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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Monica Reyes of The University of Texas Rio Grande |
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Valley has received a 2020 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award from |
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The University of Texas System Board of Regents; and |
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WHEREAS, The Outstanding Teaching Award is one of the most |
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prestigious honors for teaching excellence in the nation, and this |
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year, 27 faculty members from the UT System's 14 academic and health |
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institutions are being recognized as exceptional educators; |
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selected through a nominating process that relies on student and |
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peer faculty evaluations, each honoree receives a certificate, a |
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medallion, and $25,000; Dr. Reyes is one of two UTRGV faculty |
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members to receive a 2020 award; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of the Rio Grande Valley, Monica Reyes |
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earned an associate degree in psychology, a bachelor's degree in |
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English, and a master's degree in English from The University of |
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Texas at Brownsville, and she completed her Ph.D. in English at Old |
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Dominion University in August 2020; she began her career in |
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education in 2004 as a teacher for the Brownsville Independent |
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School District, and she went on to join the faculty of the |
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Department of English at Texas Southmost College; since 2015, she |
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has served as a lecturer in the UTRGV Department of Writing and |
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Language Studies; and |
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WHEREAS, With her receipt of a Regents' Outstanding Teaching |
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Award, Monica Reyes joins an elite group of educators who have |
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excelled at helping students broaden their intellectual horizons |
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and prepare themselves for future success, and her efforts have |
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contributed greatly to the academic mission of the UT System; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Monica Reyes on her receipt of a |
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2020 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award from The University of |
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Texas System Board of Regents and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for continued success with her important work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Reyes as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Canales |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 371 was adopted by the House on March |
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25, 2021, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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