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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The celebration of Texas Southern University Day at |
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the State Capitol on March 2, 2015, provides an ideal opportunity to |
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recognize this noteworthy institution; 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 became 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, TSU is one of the largest of the historically |
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black universities in the United States; located in Houston's Third |
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Ward, it currently boasts an enrollment of nearly 10,000 students |
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from throughout the country and around the world, and it employs |
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some 1,400 faculty and staff; and |
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WHEREAS, Committed to serving students of varied cultural, |
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religious, educational, and economic backgrounds, the university |
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offers over 80 undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, |
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and it is home to the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, which 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; in addition to its emphasis on pharmacy and |
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education, TSU offers a wide range of specialized programs, |
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including the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public |
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Affairs, the Jesse H. Jones School of Business, the Center for |
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Excellence in Urban Education, the Center on the Family, and the |
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Center for Transportation Training and Research; 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 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize March 2, 2015, as Texas Southern |
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University Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those |
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associated with the school sincere best wishes for continued |
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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. |
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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 |
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Morrison |
White of Bell |
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Frullo |
Muñoz, Jr. |
White of Tyler |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 751 was adopted by the House on March 2, |
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2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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