Bill Text: TX HR782 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Steven Brown of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi for being named a winner at the 2014 University Council of Educational Administration Film Festival.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-19 - Reported enrolled [HR782 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR782-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 782 |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Steven Brown of Texas A&M University-Corpus | ||
Christi was named a winner at the 2014 University Council of | ||
Educational Administration Film Festival in Washington, D.C., in | ||
November 2014; and | ||
WHEREAS, This unique film festival features short films by | ||
faculty members and graduate students in educational | ||
administration; these five-minute videos examine various issues | ||
and aspects of educational leadership, scholarship, and policy; in | ||
2014, 14 winners were selected; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Brown's award-winning film is a five-minute | ||
video clip of his stage play Brown: Thurgood Marshall and Earl | ||
Warren--A Conversation, which was performed in Topeka, Kansas, in | ||
September 2014, when Dr. Brown was named the 2014 Oliver L. Brown | ||
Visiting Scholar for Diversity Issues by the Brown Foundation and | ||
Washburn University; and | ||
WHEREAS, Now an associate professor of educational | ||
leadership in the College of Education at A&M-Corpus Christi, | ||
Dr. Brown worked for many years as a broadcaster for Wisconsin | ||
Public Radio, National Public Radio, and CBS Television; he and his | ||
writing partner Michael Ullstrup have written more than 90 plays | ||
and radio dramas, including And on the Eighth Day: Bryan v. Darrow, | ||
about the Scopes trial, and A Fireside Chat: A Conversation with | ||
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Brown's creativity and innovative approach to | ||
education are truly unique, and he may indeed take great pride in | ||
this prestigious recognition from his professional peers; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Steven Brown for receiving an | ||
award at the 2014 University Council of Educational Administration | ||
Film Festival and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued | ||
success and happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Brown as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Herrero | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 782 was adopted by the House on March | ||
12, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||