Bill Text: TX SR275 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing March 7, 2023, as University of Houston-Clear Lake Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-07 - Reported enrolled [SR275 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR275-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing March 7, 2023, as University of Houston-Clear Lake Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-07 - Reported enrolled [SR275 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR275-Introduced.html
88R15330 CJM-D | ||
By: Middleton | S.R. No. 275 |
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WHEREAS, University of Houston-Clear Lake Day is being | ||
celebrated at the State Capitol on March 7, 2023, and this occasion | ||
provides a fitting opportunity to pay tribute to all those | ||
associated with this notable institution; and | ||
WHEREAS, UHCL traces its beginning to 1971, when the 62nd | ||
Texas Legislature authorized the creation of a University of | ||
Houston campus to serve the Clear Lake area; in 1974, construction | ||
began on the Bayou Building while more than 1,000 students and 60 | ||
faculty members began holding classes at an off-site location; the | ||
institution's educational mission has continued to expand through | ||
the years; in 2006, UHCL began offering the joint master of | ||
healthcare administration/master of business administration degree | ||
program at the Texas Medical Center, and in 2010, the Pearland | ||
Campus was opened; UHCL welcomed its first freshman and sophomore | ||
students to campus in 2014; and | ||
WHEREAS, A four-year university, UHCL enrolls more than 8,500 | ||
students annually and offers over 70 undergraduate and 50 graduate | ||
degrees in its Colleges of Business, Education, Human Sciences and | ||
Humanities, and Science and Engineering; since 2007, the university | ||
has initiated doctoral programs in educational leadership, | ||
curriculum and instruction, and health service psychology; the | ||
school's 75,000 alumni include more than 400 CEOs and 10 | ||
astronauts, as well as individuals who have distinguished | ||
themselves in the fields of education, broadcasting, fiction | ||
writing, and a vast range of other endeavors; and | ||
WHEREAS, Reflecting its commitment to community service, | ||
UHCL is home to many specialized centers and institutes, including | ||
the Health and Human Performance Institute, the Environmental | ||
Institute of Houston, the Diplomacy Institute, the Institute for | ||
Human and Planetary Sustainability, and the Center for Autism and | ||
Developmental Disabilities; the university has been cited five | ||
times on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor | ||
Roll for its exemplary civic engagement; and | ||
WHEREAS, Throughout its history, the University of | ||
Houston-Clear Lake has fostered a diverse and inclusive campus | ||
environment while providing students with a strong foundation for | ||
success, and in so doing, it has become a cornerstone educational | ||
institution in the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature | ||
hereby recognize March 7, 2023, as University of Houston-Clear Lake | ||
Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the school's | ||
visiting delegation. |