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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Members of The University of Texas of the Permian |
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Basin Honors Program and Student Senate are visiting the State |
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Capitol on January 31, 2013, to gain further insight into the |
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workings of state government; and |
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WHEREAS, Begun in the fall of 2006, the UTPB Honors Program |
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includes a three-course sequence in which students learn about |
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ideas, authors, and trends that have been especially influential in |
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shaping the world of the 21st century; participants must meet high |
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academic standards, and they represent some of the university's top |
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achievers; alumni of the program have gone on to careers in a |
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variety of fields, with most pursuing graduate degrees in medicine; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The UTPB Student Senate represents the diverse needs |
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and concerns of the university population and advocates for |
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students' academic, intellectual, occupational, physical, and |
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social well-being; a number of senate members are currently |
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participating in the John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership |
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Institute's 28th Annual Texas Leadership Forum; and |
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WHEREAS, Committed to learning about leadership, ethics, and |
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public service, the accomplished men and women in these two |
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programs have demonstrated the impressive talent and drive that |
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will continue to serve them well beyond their days at UTPB, and it |
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is indeed a pleasure to join in honoring these future leaders of the |
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Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby welcome members of The University of Texas of |
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the Permian Basin Honors Program and Student Senate to the State |
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Capitol and congratulate them on their outstanding academic and |
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civic endeavors. |