Bill Text: TX HR1731 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Mike Flores on becoming chancellor of the Alamo Colleges District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-27 - Reported enrolled [HR1731 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HR1731-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.R. No. 1731
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
         WHEREAS, Dr. Ruben Michael Flores became the first Latino
  chancellor of the Alamo Colleges District on October 1, 2018; and
         WHEREAS, Since 1999, Mike Flores has served the district in a
  variety of teaching and administrative roles; he was president of
  Palo Alto College from 2012 to 2018, and under his leadership, the
  school received the 2015 Texas Award for Performance Excellence and
  became a finalist for the prestigious 2019 Aspen Prize for
  Community College Excellence; in addition, he has developed new
  degree and certificate programs in high-growth, high-wage career
  areas, as well as many early college high school/pre-college
  partnerships, and he also established the Center for Mexican
  American Studies; earning a host of accolades for his work in
  increasing student success, he has been an Achieving the Dream
  coach and a Fellow with both the American Council on Education and
  the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities; moreover, he
  has presented at numerous national higher education conferences;
  and
         WHEREAS, Dr. Flores holds a bachelor's degree from The
  University of Texas at San Antonio, a master's degree from Illinois
  State University, and a Ph.D. in educational administration from
  The University of Texas at Austin, and he completed additional
  postgraduate work at the Harvard University Institute for
  Educational Management; in all his endeavors, he is supported by
  the love and encouragement of his wife, Martha, and their two
  daughters, Mara Zoe and Mia Ximena; he is fulfilling the dream of
  his late father, Ruben Dario Flores, a former migrant worker who
  rose to become a dean of San Antonio College and who hoped that his
  son would serve as chancellor one day; and
         WHEREAS, Throughout his tenure with the Alamo Colleges
  District, Mike Flores has advanced the quality and expanded the
  accessibility of higher education, and his passion for excellence
  will continue to make an even greater impact on the institution;
  now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
  Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Mike Flores on becoming
  chancellor of the Alamo Colleges District and extend to him sincere
  best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Dr. Flores as an expression of high regard by the Texas
  House of Representatives.
 
  Martinez Fischer
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 1731 was adopted by the House on May
  24, 2019, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
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