Bill Text: TX HR46 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Sharron Forest on her receipt of a 2023 Outstanding Teaching Award from The University of Texas System Board of Regents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-02 - Reported enrolled [HR46 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR46-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 46 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Sharron Forest, director of the Doctor of | ||
| Nursing Practice program at The University of Texas Medical Branch | ||
| at Galveston, has received a 2023 Regents' Outstanding Teaching | ||
| Award from The University of Texas System Board of Regents; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established in 2008, this prestigious accolade | ||
| recognizes individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary | ||
| classroom performance and innovation in undergraduate instruction; | ||
| each recipient is given a $25,000 cash award in appreciation of | ||
| their contributions to the students and institutions they serve; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Forest holds the Will Bivins Singleton | ||
| Professorship in Pediatric Nursing at UTMB; she has worked in the | ||
| field of neonatal critical care nursing for more than three | ||
| decades, including over 25 years as a neonatal nurse practitioner; | ||
| as director of the DNP program at UTMB's School of Nursing, she | ||
| focuses her research and grant activities on education and health | ||
| care improvement, and her grant-funded projects have included | ||
| initiatives to address tobacco use among youth and mothers, to | ||
| prepare nurse practitioner students to care for underserved | ||
| populations, and to facilitate collaboration between DNP and Ph.D. | ||
| programs; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This highly respected educator received a | ||
| bachelor's degree in nursing from McNeese State University and a | ||
| bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Louisiana State | ||
| University, before obtaining both her DNP and her master's degree | ||
| in nursing from The University of Texas Health Science Center at | ||
| Houston; she is a recipient of a Novice Faculty Didactic Teaching | ||
| Award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, in | ||
| addition to such accolades as the Outstanding DNP Faculty Award and | ||
| the Good Samaritan Foundation's Excellence in Nursing Gold Medal | ||
| Award; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Sharron Forest's dedication and expertise have | ||
| benefited countless students and earned her the lasting respect and | ||
| admiration of her colleagues, and she is truly deserving of this | ||
| notable honor; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Sharron | ||
| Forest on her receipt of a 2023 Outstanding Teaching Award from The | ||
| University of Texas System Board of Regents and extend to her | ||
| sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Dr. Forest as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Leo-Wilson | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 46 was adopted by the House on | ||
| November 1, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
