Bill Text: TX SR242 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing the 100th anniversary of Texas Tech University.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-01 - Reported enrolled [SR242 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR242-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing the 100th anniversary of Texas Tech University.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-01 - Reported enrolled [SR242 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR242-Introduced.html
88R15310 CJM-D | ||
By: Perry | S.R. No. 242 |
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WHEREAS, Texas Tech University in Lubbock is celebrating the | ||
100th anniversary of its founding in 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, Established as Texas Technological College in 1923, | ||
the school opened two years later with an enrollment of 914 | ||
undergraduate students; in 1936, a division of graduate studies was | ||
added, and in 1969 the college was renamed Texas Tech University; | ||
the institution has distinguished itself by earning the Very High | ||
Research Activity designation from the Carnegie Classification of | ||
Institutions of Higher Education, as well as recognition as a | ||
Veteran Friendly Institution and as an honoree on the "Best for | ||
Vets: Employers" list by the Military Times; in the last three | ||
years, its faculty members have received 23 Fulbright Scholar | ||
Awards, 8 National Science Foundation Career Awards, and 7 National | ||
Endowment for the Humanities grants; Texas Tech alumni include | ||
governors from Texas and Colorado, multiple members of Congress and | ||
state legislatures, stars of stage, screen, and music, and leaders | ||
and captains of industry, science, engineering, agriculture, and | ||
more; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, Texas Tech serves more than 40,000 students | ||
and offers over 150 undergraduate, 100 graduate, and 50 doctoral | ||
programs across its 13 colleges and schools; the university also | ||
has international campuses and study abroad programs; | ||
award-winning programs include the Davis College of Agricultural | ||
Sciences and Natural Resources, the School of Medicine, the School | ||
of Law, multiple colleges of engineering, and the Rawls College of | ||
Business; in recent years, the university inaugurated the Texas | ||
Tech School of Veterinary Medicine; and | ||
WHEREAS, Texas Tech also takes great pride in its athletic | ||
programs; the Red Raiders compete in 17 varsity sports, and 16 of | ||
those teams have participated in the NCAA postseason or in a bowl | ||
game; moreover, the university has won 27 Big 12 Conference titles, | ||
including 11 in the past seven years, and its alumni include Olympic | ||
athletes and Super Bowl champions; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since its founding 100 years ago, Texas Tech has | ||
provided generations of Texans with a strong foundation for | ||
achievement, and in so doing, it has contributed significantly to | ||
the prosperity and vitality of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, | ||
be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature | ||
hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of Texas Tech University | ||
and extend to all those associated with this noteworthy institution | ||
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the university as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas Senate. |