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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Students, faculty, and members of the |
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administration of Prairie View A&M University are visiting the |
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State Capitol on February 25, 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, Prairie View A&M University dates back to 1876, |
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during the Reconstruction Era, when the 15th Texas Legislature |
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established a school known as the "Alta Vista Agricultural and |
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Mechanical College of Texas for Colored Youth"; the first students |
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enrolled in 1878, and a normal school for training teachers, the |
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state's first coeducational public institution of higher learning, |
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was created by the legislature the following year; the normal |
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school and the agricultural and mechanical college were combined by |
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the 20th Legislature in 1887; and |
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WHEREAS, The institution expanded its curriculum to four |
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years in 1901 and began offering intercollegiate athletics three |
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years later; a cooperative agricultural extension program was added |
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in 1914, and establishment of the Army Reserve Officer Training |
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Corps followed in 1917; during the 1920s, the school introduced the |
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first baccalaureate degrees and a school of nursing, took part in |
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the organization of the Southwest Athletic Conference, and |
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initiated the Prairie View Interscholastic League for African |
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American high schools, which later merged with the University |
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Interscholastic League; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1937, a graduate school was established at |
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Prairie View; the school began a program for commissioning U.S. |
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Army officers in 1943 and naval reserve officers in 1968; five |
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commissioned officers from the school's army training corps have |
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gone on to become three-star generals, and three officers from its |
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navy training corps have become admirals; and |
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WHEREAS, Voters approved a state constitutional amendment in |
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1984 that recognized Prairie View A&M as "an institution of the |
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first class" and restructured the state's Permanent University Fund |
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to include Prairie View as a beneficiary; in addition, the |
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legislature established the Texas Institute for the Preservation of |
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History and Culture at Prairie View in 1999; the school launched its |
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first doctoral program, in juvenile justice, in 2001 and has since |
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added others in electrical engineering, juvenile forensic |
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psychology, and education leadership; and |
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WHEREAS, With the administration now led by president |
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Dr. Ruth J. Simmons, the university serves an enrollment of over |
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9,000 students, and Texas benefits from the contributions of the |
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school's 70,000 alumni; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to achieving excellence in teaching, |
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research, and service, Prairie View A&M seeks to provide students |
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with a quality educational experience that reflects its values of |
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access, accountability, diversity, leadership, relevance, and |
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social responsibility; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize February 25, 2019, as Prairie View A&M |
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University Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those |
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associated with the university sincere best wishes for the future. |
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Bell of Montgomery |
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Bonnen of Brazoria |
Guerra |
Oliverson |
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Allison |
Gutierrez |
Pacheco |
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Bell of Kaufman |
Hinojosa |
Phelan |
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Bell of Montgomery |
Holland |
Price |
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Bonnen of Galveston |
E. Johnson of Dallas |
Rodriguez |
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Bowers |
J. Johnson of Dallas |
Romero, Jr. |
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Buckley |
Johnson of Harris |
Rose |
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Burns |
King of Hemphill |
Sanford |
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Burrows |
King of Parker |
Schaefer |
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Button |
King of Uvalde |
Shaheen |
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Calanni |
Krause |
Sherman, Sr. |
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Capriglione |
Lambert |
Smith |
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Coleman |
Larson |
Stephenson |
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Craddick |
Longoria |
Swanson |
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Davis of Dallas |
Martinez |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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Davis of Harris |
Martinez Fischer |
Thompson of Harris |
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Dominguez |
Meza |
Turner of Dallas |
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Dutton |
Middleton |
Turner of Tarrant |
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González of Dallas |
Nevárez |
Zerwas |
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González of El Paso |
Noble |
Zwiener |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 541 was adopted by the House on February |
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25, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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