Bill Text: TX SR227 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the centennial of Midwestern State University.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-28 - Reported enrolled [SR227 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR227-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Over the course of a century, Midwestern State | ||
University in Wichita Falls has distinguished itself as an | ||
outstanding educational resource in North Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, Established as Wichita Falls Junior College in | ||
1922, the school was the second municipal junior college in | ||
Texas, and it shared its building and faculty with Wichita Falls | ||
High School; in 1937, the school was renamed Hardin Junior | ||
College in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hardin, and the Hardin | ||
Building, a striking Lombard-Romanesque edifice with a bell | ||
tower, became the centerpiece of a new 40-acre campus; during | ||
World War II, the college began an affiliation with nearby | ||
Sheppard Air Force Base that continues to this day; and | ||
WHEREAS, After the war, the school added a senior division | ||
and became Hardin College; in 1950, the school was renamed | ||
Midwestern University, and in 1959, a graduate school was | ||
established; by an act of the 56th Texas Legislature, the | ||
university dissolved the junior college division and joined the | ||
Texas Colleges and Universities System in 1961, and in 1975, its | ||
name was changed to Midwestern State University; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, MSU Texas is a dynamic institution of | ||
higher learning with 70 buildings on a 255-acre campus, and its | ||
diverse population of nearly 5,800 students takes advantage of | ||
bachelor's and master's degree programs in the school's six | ||
colleges and graduate school; in May 2019, the school | ||
dedicated its new, state-of-the-art health sciences facility | ||
as Centennial Hall in honor of the 100th anniversary, and in | ||
January 2021, the university welcomed its first doctoral | ||
students in educational leadership; in September of that same | ||
year, MSU Texas became the fifth campus to become part of the | ||
Texas Tech University System; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since its founding a century ago, Midwestern | ||
State University has provided generations of Texans with a strong | ||
foundation for achievement, and as the university celebrates its | ||
milestone anniversary, its students, faculty, staff, and alumni | ||
may take great pride in their rich history while looking forward | ||
to an exciting future; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby commemorate the centennial of Midwestern State | ||
University and extend to all those associated with the school | ||
sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for the university as an expression of high regard from | ||
the Texas Senate. | ||
Perry, Springer | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on Feburary 28, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |