Bill Text: TX SR370 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 7, 2017, as Blinn College Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-07 - Reported enrolled [SR370 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR370-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| join Texans across the state in celebrating March 7, 2017, as | ||
| Blinn College Day at the Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Blinn College was established in 1883 and was the | ||
| first county-owned community college in Texas; it is one of the | ||
| premier two-year colleges in the state and among the nation's | ||
| leaders in transferring students to top four-year | ||
| universities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With campuses in Brenham, Bryan, Schulenburg, and | ||
| Sealy, Blinn College offers academic transfer, workforce | ||
| training, and continuing education classes for more than 19,000 | ||
| students; it has received national recognition for | ||
| affordability, with students saving approximately 44 percent in | ||
| tuition compared to the average Texas public university; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Blinn College is accredited by the Southern | ||
| Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges; its | ||
| enrollment has grown by more than a third since 2006; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Blinn College has played an important role in | ||
| higher education in Texas for more than 130 years, and it is truly | ||
| fitting that a day be set aside to celebrate its many | ||
| contributions to our state; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend the administrators, faculty, and | ||
| staff of Blinn College on their commitment to excellence in | ||
| education and extend to all best wishes for a memorable Blinn | ||
| College Day at the Capitol; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| the college as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Kolkhorst, Schwertner | ||
| ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 7, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
