Bill Text: TX HR358 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing March 21, 2023, as Angelo State University Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR358 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR358-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing March 21, 2023, as Angelo State University Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR358 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR358-Introduced.html
88R15076 EME-D | ||
By: Darby | H.R. No. 358 |
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WHEREAS, A delegation from Angelo State University is | ||
visiting Austin on March 21, 2023, in celebration of Angelo State | ||
University Day at the State Capitol; and | ||
WHEREAS, Founded as San Angelo Junior College, ASU opened its | ||
doors in 1928 with an initial enrollment of 112 students, and its | ||
first graduating class consisted of six students; in the 1930s, the | ||
school changed its name to San Angelo College, and it evolved into a | ||
four-year, state-supported university during the 1960s; the school | ||
adopted the name Angelo State College in 1965 and Angelo State | ||
University in 1969; it was part of the Texas State University System | ||
from 1963 to 2007, when it joined the Texas Tech University System; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, ASU serves more than 10,500 students and | ||
employs some 900 faculty and staff members, who benefit from the | ||
able leadership of President Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr.; it offers a wide | ||
range of undergraduate and graduate programs with more than 100 | ||
majors and concentrations, including an essential and rapidly | ||
expanding commercial aviation program, across its six colleges, | ||
which encompass health and human services, arts and humanities, | ||
education, science and engineering, business, and graduate studies | ||
and research; in addition, the school established the ASU | ||
Distinguished Scholarship Program, which is funded by one of the | ||
largest endowments at a U.S. regional university; and | ||
WHEREAS, Among its many achievements, ASU has been ranked as | ||
one of the nation's best colleges by The Princeton Review every year | ||
since 2010; it has also been named a Hispanic-Serving Institution | ||
by the U.S. Department of Education and a Military Friendly School | ||
by G.I.Jobs magazine; ASU has more than 49,000 alumni around the | ||
globe; and | ||
WHEREAS, For almost nine and a half decades, Angelo State | ||
University has played an important role in higher education in the | ||
Lone Star State, and its graduates continue to achieve success and | ||
make significant contributions in numerous fields of endeavor; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize March 21, 2023, as Angelo State | ||
University Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the | ||
school's visiting delegation. |