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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A number of proud Texans are visiting Austin on |
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February 25, 2013, to celebrate Texas Southern University Day at |
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the State Capitol; and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1927, with a loan from the Houston Public |
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School Board, Texas Southern University opened its doors as Houston |
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Colored Junior College; the school was highly successful and |
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enrollment grew quickly, leading to its transition to a four-year |
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institution in 1934, with a graduate program added in 1943; the |
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Texas Legislature appropriated $2 million in 1947 to buy the campus |
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of what was then Houston College for Negroes in order to create a |
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new state-supported university, and four years later the school |
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assumed the name Texas Southern University; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Texas Southern is one of the largest of the |
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historically black colleges and universities in the United States; |
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located in Houston's Third Ward, it enrolls more than 9,500 |
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students from throughout the country and around the world, and it |
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employs nearly 1,300 faculty and staff; it is composed of 10 schools |
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and colleges that offer 45 baccalaureate academic majors, as well |
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as 29 master's degree programs, 8 doctorate programs, and a |
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J.D. law program; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas Southern University is committed to serving |
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students of diverse cultural, religious, educational, and economic |
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backgrounds and to preparing them for future leadership roles; the |
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university trains the majority of African American lawyers in |
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Houston and African American teachers in the Houston Independent |
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School District, and it has historically graduated more than 27 |
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percent of the African American pharmacists in the United States; |
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in addition, the university's Thurgood Marshall School of Law has |
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been recognized by U.S.News & World Report as the most diverse law |
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school in the nation; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout its history, Texas Southern University |
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has provided its students with a solid foundation for achievement, |
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and it has been a powerful force for social progress and economic |
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development in the 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 recognize February 25, 2013, as Texas Southern |
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University Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those |
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associated with this notable institution sincere best wishes for |
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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 Texas Southern University as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |