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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The students, faculty, and staff of Alvin Community |
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College are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the college's |
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founding in 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, Established on November 2, 1948, as part of Alvin |
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High School, Alvin Community College began its inaugural school |
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year the following September with a class of 134; in order to meet |
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the growing needs of its students, the college moved to a separate |
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facility, and it eventually relocated to its current campus in |
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1963; having separated from the Alvin Independent School District |
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in 1971, the Alvin Junior College District nearly doubled its |
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service area a few years later and continued to expand with the |
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founding of the Pearland Center in 1998; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, ACC boasts a student body of nearly 5,000 and |
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more than 50 associate's degree and certificate programs, including |
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those in a wide range of allied health and industrial fields; the |
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college also offers dual-credit courses, and each year, over 200 |
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students graduate from high school with an associate's degree |
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through ACC; moreover, the college maintains articulation |
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agreements with a number of universities to allow students to |
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transition directly into bachelor's degree programs, and it was the |
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first Texas community college to create a law enforcement training |
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academy and to educate inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal |
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Justice; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the years, ACC has received a number of |
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accolades, including a Lifetime Achievement in Business Award from |
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the Alvin-Manvel Area Chamber of Commerce and a Partnership Award |
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for Community College Engagement from the Texas Workforce |
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Commission, and it was named a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the |
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U.S. Department of Education; and |
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WHEREAS, For three quarters of a century, Alvin Community |
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College has provided students with important opportunities in |
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higher education, and in so doing, it has enriched the lives of |
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countless Texans; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 75th anniversary of Alvin |
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Community College and extend to all those associated with the |
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college sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Alvin Community College as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |