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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Brazosport College is celebrating its 50th |
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anniversary during the 2018-2019 school year, and this is a fitting |
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opportunity to take note of its outstanding record of service to the |
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students of southern Brazoria County; and |
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WHEREAS, Originally known as Brazosport Junior College, the |
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school enrolled its first 879 students in the fall of 1968, and it |
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graduated its inaugural class in 1970, when the name was changed to |
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Brazosport College; this venerable institution has benefited from |
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the leadership of four presidents, including Dr. J. R. Jackson, |
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Dr. W. A. Bass, Dr. John R. Grable, and the current president, |
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Dr. Millicent Valek, who has served since 1996; and |
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WHEREAS, Situated on a spacious 156-acre campus in Lake |
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Jackson, Brazosport College has undergone an impressive period of |
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growth over the past two decades; in 2002, the Corporate Learning |
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Center and the Bill and Julia May Children's Center were built, and |
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in 2005, The Clarion music venue was added; in recent years, the |
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school has seen the construction of the BASF Center for Process |
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Technology, the Byron and Sandra Sadler Health Professions/Science |
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Complex, the Dow Academic Center, and a new student pavilion; |
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moreover, the BCPC Welding Technologies Lab and the Freeport LNG |
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Crafts Academy were dedicated in 2016; and |
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WHEREAS, Brazosport College received accreditation as a |
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baccalaureate-level institution in 2004, and it offers four-year |
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programs in industrial and health services management, along with |
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two-year degree and certification programs for a wide variety of |
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careers; its 300 faculty serve the educational needs of 4,000 |
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degree students each semester and 4,000 continuing education |
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students each year, as well as 20,000 participants in business and |
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industry training; and |
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WHEREAS, The Brazosport College Foundation has done |
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outstanding work raising funds for the college, including $5.6 |
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million for the Building a Legacy Campaign in 2002, $5.5 million |
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with the Your College Capital Campaign in 2008, and $3 million with |
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the Crafts Academy Capital Campaign in 2015; in 2013 and 2015, the |
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college was named a Top 10 Community College in the nation by the |
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Aspen Institute, and in 2010, 2013, and 2016, the school was |
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certified as a Leader College by Achieving the Dream; and |
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WHEREAS, For half a century, Brazosport College has remained |
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committed to meeting the educational needs of its students, and the |
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school has played a vital role in helping many Texans build a bright |
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and prosperous future for themselves; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Brazosport College on its 50th |
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anniversary and extend to all those associated with the college |
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sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Brazosport College as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |