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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Distinguished representatives of the Texas Tech |
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University System are gathering at the State Capitol on March 1, |
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2017, to celebrate the system's vital role in the Lone Star State; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Tech University System, governed by its |
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board of regents and Chancellor Robert L. Duncan, consists of Texas |
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Tech University, Angelo State University, and the Texas Tech |
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University Health Sciences Centers at Lubbock and El Paso; the |
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system is a $2 billion enterprise currently educating more than |
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51,000 students, averaging approximately $225 million in research |
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expenditures annually, and counting nearly 325,000 alumni; in |
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addition, it has an endowment of over $1 billion and some 20,000 |
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faculty and staff focused on advancing higher education, health |
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care, research, and outreach across the state; and |
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WHEREAS, Each component of the system provides innovative |
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educational and research opportunities; Texas Tech University is a |
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major comprehensive research university, led by President Lawrence |
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Schovanec; enrolling more than 36,000 students in 10 colleges and |
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two schools, TTU has set a new fall enrollment record for the past |
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eight years, and it has seen an enrollment increase of 23 percent |
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since 2007; with the goal of being one of the nation's premier |
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research institutions, the university's total expenditures in that |
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area have increased to $166 million in 2016, up more than 20 percent |
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since 2012; additionally, the Carnegie Classification of |
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Institutions of Higher Education listed Texas Tech in its Highest |
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Research Activity category, elevating the university as one of the |
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115 Tier One research institutions in the nation; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is |
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composed of five schools in various health care disciplines, |
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including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, health professions, and |
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biomedical sciences, and has trained more than 24,000 health care |
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professionals; overseen by Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell, TTUHSC enrolls |
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more than 4,600 students and has dedicated more than $260 million in |
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research expenditures over the past five years, with significant |
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studies in areas such as aging, cancer, reproduction, and genetic |
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diseases; the university also graduates more health care |
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professionals than any other health-related institution in Texas |
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and addresses the medical needs of more than 2.7 million people who |
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live throughout a vast 108-county area; and |
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WHEREAS, Joining the system in 2007, Angelo State University |
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enrolls more than 9,600 students in six colleges and is directed by |
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President Brian J. May; designated a Hispanic Serving Institution, |
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ASU was the first university in the state to offer a degree in |
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computer science and has been named to the Princeton Review's "Best |
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Colleges" list for the past eight consecutive years; unique to ASU, |
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its Carr Scholarship program is funded by one of the largest |
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endowments at a regional university in the United States, thus |
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making scholarships attainable by one of every three of its |
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students; and |
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WHEREAS, The fourth and newest member of the system, Texas |
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Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso became a |
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comprehensive health-related institution in 2013 and encompasses |
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the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, the Gayle Greve Hunt School |
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of Nursing, and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; headed |
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by Dr. Richard A. Lange, the university has enrolled more than 600 |
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students, is home to the first medical school on the nation's |
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southern border, and conducts important research focused on cancer, |
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diabetes and obesity, infectious diseases, and neurosciences; and |
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WHEREAS, Through their missions, the Texas Tech University |
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System and its four component institutions continue to better the |
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higher education and health care landscapes, and in so doing, they |
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are contributing to the remarkable achievements of the state as a |
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whole; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize March 1, 2017, as Texas Tech |
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University System Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome |
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to all those from the system who are visiting here today. |