Bill Text: TX SR55 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on the occasion of its 175th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-02-09 - Reported enrolled [SR55 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR55-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton in honor | ||
of the 175th anniversary of the university's founding, which was | ||
celebrated in 2020; and | ||
WHEREAS, The university traces its roots to February 1, | ||
1845, when the Republic of Texas approved the charter for the | ||
first Baptist university west of the Mississippi; named Baylor | ||
University, it was established in Independence with | ||
coeducational classes and a collegiate preparatory department; | ||
separate men's and women's departments were created in 1851, and | ||
in 1886, the women's department relocated to Belton as Baylor | ||
Female College; that same year, the men's department | ||
consolidated with Waco University and retained the name Baylor | ||
University; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Belton campus was renamed Baylor College for | ||
Women in 1925, Mary Hardin-Baylor College in 1934, and the | ||
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in 1978; the university's many | ||
historical accomplishments include founding the first journalism | ||
school in a college for women in the United States and becoming | ||
the first Texas Baptist university to enjoy full membership in | ||
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, UMHB serves a diverse enrollment of more | ||
than 3,900 students from 31 countries and offers a wide range of | ||
undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs that include | ||
business administration, education, fine arts, engineering, | ||
nursing, pre-veterinary medicine, physical therapy, and Christian | ||
studies; moreover, the university has invested over $135 million in | ||
new campus facilities in recent years; and | ||
WHEREAS, Students, faculty, and staff of the University of | ||
Mary Hardin-Baylor may indeed take great pride in their | ||
institution's long history of educational excellence and its | ||
ongoing contributions to the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be | ||
it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
Legislature, hereby commend the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | ||
on its outstanding educational programs and extend sincere | ||
congratulations to all those associated with the school on its | ||
success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in | ||
honor of this exemplary institution. | ||
Buckingham | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on February 9, 2021. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |