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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Evan C. Walker of the U.S. Military Academy has been |
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selected as a Rhodes Scholar for 2021, and her receipt of this |
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prestigious international scholarship is yet another milestone in |
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the academic career of this impressive young woman; and |
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WHEREAS, Rhodes Scholars are invited to pursue a postgraduate |
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degree at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, one of the |
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great universities of the world; Ms. Walker is one of only two |
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students from Texas to receive the scholarship this year, and she is |
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the first alumnus of the Garland Independent School District to be |
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so honored; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Rowlett, Ms. Walker is in her final year |
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as a distinguished cadet at the United States Military Academy at |
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West Point, where she is a regimental commander, president of the |
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Elevation Initiative, which encourages minority cadets to pursue |
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leadership positions, and captain of the Army Boxing Team; she is |
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the 2019 champion of the National Collegiate Boxing Association |
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East Regional Competition in Bristol, Connecticut, and that same |
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year, she took second place in her weight class at the NCBA National |
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Competition in Reno, Nevada; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Walker is a member of West Point's Excel |
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Scholars Program and the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society, |
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and she is majoring in operations research, focusing on statistics |
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and linear algebra; her thesis analyzes the demographics of |
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promotion and attrition among field grade officers in the U.S. |
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Army; at Oxford, she plans to pursue a master of philosophy in |
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comparative social policy with a concentration on the intersection |
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between policy and inequalities in the workplace; and |
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WHEREAS, Evan Walker has inspired innumerable people through |
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her diligence, strength of character, and commitment to serve, and |
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as she prepares for the next exciting chapter of her educational |
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career, she may indeed look forward to a future bright with promise; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Evan C. Walker on her selection as a 2021 |
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Rhodes Scholar and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Walker as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Bowers |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 281 was adopted by the House on March |
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18, 2021, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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