Bill Text: TX SR699 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing Emily F. Cutrer on the occasion of her retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-27 - Reported enrolled [SR699 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR699-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing Emily F. Cutrer on the occasion of her retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-27 - Reported enrolled [SR699 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR699-Introduced.html
88R32757 TBO-D | ||
By: Hughes | S.R. No. 699 |
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WHEREAS, The retirement of Dr. Emily F. Cutrer as president | ||
of Texas A&M University-Texarkana at the end of the 2022-2023 | ||
school year offers a fitting opportunity to recognize her for her | ||
decade of outstanding service; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since her appointment in 2013, Dr. Cutrer has worked | ||
tirelessly to develop TAMUT as a dynamic regional comprehensive | ||
university; she has helped to increase the school's scholarship | ||
endowment by more than $2 million and to secure over $10 million in | ||
additional state funding for the Better East Texas Initiative, | ||
which supports high-need, high-demand degree programs in such | ||
fields as nursing, mechanical engineering, social work, and | ||
physical therapy; in addition, the campus established its first | ||
stand-alone doctoral degree; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of her tenure, the Patterson Student | ||
Center as well as the Building for Academic and Student Services | ||
have been completed, and the $45 million Business, Engineering, and | ||
Technology building is scheduled to open in 2026; moreover, student | ||
athletics programs have benefited from the affiliation with the Red | ||
River Athletic Conference of the National Association of | ||
Intercollegiate Athletics; along the way, Dr. Cutrer has shared her | ||
time and expertise in key roles with a number of local civic | ||
organizations; and | ||
WHEREAS, Before joining TAMUT, Dr. Cutrer served California | ||
State University, San Marcos, as provost and vice president for | ||
academic affairs, and she was dean of the New College of | ||
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University | ||
West; she earned her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees | ||
from The University of Texas at Austin, where she began her career; | ||
among her numerous honors, she has received the NAACP's Benjamin | ||
Davis Leadership Award, and the TAMU board of regents has bestowed | ||
upon her the title of President Emerita; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through her dedication, expertise, and visionary | ||
leadership, Dr. Cutrer has played a vital role in advancing the | ||
proud legacy of Texas A&M University-Texarkana, and her | ||
achievements will continue to be appreciated for years to come; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature | ||
hereby commend Dr. Emily F. Cutrer for her service as president of | ||
Texas A&M University-Texarkana and extend to her sincere best | ||
wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Cutrer as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
Senate. |