Bill Text: TX SR41 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Kim Patterson on the occasion of her retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-13 - Reported enrolled [SR41 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR41-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| recognize Kim Patterson, who is retiring as the executive | ||
| director of the McLennan Community College Foundation after 28 | ||
| years of dedicated service to the college; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Kim Patterson joined the McLennan Community | ||
| College staff in 1995 and began serving the McLennan Community | ||
| College Foundation in 2006; an exceptional administrator and a | ||
| discerning leader, Kim served as the foundation's executive | ||
| director and inspired her colleagues to pursue excellence in | ||
| education; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Throughout her tenure as executive director, Kim | ||
| led the school's fund-raising, marketing, and rebranding | ||
| efforts; she advised numerous students and aided the president of | ||
| the college in expanding the school's influence in the Lone Star | ||
| State; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Under her distinguished leadership, the college | ||
| doubled its endowment and established hundreds of scholarship | ||
| opportunities for local students; Kim was instrumental in | ||
| organizing visits to the campus by such prestigious guests as | ||
| Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Arkansas Senator Tom | ||
| Cotton; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Faithfully committed to the mission of higher | ||
| education, Kim played a key role in founding the McLennan | ||
| Community College Highlander Alumni Association; she has earned | ||
| the admiration and respect of her colleagues and of the school's | ||
| faculty, staff, and students throughout the past 28 years, and | ||
| her leadership as executive director of the McLennan Community | ||
| College Foundation will be greatly missed by all; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commend Kim Patterson on | ||
| her outstanding service to McLennan Community College and extend | ||
| to her best wishes for success in all her future endeavors; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Birdwell | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on July 13, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
