SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 310
         WHEREAS, Distinguished representatives of the Texas Tech
  University System are gathering at the State Capitol on March 4,
  2015, to celebrate the system's vital role in the Lone Star
  State; and
 
         WHEREAS, The Texas Tech University System, governed by a
  nine-member Board of Regents and Chancellor Robert L. Duncan,
  consists of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health
  Sciences Center, Angelo State University, and Texas Tech
  University Health Sciences Center at El Paso; the system is a
  $1.7 billion enterprise that currently educates nearly 47,000
  students, conducts a wide range of studies with more than
  $200 million in research expenditures annually, and counts
  approximately 290,000 alumni; the system also has an endowment of
  more than $1 billion and some 17,000 faculty and staff members
  who are focused on advancing higher education, health care,
  research, and outreach across the state; and
 
         WHEREAS, Each component of the system provides innovative
  educational and research opportunities; Texas Tech University is
  a major comprehensive research university, led by President
  M. Duane Nellis; enrolling more than 35,000 students in 10
  colleges and two schools, Texas Tech University has set a new
  fall enrollment record for the past eight years, increasing 25
  percent since 2007; with the goal of being one of the nation's
  premier research institutions, the university had more than
  $153 million in total research expenditures in 2014; additionally,
  10 faculty members were awarded grants from the Fulbright United
  States Scholar Program in 2013, the most of any research
  university in the nation; and
 
         WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is
  composed of five schools in various health care disciplines,
  including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, allied health sciences,
  and biomedical sciences, and has trained more than 20,000 health
  care professionals; overseen by Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell, the health
  sciences center enrolls more than 4,500 students and has tripled
  its research expenditures over the past five years with
  significant studies underway in areas such as aging, cancer,
  reproduction, and genetic diseases; the university also
  graduates more health care professionals than any other
  health-related institution in Texas and meets the health care
  needs of more than 2.5 million people who live throughout a vast
  108-county area; and
 
         WHEREAS, Angelo State University, which joined the system
  in 2007, currently enrolls nearly 6,500 students in five colleges
  and is directed by President Brian J. May; Angelo State
  University was the first university in the state to offer a
  degree in computer science and has been named to the Princeton
  Review's "Best Colleges" list for the past six consecutive years;
  unique to Angelo State University, its Carr Scholarship program
  is funded by one of the largest endowments at a regional
  university in the United States, thus making scholarships
  possible for one of every five of its students; and
 
         WHEREAS, As the fourth and newest member of the system,
  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso became a
  comprehensive health-related institution in 2013 and includes
  the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, the Gayle Greve Hunt
  School of Nursing, and a regional Graduate School of Biomedical
  Sciences; headed by Dr. Richard A. Lange, the university
  enrolled nearly 500 students, is home to the first medical school
  on the nation's southern border, and conducts important research
  focused on cancer, diabetes and obesity, infectious diseases,
  and neurosciences; and
 
         WHEREAS, Through its missions, the Texas Tech University
  System and its four component institutions continue to better the
  higher education and health care landscapes, and in so doing, the
  system has contributed to the remarkable achievements of the
  state as a whole; now, therefore, be it
 
         RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
  Legislature, hereby recognize March 4, 2015, as Texas Tech
  University System Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm
  welcome to all those from the system who are visiting on this day.
 
  Perry
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
        I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on March 4, 2015.
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate