Bill Text: TX SR185 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 22, 2017, as Baylor Day.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-13 - Reported enrolled [SR185 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR185-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| join citizens across the state in celebrating February 22, 2017, | ||
| as Baylor Day at the Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Baylor University was established February 1, | ||
| 1845, by an act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas; it is | ||
| the oldest continually operating university in the state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This private Christian university and nationally | ||
| ranked research institution provides a vibrant campus community | ||
| to 16,959 students; it offers 142 undergraduate degrees, 75 | ||
| graduate degrees, 42 doctoral degrees, and a juris doctor, in | ||
| addition to a wide array of pre-professional tracks and | ||
| specialized academic opportunities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Baylor University is also home to a variety of | ||
| exceptional athletic programs; its football team recently won the | ||
| 2016 Cactus Bowl, the men's basketball team became the number-one | ||
| team in the nation for the first time in program history, and the | ||
| women's basketball team continues its dominance continuously with | ||
| its current number-two ranking in the country; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With a 3.27 grade point average across the entire | ||
| athletic department in the fall of 2016, Baylor athletics extends | ||
| its run to 17 consecutive semesters with a cumulative grade point | ||
| average of 3.0 or higher: 137 students were named to the Dean's | ||
| List, and 307 students were named to the Big 12 Commissioner's | ||
| Honor Roll for the fall semester; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The school's combination of interdisciplinary | ||
| research and a faculty committed to teaching and scholarship has | ||
| served to create an institution with an international reputation | ||
| for educational excellence; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, | ||
| 85th Legislature, hereby commend Baylor University on its | ||
| commitment to educating men and women for worldwide leadership and | ||
| service and extend to its students, faculty, and staff best wishes | ||
| for a memorable Baylor Day at the Capitol; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| the university as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Birdwell, Hancock, | ||
| Hughes, Taylor of Galveston, | ||
| Watson | ||
| ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on February 13, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
