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