Bill Text: TX SR310 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 4, 2015, as Texas Tech University System Day.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-04 - Reported enrolled [SR310 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR310-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Distinguished representatives of the Texas Tech | ||
| University System are gathering at the State Capitol on March 4, | ||
| 2015, to celebrate the system's vital role in the Lone Star | ||
| State; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Tech University System, governed by a | ||
| nine-member Board of Regents and Chancellor Robert L. Duncan, | ||
| consists of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health | ||
| Sciences Center, Angelo State University, and Texas Tech | ||
| University Health Sciences Center at El Paso; the system is a | ||
| $1.7 billion enterprise that currently educates nearly 47,000 | ||
| students, conducts a wide range of studies with more than | ||
| $200 million in research expenditures annually, and counts | ||
| approximately 290,000 alumni; the system also has an endowment of | ||
| more than $1 billion and some 17,000 faculty and staff members | ||
| who are focused on advancing higher education, health care, | ||
| research, and outreach across the state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Each component of the system provides innovative | ||
| educational and research opportunities; Texas Tech University is | ||
| a major comprehensive research university, led by President | ||
| M. Duane Nellis; enrolling more than 35,000 students in 10 | ||
| colleges and two schools, Texas Tech University has set a new | ||
| fall enrollment record for the past eight years, increasing 25 | ||
| percent since 2007; with the goal of being one of the nation's | ||
| premier research institutions, the university had more than | ||
| $153 million in total research expenditures in 2014; additionally, | ||
| 10 faculty members were awarded grants from the Fulbright United | ||
| States Scholar Program in 2013, the most of any research | ||
| university in the nation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is | ||
| composed of five schools in various health care disciplines, | ||
| including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, allied health sciences, | ||
| and biomedical sciences, and has trained more than 20,000 health | ||
| care professionals; overseen by Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell, the health | ||
| sciences center enrolls more than 4,500 students and has tripled | ||
| its research expenditures over the past five years with | ||
| significant studies underway in areas such as aging, cancer, | ||
| reproduction, and genetic diseases; the university also | ||
| graduates more health care professionals than any other | ||
| health-related institution in Texas and meets the health care | ||
| needs of more than 2.5 million people who live throughout a vast | ||
| 108-county area; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Angelo State University, which joined the system | ||
| in 2007, currently enrolls nearly 6,500 students in five colleges | ||
| and is directed by President Brian J. May; Angelo State | ||
| University was the first university in the state to offer a | ||
| degree in computer science and has been named to the Princeton | ||
| Review's "Best Colleges" list for the past six consecutive years; | ||
| unique to Angelo State University, its Carr Scholarship program | ||
| is funded by one of the largest endowments at a regional | ||
| university in the United States, thus making scholarships | ||
| possible for one of every five of its students; and | ||
| WHEREAS, As the fourth and newest member of the system, | ||
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso became a | ||
| comprehensive health-related institution in 2013 and includes | ||
| the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, the Gayle Greve Hunt | ||
| School of Nursing, and a regional Graduate School of Biomedical | ||
| Sciences; headed by Dr. Richard A. Lange, the university | ||
| enrolled nearly 500 students, is home to the first medical school | ||
| on the nation's southern border, and conducts important research | ||
| focused on cancer, diabetes and obesity, infectious diseases, | ||
| and neurosciences; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through its missions, the Texas Tech University | ||
| System and its four component institutions continue to better the | ||
| higher education and health care landscapes, and in so doing, the | ||
| system has contributed to the remarkable achievements of the | ||
| state as a whole; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize March 4, 2015, as Texas Tech | ||
| University System Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm | ||
| welcome to all those from the system who are visiting on this day. | ||
| Perry | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 4, 2015. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
