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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Diana R. Garland has deservedly been recognized by |
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the board of trustees of Baylor University with the renaming of the |
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institution's School of Social Work in her honor; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Garland joined the Baylor College of Arts and |
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Sciences faculty as a professor of social work in 1997; in 1999, the |
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program became a separate department, and she served as chair for |
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four years before being named the inaugural dean of the newly |
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established School of Social Work in 2005; and |
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WHEREAS, In that important position, Ms. Garland has |
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overseen many impressive developments, including the expansion of |
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the full-time faculty from 5 to 20 members, the creation of a Ph.D. |
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program, and the relocation of the school to its own building in |
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downtown Waco; moreover, the school was recognized in the 2012 list |
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of the Best Graduate Schools published by U.S. News & World Report, |
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and in the fall of 2015, it is opening a Houston campus, which will |
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offer a master of social work degree; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Garland is concluding her notable tenure as dean |
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on June 1, 2015, at which time she will resume her role as a faculty |
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member; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her leadership, vision, and dedication, |
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Ms. Garland has significantly benefited the Baylor School of Social |
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Work, and she has earned the lasting respect and admiration of |
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colleagues, faculty, and students alike; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Diana R. Garland on having the |
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Baylor University Diana R. Garland School of Social Work named in |
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her honor and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Garland as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |