Bill Text: TX HR922 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Dr. Margaret Rice for her contributions to the University of Houston-Victoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-05 - Reported enrolled [HR922 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR922-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 922 |
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WHEREAS, Margaret Rice has made invaluable contributions to | ||
the University of Houston-Victoria as an administrator, professor, | ||
and community member; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Rice began her career with UHV in 1999, when she | ||
accepted a position as director of the university's Letting | ||
Education Achieve Dreams program; in that role, she worked | ||
tirelessly to increase college enrollment from historically | ||
underrepresented groups in the UHV service area; she went on to | ||
become executive director of student services and regional outreach | ||
and then chief of staff, and in 2011 she was named interim associate | ||
vice president for community relations; she retired in 2016 as the | ||
special assistant to the provost and as a professor in the School of | ||
Education, Health Professions, and Human Development; and | ||
WHEREAS, During her tenure, Dr. Rice played a key role in a | ||
number of major developments at the university, including the | ||
addition of freshmen and sophomores to the campus and the creation | ||
of an online master's degree in adult and higher education; she also | ||
wrote the school's Recruitment and Retention Plan and consulted | ||
with community organizations to facilitate strategic planning | ||
sessions; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since her retirement, Dr. Rice has remained | ||
involved in the UHV community, and she and her family endowed the | ||
Justin Truett Hunt Memorial Scholarship in 2016; moreover, she | ||
serves on the board of the Kenedy Independent School District | ||
Education Foundation and the Victoria Bach Festival; Dr. Rice holds | ||
a master's degree in religious education from Southwestern Baptist | ||
Theological Seminary and a doctorate in educational human resource | ||
development from Texas A&M University; and | ||
WHEREAS, For the past two decades, Margaret Rice has helped | ||
to advance the mission of the University of Houston-Victoria, and | ||
she may take well-deserved pride in all she has accomplished in | ||
behalf of UHV students, faculty, and staff; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend Dr. Margaret Rice for her contributions | ||
to the University of Houston-Victoria 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. Rice as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Morrison | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 922 was adopted by the House on April | ||
5, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||