Bill Text: TX HR395 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the University of North Texas Graduate Student Council on the occasion of its 2015 Legislative Action Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR395 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR395-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 395 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Members of the University of North Texas Graduate | ||
| Student Council are visiting the State Capitol on April 10, 2015, to | ||
| participate in their Legislative Action Day; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1968, the GSC was founded to secure formal | ||
| avenues of communication among representatives of the graduate | ||
| student body, the dean of the graduate school, and the graduate | ||
| council; members strive to improve the graduate student experience | ||
| by working with UNT offices and with administrators, faculty, and | ||
| staff; moreover, the organization has engaged in advocacy efforts | ||
| at the national level through membership in the National | ||
| Association of Graduate-Professional Students; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The GSC has been involved in a number of important | ||
| matters over the past few years, including UNT budget hearings, | ||
| efforts to avoid cuts in library funding, and the selection process | ||
| for the new UNT president; the organization sponsors New Graduate | ||
| Student Orientation and Graduate Exhibition, it is encouraging a | ||
| university-wide policy to benefit graduate students who are new | ||
| parents, and it is seeking official representation on the Student | ||
| Service Fee Committee that governs approximately $12 million of | ||
| student fee money; additionally, during its inaugural Legislative | ||
| Action Day, it is hosting advocacy training for graduate students; | ||
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| WHEREAS, The group's members have demonstrated a strong | ||
| commitment to maintaining the Lone Star State's status as a | ||
| national leader in higher education, and their endeavors indeed | ||
| merit special recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor the University of North Texas Graduate | ||
| Student Council on the occasion of its 2015 Legislative Action Day | ||
| at the State Capitol and extend to the members of the council | ||
| sincere best wishes for a productive and enjoyable visit to Austin; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the GSC as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Crownover | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 395 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 19, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
