H.R. No. 2825
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, In May 2009, Sarah Viranda, Erika Reyna, and Rosario
Adriana Wilson are earning their Master of Public Administration
degrees from The University of Texas--Pan American; and
WHEREAS, The public administration program at UTPA offers
professional training for public service careers in local, state,
and national governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations;
the program involves the study and understanding of a variety of
disciplines, including political science, law, psychology,
economics, sociology, and business; and
WHEREAS, Sarah Viranda earned her bachelor's degree in
business technology at UTPA in 2005; a student leader and community
volunteer, she has served as a representative for the Student
Government Association, as president of Chi Alpha and the World
Mandate Student Movement, and as the Mobile Go Center Coordinator
of the Valley Outreach Center; named to the dean's list at UTPA and
the honors list at South Texas College, she is also a member of the
National Scholars Honor Society and the Association of Public
Administrators; moreover, she has been recognized in the 2008-2009
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges as
an outstanding campus leader, and she is a recipient of the Sister
Carol Messina Endowed Scholarship award; and
WHEREAS, Erika Reyna graduated with honors from La Joya
Senior High School, where she was leader of the debate and
extemporaneous speaking teams and treasurer of the National Honor
Society; in 2005, she earned a bachelor's degree cum laude in
political science and sociology from UTPA; she has previously been
employed as a planning analyst with the Hidalgo County Budget
Office and as a social worker with the Department of Family and
Protective Services, and she currently works with Hidalgo County
Judge J. D. Salinas III; she is also a member of the Pre-Law Society
and the Association of Public Administrators; and
WHEREAS, A native of McAllen, Rosario Adriana Wilson
graduated from South Texas High School for Health Professions in
1988; in college, she was a member of the Delta Zeta sorority and
graduated with a bachelor's degree in government and sociology in
1995; in graduate school, she was the first student chosen from the
MPA program in 2006 to intern for the Government Accountability
Office in Washington, D.C., and was coauthor on her team's
congressional report; she also authored and donated two internship
guides to the MPA program; a member of the Association of Public
Administrators, she was inducted into the Golden Key International
Honour Society in 2008, and in 2009 she successfully defended her
thesis, We Know Not the Worth of Water Until the Well Runs Dry:
Assessing Municipal Water Use for Fifteen Incorporated Cities in
Hidalgo County, Texas for the Years 1984-2005; and
WHEREAS, These three talented and hardworking young women
have already distinguished themselves through their academic
achievements, and they may indeed look with optimism toward the
many opportunities that lie ahead; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Sarah Viranda, Erika Reyna, and
Rosario Adriana Wilson on their graduation from the public
administration program at The University of Texas--Pan American and
extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success and a
bright future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared
for Ms. Viranda, Ms. Reyna, and Ms. Wilson as an expression of high
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Pea
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2825 was adopted by the House on June
1, 2009, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House