Bill Text: TX SCR22 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 28, 2011, as Texas Southern University Day at the State Capitol.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-18 - Signed by the Governor [SCR22 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SCR22-Enrolled.html
| S.C.R. No. 22 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A number of proud Texans are visiting Austin on | ||
| February 28, 2011, to celebrate Texas Southern University Day at | ||
| the State Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Founded in 1927, with a loan from the Houston Public | ||
| School Board, Texas Southern University opened its doors as Houston | ||
| Colored Junior College; the school was highly successful and | ||
| enrollment grew quickly, leading to the transition to a four-year | ||
| institution in 1934, with a graduate program added in 1943; the | ||
| Texas Legislature appropriated $2 million in 1947 to buy the campus | ||
| of what was then Houston College for Negroes in order to create a | ||
| new state-supported university, and four years later the school | ||
| assumed the name Texas Southern University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, Texas Southern is one of the largest of the | ||
| historically black colleges and universities in the United States; | ||
| located in Houston's Third Ward, it enrolls more than 9,500 | ||
| students from throughout the country and around the world, and it | ||
| employs nearly 1,500 faculty and staff; it is composed of nine | ||
| schools and colleges that offer 53 baccalaureate academic majors, | ||
| as well as 36 master's and six doctoral degree programs; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas Southern University is committed to serving | ||
| students of diverse cultural, religious, educational, and economic | ||
| backgrounds and to preparing them for future leadership roles; the | ||
| university trains the majority of African American lawyers in | ||
| Houston and African American teachers in the Houston Independent | ||
| School District, and it has historically graduated more than 27 | ||
| percent of the African American pharmacists in the United States; | ||
| in addition, the university's Thurgood Marshall School of Law has | ||
| been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the most diverse law | ||
| school in the nation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Throughout its history, Texas Southern University | ||
| has provided its students with a solid foundation for achievement, | ||
| and it has been a powerful force for social progress and economic | ||
| development in the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby recognize February 28, 2011, as Texas Southern University | ||
| Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those associated with | ||
| this notable institution sincere best wishes for continued success; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Texas Southern University as an expression of high | ||
| regard from the Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 22 was adopted by the Senate | ||
| on February 28, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 22 was adopted by the House | ||
| on March 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
