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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. |