Bill Text: TX HR973 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Veronica Estrada of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on her receipt of a McGraw Hill Distinguished Scholar Award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-04 - Reported enrolled [HR973 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR973-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 973 |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Veronica Estrada, of the College of Education at | ||
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, was presented an | ||
inaugural McGraw Hill Distinguished Scholar Award at the Conference | ||
on Academic Research in Education held in Las Vegas on January 30, | ||
2017; and | ||
WHEREAS, After earning a bachelor's degree in English at | ||
St. Mary's University in 1988, Dr. Estrada did graduate work at The | ||
Ohio State University, where she received an M.A. in English in 1990 | ||
and both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in education studies in 1997; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Estrada joined the Department of Curriculum and | ||
Instruction of what was then The University of Texas--Pan American | ||
as a lecturer in 1996, and she has steadily risen through the ranks, | ||
becoming an assistant professor in 1998, associate professor in | ||
2004, and full professor in 2010; she has also served the university | ||
as department chair and interim associate dean for Undergraduate | ||
Studies and Teacher Education, and she is currently the program | ||
coordinator for the Secondary/All-Level Teacher Preparation | ||
Program; and | ||
WHEREAS, The McGraw Hill award was conferred on Dr. Estrada | ||
in recognition of her long record of exemplary scholarship; the | ||
author or coauthor of more than 25 journal articles and book | ||
chapters, she has cowritten a book, Classroom Connections to | ||
Teaching: A Resource for Teachers of Latino Students, and she has | ||
made over 80 conference presentations; and | ||
WHEREAS, For more than 20 years, this gifted teacher and | ||
scholar has contributed to the advancement of her discipline and | ||
the vitality of her department, and she may indeed take great pride | ||
in this prestigious recognition from her academic peers; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Veronica Estrada on her | ||
receipt of an inaugural McGraw Hill Distinguished Scholar Award and | ||
extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Estrada as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Canales | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 973 was adopted by the House on March | ||
30, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||