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1	1	H.C.R. No. 144
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4	4	HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
5	5	WHEREAS, Mitzi Jo Hopper Ziegner has been honored by the YWCA
6	6	of Lubbock with a Women of Excellence Award for her remarkable
7	7	achievements in the fields of education and religion, and her
8	8	selection for this tribute is most fitting; and
9	9	WHEREAS, The Women of Excellence Award was created in 1989 to
10	10	emphasize the vital roles that women play in both the civic and
11	11	professional worlds, honoring women for their achievements and for
12	12	their contributions to the community as leaders and volunteers; and
13	13	WHEREAS, Ms. Ziegner has dedicated her professional life to
14	14	improving the quality of education for elementary students; a 1995
15	15	cum laude graduate of Texas Tech University, she earned a
16	16	bachelor's degree in human development and family studies and went
17	17	on to earn a master's degree in curriculum and instruction with a
18	18	reading and early childhood specialization from Wayland Baptist
19	19	University; she also completed extensive postgraduate professional
20	20	development courses and training in areas that include effectively
21	21	teaching children in poverty, positive classroom instruction and
22	22	discipline, gifted and talented education, and dyslexia
23	23	intervention; and
24	24	WHEREAS, Beginning her career in 1998 as a Head Start teacher
25	25	at Ballenger Early Childhood Center, Ms. Ziegner later worked as a
26	26	second-grade teacher at Nat Williams Elementary; while holding a
27	27	teaching position, she served as a part-time early childhood
28	28	education instructor at Texas Tech University and a cooperating
29	29	teacher and mentor for student teachers and lab and practicum
30	30	students; and
31	31	WHEREAS, A woman of extraordinary talent and energy, Ms.
32	32	Ziegner currently holds three positions at Texas Tech University:
33	33	she is a full-time early childhood and elementary education
34	34	instructor and university supervisor in the Colleges of Education
35	35	and Human Sciences; she serves as an adjunct instructor in the
36	36	distance-learning program; and she is an independent educational
37	37	trainer, guest lecturer, and consultant for Texas Tech's Early Head
38	38	Start Program, the Christine DeVitt and Helen DeVitt Jones Child
39	39	Development Research Center, and the Lubbock, Lubbock-Cooper, and
40	40	Frenship Independent School Districts; and
41	41	WHEREAS, Outside of the classroom, Ms. Ziegner has made
42	42	valuable leadership contributions to education; an active
43	43	supporter of the Lubbock Independent School District, she has
44	44	worked on numerous committees and councils; after earning an
45	45	honorary membership in Phi Upsilon Omicron, the College of Human
46	46	Sciences honor society, she was named that organization's faculty
47	47	advisor, and she has generously assisted the College of Human
48	48	Sciences and its alumni association; and
49	49	WHEREAS, In recognition of her influence and actions to
50	50	improve the quality of elementary education, she was honored as the
51	51	2004 Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences Distinguished
52	52	Alumni New Achiever; and
53	53	WHEREAS, Ms. Ziegner also shares her time with the Junior
54	54	League of Lubbock; an executive board member, she has served the
55	55	group as public relations chair, publicity chair, and member of the
56	56	2008-2009 Nominating Committee; and
57	57	WHEREAS, With her receipt of a Women of Excellence Award,
58	58	Mitzi Ziegner joins an elite group of women who have been honored by
59	59	the YWCA of Lubbock; distinguished by her intelligence,
60	60	determination, and talent, she is indeed a worthy role model for
61	61	this and future generations; now, therefore, be it
62	62	RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
63	63	hereby congratulate Mitzi Jo Hopper Ziegner on receiving a 2009
64	64	Women of Excellence Award from the YWCA of Lubbock and extend to her
65	65	sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it
66	66	further
67	67	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
68	68	prepared for Ms. Ziegner as an expression of high regard by the
69	69	Texas House of Representatives and Senate.
70	70	Isett
71	71	______________________________ ______________________________
72	72	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
73	73	I certify that H.C.R. No. 144 was adopted by the House on
74	74	April 9, 2009, by a non-record vote.
75	75	______________________________
76	76	Chief Clerk of the House
77	77	I certify that H.C.R. No. 144 was adopted by the Senate on May
78	78	18, 2009, by a viva-voce vote.
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80	80	Secretary of the Senate
81	81	APPROVED: __________________
82	82	Date
83	83	__________________
84	84	Governor