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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Distinguished representatives of the Texas Tech |
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University System are gathering at the State Capitol on March 4, |
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2015, to celebrate the system's vital role in the Lone Star State; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Tech University System, governed by a |
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nine-member board of regents and Chancellor Robert L. Duncan, |
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consists of Texas Tech University, Angelo State University, and the |
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centers at Lubbock and El |
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Paso; the system is a $1.7 billion enterprise currently educating |
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nearly 47,000 students, averaging more than $200 million in |
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research expenditures annually, and counting approximately 290,000 |
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alumni; in addition, it has an endowment of over $1 billion and some |
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17,000 faculty and staff focused on advancing higher education, |
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health care, research, and outreach across the state; and |
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WHEREAS, Each component of the system provides innovative |
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educational and research opportunities; Texas Tech University is a |
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major comprehensive research university, led by President M. Duane |
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Nellis; enrolling more than 35,000 students in 10 colleges and two |
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schools, TTU has set a new fall enrollment record for the past eight |
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years, and it has seen an enrollment increase of 25 percent since |
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2007; with the goal of being one of the nation's premier research |
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institutions, the university's total expenditures in that area |
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topped $153 million in 2014; moreover, 10 faculty members were |
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awarded grants from the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program in 2013, the |
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most of any university in its class in the nation; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is |
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composed of five schools in various health care disciplines, |
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including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, allied health sciences, and |
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biomedical sciences, and has trained more than 20,000 health care |
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professionals; overseen by Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell, TTUHSC enrolls |
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more than 4,500 students and has tripled its research expenditures |
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over the past five years, with significant studies under way in |
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areas such as aging, cancer, reproduction, and genetic diseases; |
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the university also graduates more health care professionals than |
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any other health-related institution in Texas and addresses the |
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medical needs of more than 2.5 million people who live throughout a |
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vast 108-county area; and |
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WHEREAS, Joining the system in 2007, Angelo State University |
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enrolls nearly 6,500 students in five colleges and is directed by |
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President Brian J. May; ASU was the first university in the state to |
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offer a degree in computer science and has been named to the |
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Princeton Review's "Best Colleges" list for the past six years; |
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unique to ASU, its Carr Scholarship program is funded by one of the |
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largest endowments at a regional university in the United States, |
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thus making scholarships attainable by one of every five of its |
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students; and |
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WHEREAS, The fourth and newest member of the system, Texas |
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Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso became a |
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comprehensive health-related institution in 2013 and encompasses |
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the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, the Gayle Greve Hunt School |
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of Nursing, and a regional Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; |
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headed by Dr. Richard A. Lange, the university has enrolled nearly |
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500 students, is home to the first medical school on the nation's |
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southern border, and conducts important research focused on cancer, |
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diabetes and obesity, infectious diseases, and neurosciences; and |
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WHEREAS, True to their missions, the Texas Tech University |
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System and its four component institutions continue to serve as |
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influential leaders in the higher education and health care |
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landscapes, and in so doing, they are contributing to the |
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remarkable achievements of the state as a whole; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize March 4, 2015, as Texas Tech |
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University System Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome |
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to all those from the system who are visiting here today. |
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Frullo |
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Burrows |
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Craddick |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Hernandez |
Phelan |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Herrero |
Phillips |
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| Bonnen of Brazoria |
Johnson |
Rinaldi |
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| Bonnen of Galveston |
Kacal |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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| Burkett |
Keffer |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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| Burrows |
King of Hemphill |
Rose |
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| Button |
King of Parker |
Sanford |
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| Canales |
King of Taylor |
Schaefer |
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| Capriglione |
King of Uvalde |
Schofield |
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| Craddick |
Landgraf |
Simmons |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Lozano |
Springer |
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| Davis of Harris |
Lucio III |
Stephenson |
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| Deshotel |
Márquez |
Stickland |
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| Dukes |
Martinez |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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| Dutton |
Martinez Fischer |
Thompson of Harris |
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| Elkins |
McClendon |
Tinderholt |
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| Faircloth |
Menéndez |
Turner of Collin |
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| Fallon |
Metcalf |
Turner of Harris |
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| Farias |
Meyer |
Turner of Tarrant |
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| Farrar |
Miller of Comal |
Villalba |
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| Fletcher |
Miller of Fort Bend |
Vo |
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| Frank |
Morrison |
White of Bell |
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| Frullo |
Muñoz, Jr. |
White of Tyler |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 574 was adopted by the House on March 4, |
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2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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