Bill Text: TX SR430 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Celebrating March 30, 2015, as Baylor Day.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-30 - Again read [SR430 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR430-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 30, 2015, as | ||
| Baylor Day at the Capitol; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Baylor University was established February 1, | ||
| 1845, by an act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas; it is | ||
| the oldest continually operating university in the state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This private Christian university and nationally | ||
| ranked research institution provides a vibrant campus community | ||
| to some 15,000 students; it offers 141 undergraduate degrees, 75 | ||
| graduate degrees, 37 doctoral degrees, and a juris doctor in | ||
| addition to a wide array of preprofessional tracks and | ||
| specialized academic opportunities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Baylor University is also home to a variety of | ||
| exceptional athletic programs; its football team recently won | ||
| the school's first outright conference championship since 1980, | ||
| and the women's basketball team continued its dominance with its | ||
| fourth consecutive sweep of regular-season and conference | ||
| tournament titles; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The university produced the top graduate success | ||
| rate score in the Big 12 Conference in the 2013-2014 academic | ||
| year; a school-record 213 Baylor University student-athletes | ||
| were selected to Academic All-Big 12 teams and a school-record | ||
| 678 students were named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The school's combination of interdisciplinary | ||
| research and a faculty committed to teaching and scholarship have | ||
| served to create an institution with an international reputation | ||
| for educational excellence; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, | ||
| 84th Legislature, hereby commend Baylor University on its | ||
| commitment to educating men and women for worldwide leadership | ||
| and service and extend to its students, faculty, and staff best | ||
| wishes for a memorable Baylor Day at the Capitol; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| the university as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Birdwell, Hancock, | ||
| Taylor, Watson | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 25, 2015. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
