| |
|
|
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 227
|
|
|
WHEREAS, Over the course of a century, Midwestern State |
|
|
University in Wichita Falls has distinguished itself as an |
|
|
outstanding educational resource in North Texas; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Established as Wichita Falls Junior College in |
|
|
1922, the school was the second municipal junior college in |
|
|
Texas, and it shared its building and faculty with Wichita Falls |
|
|
High School; in 1937, the school was renamed Hardin Junior |
|
|
College in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hardin, and the Hardin |
|
|
Building, a striking Lombard-Romanesque edifice with a bell |
|
|
tower, became the centerpiece of a new 40-acre campus; during |
|
|
World War II, the college began an affiliation with nearby |
|
|
Sheppard Air Force Base that continues to this day; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, After the war, the school added a senior division |
|
|
and became Hardin College; in 1950, the school was renamed |
|
|
Midwestern University, and in 1959, a graduate school was |
|
|
established; by an act of the 56th Texas Legislature, the |
|
|
university dissolved the junior college division and joined the |
|
|
Texas Colleges and Universities System in 1961, and in 1975, its |
|
|
name was changed to Midwestern State University; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Today, MSU Texas is a dynamic institution of |
|
|
higher learning with 70 buildings on a 255-acre campus, and its |
|
|
diverse population of nearly 5,800 students takes advantage of |
|
|
bachelor's and master's degree programs in the school's six |
|
|
colleges and graduate school; in May 2019, the school |
|
|
dedicated its new, state-of-the-art health sciences facility |
|
|
as Centennial Hall in honor of the 100th anniversary, and in |
|
|
January 2021, the university welcomed its first doctoral |
|
|
students in educational leadership; in September of that same |
|
|
year, MSU Texas became the fifth campus to become part of the |
|
|
Texas Tech University System; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Since its founding a century ago, Midwestern |
|
|
State University has provided generations of Texans with a strong |
|
|
foundation for achievement, and as the university celebrates its |
|
|
milestone anniversary, its students, faculty, staff, and alumni |
|
|
may take great pride in their rich history while looking forward |
|
|
to an exciting future; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
|
|
Legislature, hereby commemorate the centennial of Midwestern State |
|
|
University and extend to all those associated with the school |
|
|
sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
|
|
prepared for the university as an expression of high regard from |
|
|
the Texas Senate. |
|
|
Perry, Springer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
________________________________ |
|
|
|
President of the Senate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I hereby certify that the |
|
|
|
above Resolution was adopted by |
|
|
|
the Senate on Feburary 28, 2023. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
________________________________ |
|
|
|
Secretary of the Senate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
________________________________ |
|
|
|
Member, Texas Senate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
________________________________ |
|
|
|
Member, Texas Senate |