Bill Text: TX SR174 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing February 15, 2023, as Orange and Maroon Legislative Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 19-12)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-15 - Reported enrolled [SR174 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR174-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing February 15, 2023, as Orange and Maroon Legislative Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 19-12)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-15 - Reported enrolled [SR174 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR174-Introduced.html
2023S0113-1 02/10/23 | ||
By: Creighton | S.R. No. 174 |
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WHEREAS, Longhorns and Aggies are uniting at the State | ||
Capitol on February 15, 2023, to celebrate The University of | ||
Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University with Orange and Maroon | ||
Legislative Day, a day when the state's two largest universities | ||
celebrate their work to promote higher education in the State of | ||
Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, Alumni from the two institutions total more than | ||
1.15 million, and The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M | ||
University had a combined enrollment of more than 127,000 | ||
students in the fall of 2022, with more than 33,000 students | ||
receiving degrees in 2022; the schools include superb museums and | ||
libraries, including the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library | ||
and Museum and the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and | ||
Museum, and both universities are renowned for their exceptional | ||
research, grants and productivity, with combined annual research | ||
expenditures of over $1.93 billion; and | ||
WHEREAS, The teaching and research missions of The | ||
University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University benefit | ||
the State of Texas through the cultivation of informed and | ||
engaged citizens, and they drive economic prosperity through | ||
technological innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, improved | ||
health care, and scientific breakthroughs, including the | ||
development of a new clot-busting medication at The University of | ||
Texas at Austin that can reduce by half the risk of brain bleeding | ||
in stroke patients as well as the discovery of new biological | ||
technologies at Texas A&M University to fight pathogens that | ||
infect Texas crops and cost the United States agricultural | ||
industry billions of dollars each year; and | ||
WHEREAS, Researchers from The University of Texas at | ||
Austin and Texas A&M University explore, discover, and innovate | ||
in the sciences, arts, and humanities and have been granted | ||
numerous patents; as tier one research institutions, both | ||
universities provide students with valuable opportunities for | ||
applied learning with guidance from outstanding faculty across | ||
the disciplines, and as Hispanic-serving institutions, both | ||
universities broaden access to higher education for historically | ||
underserved populations; and | ||
WHEREAS, Both universities serve as important cultural | ||
centers, engaging Texans in the visual and performing arts and | ||
other creative endeavors, and they promote athletics and | ||
physical education, inspiring Texans to stay active and to | ||
support student-athletes; and | ||
WHEREAS, The combined faculties feature five Nobel | ||
laureates and more than 100 National Academy members, and among | ||
the enrolled students are National Merit scholars, Rhodes | ||
scholars, Olympic gold medalists, military service veterans, and | ||
many of the Lone Star State's most outstanding students; in | ||
addition, the two universities offer more than 500 graduate | ||
degree programs and an extraordinary range of postgraduate | ||
opportunities; and | ||
WHEREAS, The two institutions have proven records of | ||
support for our nation's military and have commissioned tens of | ||
thousands of uniformed officers throughout their storied | ||
histories; both schools enroll hundreds of veterans each | ||
semester and are committed to offering new opportunities to our | ||
nation's bravest and to providing supportive, military-friendly | ||
environments; and | ||
WHEREAS, The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M | ||
University have positioned themselves as preeminent institutions | ||
of higher education on the state, national, and international | ||
levels, and Texans are fortunate to have access to these two | ||
excellent state university systems; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby recognize February 15, 2023, as Orange and | ||
Maroon Legislative Day and commend students and alumni from The | ||
University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University for their | ||
commitment to supporting higher education in the Lone Star State; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in | ||
honor of this special occasion. |