H.R. No. 624

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Distinguished representatives of the Texas Tech
	University System are gathering at the State Capitol on March 1,
	2017, to celebrate the system's vital role in the Lone Star State;
	and
	WHEREAS, The Texas Tech University System, governed by its
	board of regents and Chancellor Robert L. Duncan, consists of Texas
	Tech University, Angelo State University, and the Texas Tech
	University Health Sciences Centers at Lubbock and El Paso; the
	system is a $2 billion enterprise currently educating more than
	51,000 students, averaging approximately $225 million in research
	expenditures annually, and counting nearly 325,000 alumni; in
	addition, it has an endowment of over $1 billion and some 20,000
	faculty and staff 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 Lawrence
	Schovanec; enrolling more than 36,000 students in 10 colleges and
	two schools, TTU has set a new fall enrollment record for the past
	eight years, and it has seen an enrollment increase of 23 percent
	since 2007; with the goal of being one of the nation's premier
	research institutions, the university's total expenditures in that
	area have increased to $166 million in 2016, up more than 20 percent
	since 2012; additionally, the Carnegie Classification of
	Institutions of Higher Education listed Texas Tech in its Highest
	Research Activity category, elevating the university as one of the
	115 Tier One research institutions 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, health professions, and
	biomedical sciences, and has trained more than 24,000 health care
	professionals; overseen by Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell, TTUHSC enrolls
	more than 4,600 students and has dedicated more than $260 million in
	research expenditures over the past five years, with significant
	studies 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 addresses the medical needs of more than 2.7 million people who
	live throughout a vast 108-county area; and
	WHEREAS, Joining the system in 2007, Angelo State University
	enrolls more than 9,600 students in six colleges and is directed by
	President Brian J. May; designated a Hispanic Serving Institution,
	ASU 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 eight consecutive years; unique to ASU,
	its Carr Scholarship program is funded by one of the largest
	endowments at a regional university in the United States, thus
	making scholarships attainable by one of every three of its
	students; and
	WHEREAS, 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 encompasses
	the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, the Gayle Greve Hunt School
	of Nursing, and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; headed
	by Dr. Richard A. Lange, the university has enrolled more than 600
	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 their 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, they
	are contributing to the remarkable achievements of the state as a
	whole; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize March 1, 2017, as Texas Tech
	University System Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome
	to all those from the system who are visiting here today.
	Frullo Burrows
	Holland King of Hemphill
	Craddick Darby
	González of El Paso Lambert
	Landgraf Moody
	Murr Pickett
	Price Roberts
	Stephenson
	Straus Goldman Oliverson
	Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega
	Alonzo González of El Paso Paddie
	Alvarado Gooden Parker
	Anchia Guerra Paul
	Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez
	Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan
	Arévalo Hefner Phillips
	Ashby Hernandez Pickett
	Bailes Herrero Price
	Bell Hinojosa Raney
	Bernal Holland Raymond
	Biedermann Howard Reynolds
	Blanco Huberty Rinaldi
	Bohac Hunter Roberts
	Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar
	Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis
	Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
	Burns Johnson of Harris Rose
	Burrows Kacal Sanford
	Button Keough Schaefer
	Cain King of Hemphill Schofield
	Canales King of Parker Schubert
	Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen
	Clardy Klick Sheffield
	Coleman Koop Shine
	Collier Krause Simmons
	Cook Kuempel Smithee
	Cortez Lambert Springer
	Cosper Landgraf Stephenson
	Craddick Lang Stickland
	Cyrier Larson Stucky
	Dale Laubenberg Swanson
	Darby Leach Thierry
	Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria
	Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris
	Dean Lucio III Tinderholt
	Deshotel Martinez Turner
	Dukes Metcalf Uresti
	Dutton Meyer VanDeaver
	Elkins Miller Villalba
	Faircloth Minjarez Vo
	Fallon Moody Walle
	Farrar Morrison White
	Flynn Muñoz, Jr. Wilson
	Frank Murphy Workman
	Frullo Murr Wray
	Geren Neave Wu
	Gervin-Hawkins Nevárez Zedler
	Giddings Oliveira Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 624 was adopted by the House on March 1,
	2017, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House