85R11633 KSM-F
 
  By: Frullo 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.