Bill Text: TX HR371 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Monica Reyes on her receipt of a 2020 UT Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-05 - Reported enrolled [HR371 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR371-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 371 |
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WHEREAS, Monica Reyes of The University of Texas Rio Grande | ||
Valley has received a 2020 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award from | ||
The University of Texas System Board of Regents; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Outstanding Teaching Award is one of the most | ||
prestigious honors for teaching excellence in the nation, and this | ||
year, 27 faculty members from the UT System's 14 academic and health | ||
institutions are being recognized as exceptional educators; | ||
selected through a nominating process that relies on student and | ||
peer faculty evaluations, each honoree receives a certificate, a | ||
medallion, and $25,000; Dr. Reyes is one of two UTRGV faculty | ||
members to receive a 2020 award; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of the Rio Grande Valley, Monica Reyes | ||
earned an associate degree in psychology, a bachelor's degree in | ||
English, and a master's degree in English from The University of | ||
Texas at Brownsville, and she completed her Ph.D. in English at Old | ||
Dominion University in August 2020; she began her career in | ||
education in 2004 as a teacher for the Brownsville Independent | ||
School District, and she went on to join the faculty of the | ||
Department of English at Texas Southmost College; since 2015, she | ||
has served as a lecturer in the UTRGV Department of Writing and | ||
Language Studies; and | ||
WHEREAS, With her receipt of a Regents' Outstanding Teaching | ||
Award, Monica Reyes joins an elite group of educators who have | ||
excelled at helping students broaden their intellectual horizons | ||
and prepare themselves for future success, and her efforts have | ||
contributed greatly to the academic mission of the UT System; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Monica Reyes on her receipt of a | ||
2020 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award from The University of | ||
Texas System Board of Regents and extend to her sincere best wishes | ||
for continued success with her important work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Reyes as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Canales | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 371 was adopted by the House on March | ||
25, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||