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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Members of the senior leadership team from Aarhus |
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Business College (AABC) in Aarhus, Denmark, are visiting Austin in |
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May and June 2013 as part of an international collaboration with |
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Austin Community College; and |
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WHEREAS, The partnership between the two institutions began |
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when Dr. Molly Beth Malcolm traveled to AABC as a representative of |
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Austin Community College in December 2012 to study the Danish |
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higher education system; in response, Dr. Gitte Noergaard Nielsen, |
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president of AABC, and Dr. Richard M. Rhodes, president and chief |
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executive officer of ACC, developed a strategic plan to work |
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together to develop new methods of teaching and learning in the |
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digital environment, to create teacher and eventually student |
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exchange opportunities, and to develop cross-Atlantic teaching |
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programs; and |
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WHEREAS, Three faculty members from ACC visited AABC in April |
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2013 to initiate the partnership, including Jill Brockmann, an |
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adjunct professor in the business and technical communications |
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department, Charles Quinn, dean of business studies, and Linda |
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Smarzik, dean of computer studies and advanced technology; to |
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reciprocate, the president and other administrators from AABC are |
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visiting Austin and ACC to attend classes, tour program facilities, |
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and experience the Lone Star State; representatives from AABC |
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include Dr. Nielsen, as well as the college's chief financial |
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officer, Kenneth Lindblad, vice president of vocational education |
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and training, Hans Henning Nielsen, and international relations |
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officer, Lone Hansen; and |
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WHEREAS, These distinguished visitors are contributing to |
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the future of Texas by working with Austin Community College to |
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enhance teaching techniques in this globalized age of technological |
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advancement, and it is most fitting that they should be officially |
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welcomed and extended the status of honorary Texans; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize Gitte Noergaard Nielsen, Kenneth |
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Lindblad, Hans Henning Nielsen, and Lone Hansen as honorary Texans |
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and commend them for their achievements as forward-looking |
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educational leaders; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared |
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for the delegation as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Rodriguez of Travis |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2915 was adopted by the House on May |
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26, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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