Bill Text: TX SR320 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Brazosport College on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-05 - Reported enrolled [SR320 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR320-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Brazosport College is celebrating its 50th | ||
| anniversary during the 2018-2019 school year, and this is a | ||
| fitting opportunity to take note of its outstanding record of | ||
| service to the students of southern Brazoria County; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Originally known as Brazosport Junior College, | ||
| the school enrolled its first 879 students in the fall of 1968, | ||
| and it graduated its inaugural class in 1970, when the name was | ||
| changed to Brazosport College; this venerable institution has | ||
| benefited from the leadership of four presidents, including | ||
| Dr. J. R. Jackson, Dr. W. A. Bass, Dr. John R. Grable, and the | ||
| current president, Dr. Millicent Valek, who has served since | ||
| 1996; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Situated on a spacious 156-acre campus in Lake | ||
| Jackson, Brazosport College has experienced impressive growth | ||
| over the past two decades; in 2002, the Corporate Learning Center | ||
| and the Bill and Julia May Children's Center were built, and in | ||
| 2005, the music venue The Clarion was added; in recent years, the | ||
| school has seen the construction of the BASF Center for Process | ||
| Technology, the Byron and Sandra Sadler Health Professions and | ||
| Science Complex, the Dow Academic Center, and a new student | ||
| pavilion; moreover, the BCPC Welding Technologies Lab and the | ||
| Freeport LNG Crafts Academy were dedicated in 2016; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Brazosport College received accreditation as a | ||
| baccalaureate-level institution in 2004, and it offers four-year | ||
| programs in industrial and health services management, along | ||
| with two-year degree and certification programs for a wide | ||
| variety of careers; its 300 faculty members serve the educational | ||
| needs of 4,000 degree students each semester and 4,000 continuing | ||
| education students each year, as well as 20,000 participants in | ||
| business and industry training; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Brazosport College Foundation has done | ||
| outstanding work raising funds for the college, including $5.6 | ||
| million for the Building a Legacy Campaign in 2002, $5.5 million | ||
| with the Your College Capital Campaign in 2008, and $3 million with | ||
| the Crafts Academy Capital Campaign in 2015; in 2013 and 2015, the | ||
| college was named a Top 10 Community College in the nation by the | ||
| Aspen Institute, and in 2010, 2013, and 2016, the school was | ||
| certified as a Leader College by Achieving the Dream; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For half a century, Brazosport College has | ||
| remained committed to meeting the educational needs of its | ||
| students, and the school has played a vital role in helping many | ||
| Texans build a bright and prosperous future for themselves; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
| Legislature, hereby congratulate Brazosport College on its 50th | ||
| anniversary and extend to all those associated with the college | ||
| sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| Brazosport College as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Huffman | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 5, 2019. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
