Bill Text: TX HR235 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing February 19, 2015, as Stephen F. Austin State University Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR235 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR235-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing February 19, 2015, as Stephen F. Austin State University Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR235 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR235-Introduced.html
84R6892 EEY-D | ||
By: Clardy | H.R. No. 235 |
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WHEREAS, Members of the university's Student Government | ||
Association, faculty, staff, and alumni have gathered in Austin to | ||
celebrate Stephen F. Austin State University Day at the State | ||
Capitol and to commemorate the 91st anniversary of this historic | ||
institution of higher learning; and | ||
WHEREAS, Stephen F. Austin State University was established | ||
as a teachers college in September 1923, and although it has greatly | ||
expanded its educational scope in the decades since, it continues | ||
to graduate exceptionally well-prepared classroom teachers, | ||
coaches, and administrators; it also is home to the Arthur Temple | ||
College of Forestry and Agriculture, the Richard and Lucille DeWitt | ||
School of Nursing, the Nelson Rusche College of Business, and the | ||
James I. Perkins College of Education; and | ||
WHEREAS, The university's enrollment has increased steadily | ||
during the past 10 years, and the student population reflects the | ||
general diversity of the Lone Star State; additionally, about half | ||
of all recent graduates are from the first generation in their | ||
families to attend college; and | ||
WHEREAS, The university continues to serve the population of | ||
East Texas while also drawing large numbers of students from both | ||
the greater Houston metropolitan area and the Dallas-Fort Worth | ||
Metroplex; moreover, the campus is a center for cultural, | ||
educational, and recreational activities for the residents of the | ||
Nacogdoches area, with the 136-acre Stephen F. Austin State | ||
University Gardens being one of the highlights enjoyed by visitors; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, For more than nine decades, members of the Stephen | ||
F. Austin State University community have been making important | ||
contributions to Texas and the world beyond, most recently with the | ||
SFA Lumberjack basketball team capturing the hearts of basketball | ||
fans all over the country with a spirited performance in the NCAA | ||
Tournament, and it is most fitting that the university be honored on | ||
this special day; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize February 19, 2015, as Stephen | ||
F. Austin State University Day at the State Capitol and extend to | ||
the visiting delegation sincere best wishes for a memorable and | ||
meaningful visit to Austin. |