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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 318
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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 |
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State; and |
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WHEREAS, The system, governed by a nine-member board of |
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regents and Chancellor Robert L. Duncan, consists of Texas Tech |
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University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Angelo |
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State University, and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center |
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at El Paso; the system is a $2 billion enterprise currently |
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educating more than 51,000 students, conducting approximately $225 |
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million in research expenditures annually, and counting nearly |
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325,000 alumni; the system also has an endowment of over $1 billion |
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and some 20,000 faculty and staff who are focused on advancing |
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higher education, health care, research, and outreach across the |
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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 |
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a major comprehensive research university led by President |
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Lawrence Schovanec; by enrolling more than 36,000 students in 10 |
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colleges and two schools, Texas Tech University has set a new |
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fall enrollment record for the past eight years, an enrollment |
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increase of 23 percent since 2007; with the goal of being one of |
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the nation's premier research institutions, the university |
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increased its total research expenditures to $166 million in |
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2016, which was up more than 20 percent since 2012; additionally, |
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the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education |
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listed Texas Tech University in its Highest Research Activity |
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category, elevating the university as one of 115 Tier One |
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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 the center has trained more than 24,000 |
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health care professionals; overseen by Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell, |
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center enrolls more than |
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4,600 students and has dedicated more than $260 million in |
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research expenditures in the past five years, with significant |
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studies in such areas 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 meets the health care needs of more than 2.7 million people |
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who live throughout a vast 108-county area; and |
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WHEREAS, Joining the system in 2007, Angelo State |
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University enrolls more than 9,600 students in six colleges and |
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is directed by President Brian J. May; designated as a Hispanic |
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Serving Institution, Angelo State University was the first |
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university in the state to offer a degree in computer science and |
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has been named to The Princeton Review's Best Colleges list for |
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the past eight consecutive years; what is unique to Angelo State |
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University is its Carr Scholarship program, which is funded by |
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one of the largest endowments at a regional university in the |
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United States, thus making scholarships possible for one of every |
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three of its students; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at |
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El Paso became a stand-alone health science center in 2013, |
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making it the fourth and newest member of the Texas Tech |
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University System; Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center |
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at El Paso is composed of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, |
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the Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing, and the Graduate School |
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of Biomedical Sciences; headed by Dr. Richard Lange, the center |
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has enrolled more than 600 students, is home to the first medical |
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school on the nation's southern border, and conducts important |
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research focused on cancer, diabetes and obesity, infectious |
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diseases, and the neurosciences; and |
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WHEREAS, Through its 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, the |
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system has contributed to the remarkable achievements of the |
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state as a whole; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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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 |
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welcome to all those from the system who are visiting here today. |
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Perry, Buckingham, |
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Campbell, Rodríguez, |
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Seliger, West |
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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 1, 2017. |
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Secretary of the Senate |