS, An assistant professor of Spanish, Dr. Alvarez |
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joined the faculty in the Department of Modern Languages and |
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Literature in 2006; she engages her students through innovative |
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approaches and by fostering lively, challenging discussions; in |
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addition to participating in research endeavors with faculty |
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members, her students have the opportunity to take part in her |
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Cosecha Voices project, co-taught with renowned poet Tato Laviera; |
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this program allows students from migrant farmworking families to |
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write about their experiences and create digital presentations for |
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the community; in November 2010, Dr. Alvarez guided a group of |
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graduate students in conducting archival research at the Center for |
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Puerto Rican Studies and Ellis Island in New York; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic educator led the effort to revise and |
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revitalize the Mexican American Studies program at UTPA, and she |
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now serves as codirector; she created a committee to develop a new |
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degree plan for undergraduate majors and minors, as well as a |
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graduate certificate; since 2009, the number of Mexican American |
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Studies majors at the school has risen dramatically, and 17 |
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students are pursuing the graduate certificate; and |
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WHEREAS, The author and editor of numerous publications and |
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papers, Dr. Alvarez earned her bachelor's degree in Spanish from |
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the University of South Alabama and her master's degree in Spanish |
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from St. Louis University in Missouri; she was a lecturer at the |
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University of Michigan and the National Hispanic University before |
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earning her doctorate in Spanish and graduate certificate in Latin |
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American studies from the University of Oklahoma in 2006; among |
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numerous accolades, she has received the 2009 Regents Outstanding |
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Teaching Award from The University of Texas System; and |
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WHEREAS, Stephanie Alvarez has inspired and empowered her |
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students through her commitment to increasing cultural knowledge, |
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encouraging self-expression, and developing research and |
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analytical skills; she is indeed deserving of this prestigious |
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honor; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Stephanie Alvarez on her |
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receipt of the Outstanding Latino/a Faculty in Higher Education |
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(Teaching Institutions) Award and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Alvarez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Gonzales of Hidalgo |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1057 was adopted by the House on April |
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7, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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