Bill Text: TX SR318 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 1, 2017, as Texas Tech University System Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-01 - Reported enrolled [SR318 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR318-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Distinguished representatives of the Texas Tech | ||
| University System are gathering at the State Capitol on March 1, | ||
| 2017, to celebrate the system's vital role in the Lone Star | ||
| State; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 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 $2 billion enterprise currently | ||
| educating more than 51,000 students, conducting approximately $225 | ||
| million in research expenditures annually, and counting nearly | ||
| 325,000 alumni; the system also has an endowment of over $1 billion | ||
| and some 20,000 faculty and staff 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 | ||
| Lawrence Schovanec; by enrolling more than 36,000 students in 10 | ||
| colleges and two schools, Texas Tech University has set a new | ||
| fall enrollment record for the past eight years, an enrollment | ||
| increase of 23 percent since 2007; with the goal of being one of | ||
| the nation's premier research institutions, the university | ||
| increased its total research expenditures to $166 million in | ||
| 2016, which was up more than 20 percent since 2012; additionally, | ||
| the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education | ||
| listed Texas Tech University in its Highest Research Activity | ||
| category, elevating the university as one of 115 Tier One | ||
| research institutions 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, health professions, and | ||
| biomedical sciences, and the center has trained more than 24,000 | ||
| health care professionals; overseen by Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell, | ||
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center enrolls more than | ||
| 4,600 students and has dedicated more than $260 million in | ||
| research expenditures in the past five years, with significant | ||
| studies in such areas 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 2.7 million people | ||
| who live throughout a vast 108-county area; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Joining the system in 2007, Angelo State | ||
| University enrolls more than 9,600 students in six colleges and | ||
| is directed by President Brian J. May; designated as a Hispanic | ||
| Serving Institution, 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 eight consecutive years; what is unique to Angelo State | ||
| University is its Carr Scholarship program, which is funded by | ||
| one of the largest endowments at a regional university in the | ||
| United States, thus making scholarships possible for one of every | ||
| three of its students; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at | ||
| El Paso became a stand-alone health science center in 2013, | ||
| making it the fourth and newest member of the Texas Tech | ||
| University System; Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | ||
| at El Paso is composed of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, | ||
| the Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing, and the Graduate School | ||
| of Biomedical Sciences; headed by Dr. Richard Lange, the center | ||
| has enrolled more than 600 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 the 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, 85th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize March 1, 2017, as Texas Tech | ||
| University System Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm | ||
| welcome to all those from the system who are visiting here today. | ||
| Perry, Buckingham, | ||
| Campbell, Rodríguez, | ||
| Seliger, West | ||
| ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate 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 March 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
